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Derivatives broker MF Global in administration

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... losses were reported. As of last week, MF Global had a net exposure of $US6.29 billion in debt issued by Italy, Spain, Belgium, Portugal and Ireland. $US1.37 billion was from Portugal and Ireland. According to the bankruptcy filing, MF Global has 25,000-50,000 ...

US unlikely to follow EU short selling ban

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... banks that have bought EU bonds, follows an earlier ban on short selling of financial stocks in France, Italy, Spain and Belgium. Critics believe this financial stock short selling ban indirectly destroyed confidence in Dexia that lead to the need for ...

Ausbil Dexia assures investors following European bailout

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... for the Belgian government to buy its Belgian arm. To prevent the bank from going to the wall it was also decided that Belgium, France and Luxembourg would pump a total of 90 billion euro into the bank. Under the proposals, Belgium will provide 60.5% ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... German promise to back up beleaguered eurozone banks. Adding to the sense of optimism on Tuesday was a decision by France, Belgium and Luxembourg to bail out Dexia bank, the first lender to be dragged under by the European debt crisis. Tokyo closed 1.95 ...

The good, the bad and the whatever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... Moody's cut the ratings of 12 UK banks citing the removal or lessening of government support and has warned it could put Belgium next in line on the barber's chair for a shave. And for a trifecta, Standard & Poor's was not to be outdone. It snipped the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... Dexia was facing collapse, hit by lack of ready funding cash and a heavy exposure to debt-stricken Greece. France and Belgium stepped in to guarantee Dexia financing after the stock slumped 22 per cent on Tuesday, allowing it to finish with a modest ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... market was 80 points, or 1.8 per cent, higher with gains across the board. European markets rallied on Friday after France, Belgium, Spain and Italy banned the speculative practice of short-selling stocks to combat "false rumours" that have destabilised ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... early Friday evening, driven by a recovery in European equity markets. European markets rallied on Friday after France, Belgium, Spain and Italy banned the speculative practice of short-selling stocks to combat "false rumours" that have destabilised ...

You can't handle the truth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... closer to reality - if not already. And that's just for Greece. What about the other Greece's of Europe? Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, Spain and recently, Italy? Also, does anyone really believe that the banks need a top up of just a,-2.5 billion combined ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... that another experiment at monetary unity has failed. The first time they tried - and failed - was in 1865 when France, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland tried to unify their currencies by forming the Latin Monetary Union. They were joined by Spain and ...