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Deutsche extends MENA services

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
Deutsche Bank continues to broaden its Middle East and North African (MENA) equities capability, adding trading, sales trading and equity capital markets services to its platform and hiring two senior executives. Former UBS executives, Ahmed Beydoun ...

ANZ appoints Denby

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... chief executive. Thursby said Denby's skills in market and credit risk management across a number of regions ensured the bank's interest in Asia Pacific are well managed.

Period of cleansing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
Where's a poor investor going to look? On the right, there are hopeful signs that liquidity is starting to trickle. On the left, the number of countries falling into an economic recession is increasing. Over the past few days, equity market rallies ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... fairly reasonable day yesterday, so two days in a row going in the right direction," Mr Chatterton said. "National Australia Bank (NAB) came out with their result which was in line with expectations and that I think has stabilised or been a positive ...

Hedge funds slam ban extension

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
The hedge fund industry has condemned the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) decision to extend the ban on short selling on non-financial stocks, declaring it will have "severe and immutable long-term effects". ASIC extended the ...

ING offloads Taiwan life insurance for $850m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
ING sold its Taiwanese life insurance business to Fubon Financial Holding for a consideration equivalent to $850 million. The Dutch financial institutions will be paid in shares and subordinated debt securitie of Fubon Financial Holding. As a result ...

Future Fund posts 1.81pc first quarter loss

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
The $63 billion Future Fund's overweight allocation to cash has paid off in the first quarter of this year - losing a mere 1.81 per cent when many funds suffered double-digit losses over the same period. This result, combined with the 2007/08 year ...

Three wise economists

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
Hopeful signs that the squeeze on the credit markets is beginning to loosen gave Wall Street another leg up overnight. The Dow closed 4.7 per cent higher, the S&P 500 ended 4.8 per cent up and the Nasdaq rose by 3.4 per cent at the finish. It was the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up 130 points at 4,288. In economic news, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens will speak to the Trans Tasman business circle on Australia, New Zealand and the ...

Secure Computing beats hackers at own game

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
Secure Computing is helping financial services firms from inadvertently downloading malicious software without limiting the sites they can access by thinking like a hacker. The Australian Tax Office, the Royal Mint and a range of local banks are known ...