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Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... was closed only last 1 February. According to Bloomberg, "The swaps with the European Central Bank, Bank of England and Swiss central bank, as well as the Bank of Japan, will allow them to provide the "full allotment" of US dollars as needed. A separate ...

AMP appoints key insurance personnel

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... Bertasso joins Personal Wealth Protection from CommInsure. Before this, Bertasso resided in South Africa and worked for Swiss Re in number of key roles, including chief underwriter. AMP's director of wealth protection products Michael Paff said 'head ...

Longevity swaps to top £10bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010

Change of heart

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... central banks are thinking now? Should have stuck with the US dollar? Could have gone for the yen? Would have bought the Swiss franc? Should have, could have, would have. But the hit the euro is taking right now is also paving the way for positive adjustments ...

Top 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... Netherlands - ING. Japan: Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho, Nomura, Sumitomo Mitsui Insurance groups: Aegon, Allianz, Aviva, Axa, Swiss Re, Zurich According to the Financial Times, the FSB will ask these institutions "to start drawing up so-called living wills ...

No let up in ING asset sales

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... broker-dealers, transferred their US reinsurance business to RGA Inc, sold their Asian private banking business to OCBC, sold their Swiss private banking business to Julius Baer, sold their Australian and New Zealand insurance business to ANZ, sold their ...

Pension fund head gets jail sentence

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
The former head of a Swiss teachers' pension fund has been sentenced to four years imprisonment after being convicted of a string of offences including fraud and embezzlement. UK-based publication online publication IPE.com reported Ignace Rey, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... renewed doubts about the strength of the global recovery, with banks hit by a major shakeup in Britain and another big loss at Swiss giant UBS. But analysts said some of the losses were offset late in the trading day after the US Commerce Department ...

Global funds lose $20trn to GFC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... to grow," said the report. During the same period, French, German and UK managers have grown their share the most while Swiss, Japanese and US managers' share fell. Testament to the M&As last year, the leaders of the board have changed. Blackrock moved ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... Amsterdam gained 1.43 per cent, Brussels put on 2.03 per cent, Milan was up 1.24 per cent, Madrid added 1.84 per cent and Swiss stocks advanced 0.86 per cent. FRANKFURT - The DAX added 79.08 points, or 1.51 per cent, to settle at 5311.06. PARIS - The ...