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Aussies head to Britain for investments

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010

Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... facility. This 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 ...

Global Sovereign Crisis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... Poor's over negligent misrepresentation. But back to Greece and contagion. For my next witness I call on former Bank of England deputy governor Sir John Gieve. Commenting on the crisis, Sir John said that, "...there has been sort of a Lehman's moment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... slumping more than five per cent before finishing with a loss of just over three per cent on the day. The ECB and Bank of England decisions to leave interest rates unchanged at record lows were as expected and provided no lead. In London, the benchmark ...

Still waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... of poor labour market conditions. There was not much change in Europe either. The European Central Bank and the Bank of England both kept their respective policy interest rates steady. And in Greece...the sage continues. And in Asia, Bloomberg reports ...

Damned either way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... bank Credit Agricole SA, encouraging economic data and dovish comments from central bank officials - including Bank of England governor Mervyn King - helped fuel another bout of buying in stock markets. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top shares ...

Perpetual close to recovering $125m for Mahogany

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... The Court rejected arguments put by LBSF that they should have priority over the collateral. In July, the High Court of England and Wales also rejected LBSF's arguments, triggering the initial appeal. While the latest decision is a positive step towards ...

Pushing on a string

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009

Our fearful trip is done

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... ended. They fell by 19 per cent before the 2001 recession ended. Meanwhile, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England are keeping their sails aloft, determined to reach dry land. Both kept interest rates unchanged at 1 per cent and 0.5 per cent ...