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China could own America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... could give themselves interest free loans and cheaper insurance premiums seeing that they virtually own these companies? Citigroup and Bank of America are next in line, then it'll be the carmakers turn. Wow! How good is that? Mr. And Mrs. Jones owning ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... surged nearly four per cent on Monday amid reports the US government might take a bigger stake in troubled banking giant Citigroup. The blue-chip Hang Seng benchmark closed up 475.93 points, or 3.8 per cent, at 13,175.1. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... Chairman Christopher Dodd remarked that some US banks might have to be nationalised for a 'short time.' He was referring to Citigroup and Bank of America. Why he had to qualify his statement with 'for a short time' and why the White House hastened to ...

Halmarick joins CFS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
Former Citigroup managing director Stephen Halmarick joins Colonial First State Global Asset Management as head of investment markets research. With a career spanning more than 23 years, Halmarick was most recently managing director and co-head of Citigroup's ...

Free cash flow wins mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... Since its inception in May last year, the unhedged version of the fund reported a 6.28 per cent loss versus the S&P/Citigroup BMY World (ex-Australia) Index of 18.74 per cent. Across its global offering which was established three years ago, the fund ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... from PNC Financial Services Group and Bank of New York Mellon eased concerns that the troubles at financial giants like Citigroup were hitting all banks. A better-than-expected 2009 forecast from IBM Corp left technology shares looking not just oversold ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... Britain are designed to insure banks against further losses and are similar to steps the US government has made to protect Citigroup and Bank of America. State Street Corp, which had been performing better than most financial services companies, reported ...

Legg Mason expands team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Legg Mason Australian Equities has appointed ex-Citigroup small cap expert Julian Mulcahy as portfolio manager and research analyst for Australian small companies. Mulcahy will focus his efforts on listed Australian companies that fall outside the S&P/ASX ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... tussling with concerns about the ongoing problems in the banking industry in response to more billion-dollar losses at Citigroup Inc and Bank of America Corp. Yet investors were also heartened by plans for both banks to restore themselves to profitability ...

Cognacs and chocolates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... speculation of a similar downgrade for the entire Eurozone economy. Again, where there's smoke.... Back to America, Citigroup - after ceding control of its Smith Barney retail broking business to Morgan Stanley - is reportedly changing its business model ...