Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 4881 - 4890 of 5948 results for "Banks"

Time out for specialist funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... Super Investment Management, Richard Roberts, said: "No one is investing in the highly geared, diverse funds that investment banks are putting together. "We would rather invest in projects directly. I am prepared to call an end to the model." All the ...

India tech giant opens local devt base

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... staff around the world. The group offers product engineering, IT infrastructure services, BPO and systems integration to banks, fund managers, retailers and healthcare companies.

Dovish RBA minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... that there is scope to lower interest rates given the slowdown in demand in the Australian economy. As with other central banks, the 5 August minutes revealed the RBA's concern over high inflation and slowing growth On inflation, the minutes noted that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... lower on Thursday as higher oil prices back above $US120 added to gloom over the economic outlook and the health of the banks. The FTSE 100 index held up better than its peers to show a loss of just 1.6 points or, 0.03 per cent, to 5,370.20 points. FRANKFURT ...

Credit investors put bond issuers on notice

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... "reneged", saying the decision was still pending. And then when it came to a vote of financiers to settle the matter the banks had the controlling vote. The notes have remained on issue. So bad was the feeling between Wesfarmers, a regular issuer in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... commodities market was very positive and I think that's why BHP and Rio are doing so well today," Mr Heffernan said. "The banks are a bit wishy-washy but they're not doing too bad." The financial sector was with Commonwealth Bank of Australia down one ...

SimCorp adds LexiFi modelling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... and founded in 2000, LexiFi provides software for the analysis and management of complex financial products for investment banks, asset managers and private banks. This development is inline with SimCorp incorporating a new module, XpressInstruments ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... job agency Seek Ltd and online service provider iiNet Ltd. The Australian share market closed flat on Friday as a rally in banks and property trusts, triggered by a positive US lead, offset falls in mining and energy stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... 4,402.97. TOKYO - Japan share prices closed down 2.11 per cent, hit by renewed worries about the health of the world's top banks and news of a contraction in the domestic economy. Exporters' shares suffered after the US dollar fell back below the 109 ...

What property bust?

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... companies that will go broke. It's definitely possible because there are already some players that have major problems with the banks like Rubicon and Centro. "But they are not going to derail the sector because they are only a small part of the sector," ...