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RBC acquires 100pc RBC Dexia IS

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... 4420 1.4% 0.7% 7.5% FTSE MIB (Milano Italia Borsa) 15980.1 -3.1% -2.3% 5.9% Kuala Lumpur Composite 1596.3 0.7% 1.7% 4.3% Canada S&P/TSX 12392.2 -0.6% -2.0% 3.7% FTSE 100 5768.5 -1.5% -1.8% 3.5% Shanghai Composite 2262.8 -3.7% -6.8% 2.9% Spain IBEX 35 ...

Problem solved, not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... "enhanced and permanent presence on the ground" to readily monitor and check Greece's compliance. Likewise, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) reports that, "There will be measures to better trace and monitor official borrowing including ensuring that coupons ...

Dimensional grows fixed income team

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... Dimensional investment team in Sydney. The global asset manager is headquartered in Texas but has offices in Australia, Canada and Europe, managing more than $US200 billion in assets worldwide. A quarter of these assets are in fixed income. Koch was ...

Fears Volcker Rule will hit sovereign bond trading

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... volumes, weaken liquidity and so be counterproductive. Countries expressing the most concern so far are the UK, Japan, Canada and the European Commission, reports the International Financial Law Review news service. US investment industry representatives ...

HK tops US as most advanced financial economy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... sophistication of their financial markets and access to those markets. The top 10 nations are Hong Kong SAR, the US, UK, Singapore, Canada, the Netherlands, Japan, Switzerland and Norway. France is ranked 12th and Germany 15th.

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... big CB's plus one. The US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England, the Bank of Canada and the Swiss National Bank announced that they were pumping more liquidity in the financial system - by lowering the interest ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... announced it will invest an additional $US2.7 billion ($A2.65 billion) modernising its aluminium smelter in British Columbia, Canada. BHP Billiton had pared back early losses to be down six cents to $36.29. The banks were mostly higher, defying a ratings ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... points, at 2,386.86. In a surprise move on Wednesday the central banks of the United States, the eurozone, Britain, Japan, Canada and Switzerland said they would cut the cost of providing dollars to banks. However, Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... world have been increasingly fearful of. Wednesday's coordinated action by the central banks of Europe, the US, Britain, Canada, Japan and Switzerland greatly alleviated those worries by cutting short-term borrowing rates to banks, giving them much easier ...