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Schroders buys Swiss Re

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
Global asset management firm Schroders has confirmed it is acquiring Swiss third party fund manager Swiss Re Asset Management Funds (Switzerland) AG. The sale will see Schroders scoop up Swiss Re's nearly $1.97 billion of asset under management as at ...

Central banks try again to lift liquidity

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... plan is that the US Fed will increase the currency swap arrangements it put in place with the European Central Bank and the Swiss National Bank by US$10 billion (to US$30 billion) and US$2 billion (to US$6 billion) respectively. The terms of the swap ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... points, up 5.83 or 0.08 per cent. PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 4,855.4 points, up 14.69 or 0.30 per cent. ZURICH - The Swiss market index closed at 7,536.45 points, down 10.44 or 0.14 per cent. TOKYO - The Nikkei average edged up 0.36 per cent ...

Oil sours economic rally

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... energy supply as a primary concern in 2008. Leading oil-importing economies that share these concerns meet today in the Swiss resort of Davo a week ahead of the next Opec meeting in Vienna amid mounting worries that record oil prices are worsening the ...

Operation auction squad

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
... Australia's Reserve Bank. The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the US Federal Reserve and the Swiss National Bank have just announced a new plan to create an auction system where term credit loans and bonds can be put up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
... points. PARIS - The CAC-40 index fell 26.16 to 5724.76 points. TOKYO - The Nikkei share average rose as fund injections into Swiss bank UBS helped ease concern over the global financial crisis. The Nikkei ended up 120.33 to 16,044.72 points. HONG KONG ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... New York rallied, led by bank and building stocks, as the latest cash infusions into battered financial firms, including Swiss bank UBS, eased credit concerns. The likely prospect of a Federal Reserve interest-rate cut on Tuesday added to the positive ...

Praemium signs UBS

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
UBS has awarded Praemium a contract to provide its online V-Wrap portfolio administration services to the Swiss banking firm. Praemium won the tender after a sixteen-month application and due diligence process. Chief executive Arthur Naoumidis said ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
... was abuzz with takeover talk after the board of Jubilee Mines NL unanimously recommended an all cash $3.1 billion bid by Swiss mining giant Xstrata plc. Mr Arnold said a takeover war for the nickel miner was likely, as many parties were interested in ...

The price of pain

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... billion) into the banking system and Singapore's Monetary Authority added S$1.5 billion (1.16 billion). Traders estimated that Swiss National Bank contributed 2-3 billion Swiss francs (1.97-2.96) and our own Reserve Bank injected 4.95 billion into the ...