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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... cent) to 12,943.44. European stocks and the euro rose on prospects that central banks would act to boost economies, while Barclays shares jumped after its chief executive resigned amid an interest rate rigging scandal. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ...

Barclays chief resigns

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has resigned after coming under fire from both politicians and regulators in the wake of the Libor interest rate fixing scandal. In stepping down, Diamond said the "external pressure placed on Barclays has reached ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... 2,976.08. LONDON - European stocks and the euro rose on prospects that central banks would act to boost economies, while Barclays shares jumped after its chief executive resigned amid a rate rigging scandal. European markets were also helped higher by ...

UK launches bank probe amid Libor scandal

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... parliamentary inquiry into the British banking sector in the wake of a rate fixing scandal that has already claimed the scalp of Barclays chairman Marcus Agius. A bipartisan committee will hear evidence under oath with full access to documents and people ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... week's surprise EU deal was underpinned by anticipation of an ECB rate cut, analysts say. Focus was also on the banks, as Barclays chairman Marcus Agius paid the price of "devastating" damage to the lender, resigning over the rigging of key global interest ...

Barclays fined $A451 million

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
UK bank Barclays will pay a record $A451 million in fines after it was found to have mislead authorities about the interest rate it was paying to borrow money from other banks. Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond said that in view of this, he and other ...

Australia lags on commodities investments

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... class over real estate and hedge funds," added Jody Gunzberg, director, commodity indices, referring to results from a Barclays Capital survey conducted earlier this year. Gunzberg says that investment in companies is not a good way to obtain a commodities ...

TAL makes executive appointments

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... over five years. Prior to joining Chartis, Hoyle held senior sales and marketing roles at AXA Sun Life, IMS Health and Barclays Bank. Griffin joins TAL from Ernst & Young where he was a Partner and the Head of Actuarial and Financial Services Risk Management ...

MMADX appoints new executive director

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... Asia. During his 25-year career in treasuries and global markets he has worked for firms including ABN AMRO, BZW and Barclays Bank. Go said the opportunity to build a new business suited to the new post-GFC world was a key driver in his decision to join ...

Ibbotson appoints new head of managed account solutions

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... Management. He has also held senior roles at Advance Asset Management, Vanguard Investments, Macquarie Funds Management and Barclays Global Investors. "Damian is a great addition to our business. His background in client management, product development ...