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... eight years to fully comply with the requirement. This is a happy compromise between the five years the US, UK and Switzerland wants and Germany's call for 10 years. And to hammer in the good tidings some more, the "sage of Omaha", Warren Buffett is ...

Banks to raise capital reserves

ELISE BURGESS | MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010

... institutions. Bank regulators and central bankers, including chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke, gathered in Basel Switzerland and proposed to increase the minimum common equity requirement for banks from 2 per cent to 4.5 per cent. In addition ...

Man charged in multi-million dollar fraud

RUTH LIEW | WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010

... - including the J.P.Morgan employee - sent a fake request to transfer $150 million across four accounts in Greece, Switzerland and Hong Kong. The $150 million were held in J.P.Morgan. A mistake in the Greek transfer was what alerted the police about ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010

... doom and gloom, market's dismissed European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet's press conference in Basel, Switzerland. Monsieur Trichet stated that, 'We have a number of elements suggesting that we're approaching the moment where we're having ...

Treasury Group names distribution execs

COMPANY RELEASE | WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010

... Capital. She also held a number of roles in client management, marketing and sales at Barclays Global Investors in Switzerland. Mark Burgess, managing director at Treasury Group, highlighted the importance of these appointment earlier in the week, adding ...

Research finds country bias in pension asset allocation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010

... clear trend across all the different regions. For example, equities allocation can vary from as low as 27 per cent in Switzerland and a high of 72 per cent in Brazil. The most significant trend, said Goss, is the massive appeal of alternatives. Australian ...

No pleasing Mr. Market

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010

... But hear ye, hear ye to what People's Bank of China Deputy Governor Zhu Min told the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland. "We'll continue with current accommodative fiscal and monetary policy" in order to ensure that the 8 per cent to 9 per cent ...

Greek tragedy overwhelms Obama

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010

... the total outstanding Greek debt, followed by France at 11 per cent and Italy at 6 per cent. Germany, Austria and Switzerland hold about 9 per cent and the three Benelux countries another 6 per cent." And then there's also tragedy in the UK. Standard ...

Debt load

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009

... lose its AAA in 2013. This is opposed to what Moody's termed "resistant" economies - like Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland and New Zealand - described as countries which started from a more robust budget position and won't see debt exceed levels ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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