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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... was helped along by rises in selected leading stocks but trading was thin with the week in the United States and United Kingdom starting with holidays. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed up 13.48 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 3,061.23. Turnover was worth ...

Nein to naked shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... win... The speculators are our adversaries." Sure, sure. But haven't we been here before? The United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and other European governments -- including Germany -- banned short selling in 2008. What happened? ...

AMP hires property expert

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... recently, placement agency and capital raising experience. During his time working in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom he has maintained close international relationships with investors. Nation will join AMP Capital Investors on 3 May 2010 ...

Ex Macq manager restrained from departure

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... South Wales and prevents De Silva from leaving, or attempting to leave, Australia. De Silva, 36, a resident of the United Kingdom, was also required to deliver up all passports to the Court Registry. On Friday 26 February, ASIC obtained ex-parte orders ...

Property funds under green watch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... that property fund managers have rated dismally, with only a few investors from from Australia, Sweden and the United Kingdom getting good scores. The majority of survey participants ignore environmental issues, despite overwhelming data on how energy ...

Greek tragedy overwhelms Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... another 6 per cent." And then there's also tragedy in the UK. Standard & Poor's now "... no longer classify the United Kingdom (AAA/Negative/A-1+) among the most stable and low-risk banking systems globally." In ending, allow me to quote President Obama. ...

Ripoll recommends investor compensation fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... services compensation arrangements into line with those of other international financial services hubs such as the United Kingdom," said the CHOICE submission. However, other submissions, while backing the idea, also raised concerns about the cost of ...

AMP signs MOU with China Life

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... property, infrastructure, equities and fixed income, with operations in Australia, Japan, China, India, Singapore, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

Perpetual close to recovering $125m for Mahogany

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... Capital noteholders since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, following its second successful court ruling in the United Kingdom last week. Perpetual (PTCo) commenced legal proceedings six months ago against the UK-based BNY Corporate Trustee Services (BNY) ...

HSBC appoints head of securities services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... banking, operations management and IT. Bastow has worked across a number of markets in his career including the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia. He will relocate to Sydney from Ireland. "Andrew brings a global perspective to this position ...