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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... expected to consider Obama's $825 billion economic stimulus plan this week. Democratic congressional leaders are pushing for swift passage of the measure before the February 16 recess to try to pull the country out of a deepening recession. LONDON - ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... rampant growth by withdrawing subsidies in many of the country's industries. Now China got what it wished for. This shows the swift result that could be achieved with a centrally planned economy. Dare to go against the powers that be and it's off with ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... remaking America. For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act - not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges ...

Aus FMs avoid Satyam scandal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... Services after the information technology provider's co-founder Ramalinga Raju was discovered cooking the books. Robert Swift, BT Investment Management head of multi strategies, said the scandal had damaged the reputation of India's IT industry and the ...

Bonds no safer than houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
Flight to safety? Really? Fears about the economic outlook and a helping hand from the US Federal Reserve has pushed up the US bond market over the past few months. Fresh signs that the American economic recession is deepening - and so is the world's ...

Thank you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Wall Street celebrates Thanksgiving Day today - a 400-year tradition celebrated by Americans commemorating the pilgrims' gratitude for a bountiful harvest. Given the way the global economies are shaping up, Thanksgiving 2008 offers only patchy harvests. ...

BTIM seeks ESG credit reporting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... company's entire capital structure and extend its ethical fund's investment universe to investment grade credit. Robert Swift, BT Investment Management head of multi strategies, said the team is looking to add investment grade credit to the investment ...

Banks to benefit from new FI interface

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... participants; but now this shared offering will be immediately available to Omgeo and Yieldbroker's clients," added Richard Swift, Yieldbroker's general manager. Yieldbroker DEBTS is a desktop application that institutional investors can use to view ...

SWIFT fast tracks insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
Messaging platform giant SWIFT has inked a deal with some of the largest insurers and reinsurers in the world that will enable insurers, brokers and reinsurers move from paper-based admin processing to an automated format using a standardised industry ...

TARP or TRAP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... think would happen if the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) were not approved. The duo emphasised the urgency of the swift passage of the bail-out package. US Federal Reserve Governor Ben Bernanke warned that the US financial system faces grave threats ...