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Blame planners, not me: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... said. The bail-out vote now seeming to be all but locked down is accompanied by blogosphere reports that it was former President Clinton's efforts to boost home ownership in the US via the promotion of "paper-thin downpayments" that "pushed for ways ...

Head or tails?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... Stabilization Act of 2008.' Equities rallied, albeit not enough to recover all of the previous day's massive losses - after US President George Bush and congressional leaders indicated that negotiations on the US$700 billion rescue package will continue. ...

AIG not impacted by bail-out failure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
This morning's bail-out failure does not impact AIG, whose funding has already been approved and put in place. Congress this morning rejected the bail-out legislation 228 votes to 205 after two-thirds of Republican legislators dismissed the bill's pre-conditions ...

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... immediately to the US Treasury for purchase of problem assets. This amount could be increased to US$350 billion at the President's request. A limit of US$700 billion is set for all purchases and allows Congress to veto purchases above the limit. US taxpayers ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... contract was down 31 points at 5020, on a volume of 11,941 contracts. CMC Markets senior dealer, Matthew Lewis, said US President George Bush's television address urging Congress to approve the Government's proposed rescue plan for the financial industry ...

Omgeo expands derivatives tech

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... Electronic Markets (GEM), after it piloted the technology with a large broker and a major hedge fund manager. Marianne Brown, president and chief executive of Omgeo said the dual transaction means Omgeo now extends its expertise in operations beyond ...

JV moves Invesco into China PE

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... effort in using new financing means to promote industrial development," said Huang Yongda, China Huaneng Group vice president. "This also marks a strategic move in the pursuit of global presence. I believe this will help promote China Huaneng Group's ...

MetLife appoints head of insto

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... institutional business. Meanwhile Michael Burke, the current head of institutional business, has accepted the new role of vice president, new marketing opportunities. "Michael will work closely with the heads of our individual and group businesses. His ...

Templeton opens SWF arm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... wealth and supranationals. Smart will be based in the firm's London office and report to Vijay Advani, executive vice president of Global Advisory Services. Advani said SWFs are one of the fastest growing asset pools in the world and could rival the ...

Legg Mason AM hires Titchkosky

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
Legg Mason Asset Management Australia hired Beau Titchkosky as vice president - business development. Titchkosky has more than 13 years experience in financial services mostly in distribution roles. Before joining Legg Mason, he spent five years working ...