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UBS cuts business and jobs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
Swiss bank UBS has flagged a $2 billion loss in the first quarter of this year amid more than 8,000 jobs cuts across the bank's business divisions. Oswald GrA1/4bel, UBS Group chief executive, said at an annual general meeting (AGM), the group is estimated ...

Best of the best at Securitor

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
From rising stars to the top performing financial planning practices, Securitor has picked the cream of the crop for this year's awards ceremony held at the Securitor conference in Darwin. The Securitor practice of the year award was handed out to Primewealth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained on better-than-expected earnings reports from Citigroup and General Electric. Gold miners may decline after the precious metal fell on Friday. At 0733 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Risk of indigestion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
Whoa boy! Take it easy. How many times have we been admonished by our elders to chew our food slowly right in the middle of chomping down a big chunk of that juicy, tender, savoury steak? Not once, not twice but many, many times. Because it is the me ...

IMF and Swan riding on doom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
What are they up to? What do they hope to accomplish? I am talking, of course, about the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and our very own Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan. What do they have in common? Both still have not learned their lessons. Both want ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks soared as investors grew more confident that the bruised economy is starting to heal. Gold, silver and copper prices eased, while oil prices swung higher overnight. At 0754 AEST ...

Bank guarantee must stay in place

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
The government should resist pressure to change the guarantee on wholesale bank funding, according to the head of debt capital markets at a leading investment bank. A director in capital market origination at Citi, David Bailey, said arguments that ...

Vantage point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
Depending on your vantage point, you would find that the global economy is on the mend or the global economy is still wallowing from its debt-inflicted pain. Wall Street sat where everything seems to be turning up roses. The Dow and the S&P 500 rose ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after Wall Street rose on hints of the recession easing. At 0741 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 38 points at 3,790. In economic news on Thursday, the Reserve ...

Integrity wins $30m Aust eq mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
The $1 billion Legalsuper industry fund has terminated a $30 million Australian equities mandate with Challenger, said Legalsuper chief executive, Andrew Proebstl According to Proebstl, the $30 million mandate was terminated mid-March due to "disappointing" ...