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Asia marching on faster than expected

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... regulators have come out so strongly to defend Wall Street in the wake of the sub-prime fiasco with those incredibly aggressive interest rate cuts and now the loan restructuring packages for sub-prime borrowers. Indeed, the perception of this US government ...

Comminsure motors along

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... death cover and baby seat cover. Comminsure is number one in the group life insurance market and has a reputation for aggressive pricing when bidding for the business of big superannuation funds. It is number five in general insurance. Swanson is keen ...

Macq targets Asian real estate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
Singapore, China and Tokyo will continue to provide significant opportunities for growth in property and real estate on the back of sustained economic growth throughout the region, according to Rod Cornish, head of Macquarie real estate research. Cornish ...

Tyndall/Suncorp to merge fixed interest teams

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
Tyndall/Suncorp will merge their two separate fixed income teams next quarter and increase staff numbers at their global macro team over the next year as part of a broader growth strategy, according to managing director Brett Himbury. Himbury said the ...

Sub-prime's house of cards

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... worse and that US$150 billion total write-downs could be a 'ballpark' figure. However he also stated banks are being aggressive in their current write-downs and insisted that inflation remained on the radar, with the Fed watching oil prices very closely. ...

JPMorgan appoints team to lead NZ push

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
JPMorgan Treasury and Securities Services (TSS) has announced a new executive team to help lead its expansion into New Zealand next year. Former AXA chief operating officer Jane Perry has been appointed head of worldwide securities services (WSS) for ...

Asset finance companies lose lending share

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Finance companies are losing market share in their biggest market segment, business lending, as the banks make an aggressive push for more SME and middle market business. According to KPMG's 2006/07 survey of finance companies, released yesterday, finance ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
The Australian sharemarket had recovered at noon after trading in negative territory in early morning trade, with the banking sector providing much of the propping up. At 1208 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 17.4 points higher to 6671.7 and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
... gold price," Mr Land said. Resources stocks rebounded today, despite some weaker commodity prices, after yesterday's aggressive selling. "It was a good evening for oil, back over the $US80 a barrel mark," Mr Land said. "The energy sector was probably ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... mortgage market. "The market is pretty confident that Bernanke (US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke) will be pretty aggressive in trying to prop up the market," Mr Foulsham said. Among the major banks, the National was up 15 cents at $39.94, the ...