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Greek tragedy overwhelms Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... country. Greece sinking alone would not be a worry but it becomes a tragedy when it risks taking many of the bigger European Union members down with it. The Financial Times notes that, "The Greek crisis is a matter of direct concern to EU countries because ...

AXA pushes into Romanian life market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... regulatory approval. AXA said the Romanian market has a low life insurance penetration rate compared to the rest of the European Union, which the firm reckons provides a lot of potential for growth. It is understood Romania has a gross domestic product ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... news of a sharp fall in US consumer confidence. Market sentiment received a boost from a report showing that the European Union finally emerged from recession in the third quarter. In London, the FTSE 100 index closed at 5,296.38, up 19.88 points, or ...

Wealthy women frustrated with finance firms: book

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... education, which could lead to higher paying jobs. In the US, 57 per cent of college students are women and in the European Union, 55 per cent of college students are female. What's concerning for financial services firms is the research found nearly ...

Firm hails the next emerging market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... including Poland, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, are set to experience solid growth as they join and integrate with the European Union and seek a standard of living that is similar to Western European residents. Plus, many Western European entrepreneurs are ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... BHP Billiton had advanced $1.15, or 3.15 per cent, to $37.65 at 1204 AEST. European steel makers have called for European Union anti-trust regulators - which stymied BHP Billiton's hostile $US68 billion ($A84.5 billion) bid for Rio Tinto last year - ...

Impax environment trust hits the market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... sectors. It's these sub sectors which are set to benefit from a raft of global public policy initiatives such as the European Union's 20-20-20 climate change package and President-elect Barack Obama's New Deal which plans to invest $150 billion in these ...

Aviva pushes PRI cause

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... the Aviva Investors European Renewable Energy Fund that develops and finances renewable energy projects in the European Union. Dromer said the initiatives stem from the firm's belief that well governed companies with responsible management practices ...

The end is nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... promised to temporarily guarantee bank refinancing and a host of other measures in order to ease credit in the European Union. The measures include temporarily guaranteeing bank lending for up to five years, and taking equity stakes in distressed banks. ...

Barclays emits carbon trading ETN

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... liquid carbon credits associated with world's greenhouse gas trading plans. The index comprises of two plans, the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme and the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism. Philippe El-Asmar, Barclays Capital head of ...