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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... Britain's top shares surged 3.5 per cent higher as the prospect of a hefty US rate cut and forecast-beating results from Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs calmed shaken investors. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,605.8 points, up 191.4 or 3.54 per cent. FRANKFURT ...

Lehman Bros wins Japanese trading approval

Lehman Brothers has received approval to trade certified emission reductions (CERs) in Japan, becoming the only global investment bank able to provide liquidity for the Asian and European carbon markets. The company is the first foreign financial firm ...

Councils take action on CDOs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... (CDOs). The New South Wales' Wingecarribee Shire Council for example has taken legal action in the Federal Court against Lehman Brothers Australia claiming that the representations made by Lehmans, including advice on the security of council's capital ...

Western Asset repositions for 2008

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... badly," he said. Western Asset formed in 1971 and was purchased by Legg Mason in 1986. In 1996 Western Asset purchased Lehman Brothers Global Asset Management, which was re-branded under Western Asset. Legg Mason purchased CitiGroup's asset management ...

What US recession?

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... overplayed, and blown out of proportion - but the outlook for 2008 still looks fairly benign, according to economists from Lehman Brothers. "There's a 60 per cent chance, in our view, that the economy will not go into recession," said Paul Shead, global ...

Lehman Brothers banks on natural resources

Lehman Brothers Australia has hired a natural resources expert to head its Australian investment banking business. The group has appointed Shaun Treacy as the new managing director of investment banking. Prior to joining Lehman, Treacy worked for over ...

Lehman Brothers renames Grange

Lehman Brothers has renamed its Australian business, Grange Securities, to Lehman Brothers Australia. The re-branding follows Lehman's acquisition of Grange Securities and Grange Asset Management in March this year. Since then, Lehman Brothers has hired ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
... Deutsche Bank cut its profit estimates through 2008 on the nation's top five investment banks, including Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley. These stocks dropped about one per cent or more, while the S&P financial index also declined one ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
... LONDON - UK stocks lifted after the British government guaranteed all deposits held by troubled Northern Rock, and US bank Lehman Brothers posted better-than-expected third quarter earnings. The FTSE 100 rose 100.5 points to 6,283.3. FRANKFURT - The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
... brokers and mortgage lenders fell on persisting credit worries and after Goldman Sachs slashed its earnings forecast on Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 56.74 points at 13,322.13 and the Standard ...