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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... share index ended sharply higher, entering the second quarter in buoyant mood as financials jumped on hopes that European bank writedowns signalled that the worst was over for the sector. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,852.6 points, up 150.5 or 2.64 per cent. ...

Conflicting rate calls

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
There's growing expectation among European economists that the European Central Bank (ECB) will be forced to follow the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England and start lowering interest rates. Ironically, iterations from executive board member Juergen ...

Sub-prime Godzilla tramples Japan

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
While US and European banks take an 'open-Kimono position' towards sub-prime losses, it's leaving Godzilla sized footprints on Japan's financial sector, crushing the $320 billion Mizuho merger and derailing a share-swap between Citigroup and Nikko Cordial. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on the back of Wall Street's record close and strong commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0810 AEST, the June share price index contract was trading up 50 points to 6,278. The Australian ...

Two new associate directors for S&P

Peter Ward and Simon Scott have both been appointed as associate directors of Standard & Poor's (S&P). Ward will look after ratings on property and mortgage while Scott's area of responsibility will be structured products. Ward joins S&P from his position ...

Johnston to head Axiss Australia

... to his international experience Johnston has worked in both the UK and the US. He was alternative director at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London, and the Treasurer's senior representative at the Australian Embassy in Washington. ...

Fatter profits at European banks could feed takeover ambitions

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2004
European banks posting strong half-year results on the back of an economic rebound could begin looking for acquisitions even though fiscal and regulatory disparities would hamper cross-border mergers. British, French and Spanish banks in particular ...

Morning Market Wrap: Investor jitters after weekend terrorist attacks

... and started selling strongly when the correction from last week's gains was sharper than expected," a dealer at a European bank in Madrid said, adding: "Terrorism fears have also weighed." In Sydney today, markets are likely to come under pressure again ...

Government appoints Reith for EBRD in London

The Government has nominated Peter Reith as an executive director at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London for a three-year period starting August 1 2003. Reith will represent Australia, South Korea, Egypt and New Zealand ...

National shares surge on ex-Barclays appointment

Paul Cully National Australia Bank (NAB) has appointed former Barclays deputy chief executive John Stewart as managing director and chief executive officer of its European business, prompting a surge on NAB prices as investors speculated that Stewart's ...