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State Street expands Australian global markets team

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and the Asia Pacific region, where he worked closely with governments, regulators, central banks, central securities depositories and industry participants. Scholfield has relocated to Sydney from State Street's Boston and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... want to see some real follow up on the deal and a jump in Italian borrowing rates reflected the underlying nervousness. The banks suffered on concerns over their holdings of weak eurozone governments' debt, with the offer of capital last week to help ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... the advances of five per cent and more in some centres on Thursday after EU leaders agreed to cut Greek debt, bolster the banks and strengthen a eurozone bailout fund. They said sentiment overall is positive on the hard-won deal but the market now wants ...

2012 China study tour launched

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... Premium China Study Tour will run from Friday 12th October to Sunday 20th October 2012. Local research houses, investment banks and companies have been lined up for the tour which will provide delegates with the opportunity to immerse themselves in Chinese ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... 4,439.4. The December share price index futures contract was up 24 points at 4,382 with 23,026 contracts traded. All the local banks eased off after early morning gains but remained in positive territory. Westpac rose eight cents to $32.76, Commonwealth ...

Fixville here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... the European Union "wouldn't resist for one second to move toward a scenario of the total insolvency of Greece." European banks will be recapitalised and required to raise another a,-106 bil to boost their Tier 1 capital - to 9% -- after writing down ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... announced on Thursday (European time) a plan to shore up their bailout facility, pledging new funds for Greece and persuading banks to agree to major writedowns in an accord reached after two successive summits. French President Nicholas Sarkozy announced ...

Mortgage funds to rise post-govt guarantee

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... mortgage funds. Terlikar said the reduction of the government guarantee and the declining returns from term deposits offered by banks should ultimately result in investors wanting alternative options to maintain their income. "However, with Perpetual ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... inflation, China has ushered in several policies over the past year to tighten credit, including restricting the amount of money banks can lend and hiking interest rates five times since October 2010. Sydney got a boost after government data showed inflation ...

US unlikely to follow EU short selling ban

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... against sovereign bonds without actually holding the bond itself. The ban, designed to limit the undermining of European banks that have bought EU bonds, follows an earlier ban on short selling of financial stocks in France, Italy, Spain and Belgium. ...