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Seek and thou shalt find

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... improves." The S&P 500 currently trades at 14.1 times forecast earnings. Bloomberg notes that "except for the months after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. collapsed," this is the cheapest since 1990. The index soared by "92 per cent in the five years after ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... formerly MFS. In Canberra, the High Court is to hand down its reasons for judgement in a case between local councils and Lehman Brothers over losses suffered as a result of Lehman's collapse during the global financial crisis. In Australia on Tuesday ...

Strong one, says yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... especially given the still uncertain future of Greece and its impact on the rest of Europe. Instead, they are now at pre-Lehman Bros. Levels. Yields on 10-year US Treasuries are now almost 100 basis points higher, trading at around 3.9 per cent as at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... 11,000.98. The last time the blue-chip index closed above 11,000 was September 26, 2008, 11 days after the collapse of Lehman Brothers triggered a financial meltdown that led to the global recession. Fears that Greece could be edging closer to default ...

Epoch focus on free cash flow pays dividends

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... of the few global fund managers who thought that Citibank's shares were overpriced, even before the stock collapsed post-Lehman. "That whole analysis I did on Citibank, you can pick it right out of Bloomberg [data]. I didn't meet anyone from Citibank ...

Local councils set to recover more from Lehman

PIPER ALDERMAN RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
Local councils that invested in Lehman CDOs won a small victory this week after a court judgment that could allow them to recover more of their money back from the collapsed firm. The High Court has dismissed an appeal against the judgment of the Federal ...

Instos lobby for Main Street

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... Breeden, former SEC chairman who introduced reforms 20 years ago said: "Do remember that a common element in the failure of Lehman Brothers, AIG, Fannie Mae, and other firms was that their boards of directors did not control excessive risk-taking, did ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... to 5,599.76 points, returning to levels last seen in September 2008 just before the collapse of giant US investment bank Lehman Brothers. FRANKFURT - Germany's DAX 30 rose 82.04 points, or 1.42 per cent, to 5,877.36 points. PARIS - The CAC 40 advanced ...

Instinet adds four to Sydney office

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... Hong Kong and has also worked at BZW, JBWere and ITG. Lai joined the firm from Credit Suisse. He has also spent time at Lehman Brothers, Citi and UK hedge fund DPFM. Meanwhile, Heavener also previously worked at Credit Suisse and has experience across ...

Sec lending to split from custody

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
The multi-million dollar securities lending market in Australia could be in for a shakeup as super funds consider separating their custodial services from securities lending and cash collateral management. Giselle Awad, senior vice president business ...