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BNP Paribas tech boosts Asian ops

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... the Asian region. The firm's current technology, processes and sub-custody network in use across Europe and the United Kingdom will now be used across Asia as well. "The same technology has been cloned for the Asia-Pacific region and will be supported ...

State Street wins $8b Rio mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... requirements across service providers," said Steve Smit, head of State Street's Investor Services business in the United Kingdom, Middle East and Africa. State Street provides investment services for pension assets globally, including 10 of the largest ...

Undue credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... Debt Country (GED) Capita of GDP % of GDP S&P US$ Billion US$000 % % Ratings 1. Ireland 2,311 550 811 31.5 AA+ 2. United Kingdom 9,388 154 336 47.2 AAA 3. Belgium 1,618 155 327 80.8 AA+ 4. Hong Kong 660 94 295 14.5 AA+ 5. Netherlands 2,439 146 268 43.0 ...

No two ways about it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... the tasty aroma of recovery in their soups last night after Standard & Poor's warned that it might downgrade the United Kingdom's AAA credit rating because of its widening budget deficit and ballooning national debt. The fear is that the United States ...

The biggest loser

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... than forecasts for a 2.6 per cent decrease in Japanese real GDP and the 2.8 per cent contraction predicted for the United Kingdom. However, given its fourth quarter economic scorecard, Eurozone growth for 2009 may yet be revised lower. But with the economic ...

Worst of the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... countries to contract by 2 per cent this year. Of these developed countries, the IMF foresees that the economy of the United Kingdom would suffer the worst contraction. It expects UK real GDP growth of minus 2.8 per cent in 2009 - revised from negative ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... MORE rlm/pe Mr Potter said the domestic financial sector had been spooked by talks of bank nationalisation in the United Kingdom. "It's doing nothing for confidence," he said. At 1205 AEDT, National Australia Bank had lost 58 cents, or 3.2 per cent ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... by the global financial crisis has knocked out the economies of the United States, the Eurozone, Japan and the United Kingdom to name a few. By its sheer size and ongoing industrialisation and urbanisation, China was widely expected to withstand these ...

Four Bad 'Bers'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... real and that their stockings remain filled with toxic debts. This week the central banks of the Eurozone, the United Kingdom and Australia will meet to deliberate on monetary policy settings for their respective economies. Given the persistent and worsening ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... continue to slow in the coming months. This is not surprising given that the big economies of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Eurozone and Japan are on the precipice of a recession. In addition, even China is feeling the pinch. Slower economic ...