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NAB injects £130 million into UK Pension Fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012

Lonsec adds three to research team

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... developing research models and tools. Prior to joining Lonsec, Nguyen was part of quantitative research at the Royal Bank of Scotland and Deloitte. Veronica Klaus has joined Lonsec as a senior member of the investment consulting team, reporting to head ...

S&P downgrades US bank ratings

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... Goldman Sachs Group Inc. HSBC Holdings Plc JPMorgan Chase & Co. Lloyds Banking Group Plc Morgan Stanley Royal Bank of Scotland Plc UBS AG Wells Fargo & Co. S&P upgraded the ratings of the following institutions: Bank of China Ltd. China Construction ...

Westpac Group restructure, Coombe resigns

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... Financial Group and Banking Products and Risk Management, and will be led by Brian Hartzer, chief executive, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) UK Retail, Wealth, and Ulster. "I am delighted to welcome Brian to Westpac. He is an outstanding financial services ...

Aberdeen adds to Australian fixed income team

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... its Australian fixed income team. John Manning joins as investment manager and senior credit analyst from Royal Bank of Scotland where he was director of credit strategy for Australia and New Zealand. While David Choi has been named assistant investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... banks due to the removal and curtailment of government financial support. Affected banks slumped, with Royal Bank of Scotland down 4.8 per cent. Moody's said it believed Britain's government was now more likely to allow smaller banks to fail if necessary. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... reluctance by banks to lend to each other. European bank shares slumped on the developments. In Britain, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) slumped 12.32 per cent to 21.78 pence, while Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) dropped 7.46 per cent to 30.65 pence and Barclays ...

UK pension liabilities bigger than the bank

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... Analysis. Barclays came second with liabilities of 21.8 billion or 96% of its 22.8 billion market cap. Royal Bank of Scotland was third at 25.0 billion or 85% of its 29.4 billion market cap. Of the three potential areas of risk, the size of pension liabilities ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... due to the return of risk sentiment, by 1200 AEST the Australian dollar was trading at 103.17 US cents. Royal Bank of Scotland FX strategist Greg Gibbs said the dollar's movements were closely linked to fluctuations in global equities markets. "The currency ...

Former ANZ chief rumoured move to UK Aviva

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... provider, Aviva, after the shock exit of its UK chief executive Mark Hodges. Currently a non-executive at the Royal Bank of Scotland, McFarlane built a career in the Australian market as chief executive of ANZ from 1997 to 2007. McFarlane has held senior ...