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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... turn, could cause a global lending freeze that might escalate into another credit crisis similar to the one in 2008 after Lehman Brothers fell. LONDON - European stocks closed sharply lower as any early optimism that the resignation of Italian Prime ...

Strong culture drives T. Rowe Price

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... held a contrarian view about the quality of CDOs and sub-prime products that were coming into the market years before the Lehman collapse. He said it was again the company's culture that allowed that 'lone voice' to come through and, fortunately for ...

UBS $2bn rogue trader in custody

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... position, resulting in a US$2 billion loss for the Swiss bank. The news, breaking three years to the day after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, has put UBS trading activites back in the sights of regulators. UBS is believed to have alerted police to ...

New risk technologies shifting industry power

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... Large banks and other financial institutions have invested far more in post trade risk management since the collapse of Lehman Brothers three years ago, which exposed glitches in controlling exposure. Information Mosaic, which is headquartered in Ireland ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... chief Josef Ackermann saying the situation resembled that of the panic that followed the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers in 2008 and threw the world economy into recession. Italy's UniCredit fell 7.30 per cent to 0.832 euros and Intesa ...

Fed policy options galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... feeling like a scaredy cat at this very moment. On 13 September 2008, Reuters ran the headline, "Fed's options limited if Lehman talks fail". And then there was, "Dollar Vulnerable As Fed Options Limited And Growth Fades" published on actionforex.com's ...

Super funds need modern platforms to disclose holdings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... not a complicated report," he said. Hill said Dimension helped users get a complete view of their position quickly. "When Lehman Brothers collapsed, SimCorp Dimension users were able to understand their exposure in 15 to 20 minutes," he said. "It took ...

Western Asset brings in fixed income manager

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... develop new corporate and structured credit products for Australian investors. Shinnick has previously managed portfolios at Lehman Brothers Asset Management Australia, and Challenger Financial Services, having begun his career with HSBC asset management. ...

Deposits may shield Aussie banks from Greek debt crisis fallout

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... crisis in financial markets. The concern is that if Greece defaults on its loans, it could become a European version of the Lehman Brothers collapse, sparking a new seizure of credit markets. Australia's Big Four banks source 40 per cent of their wholesale ...

Up, down or sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... our more valuable currency could purchase. The A$ went as high as US$0.9786 on 15 July 2008 -- exactly two months before Lehman Bros declared bankruptcy. It was all downhill from there. Bullish predictions were quickly replaced by gloom. The Australian ...