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Groundhog Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
Today, America and Canada held their annual Groundhog Day festivities to see whether spring would come early or winter will stretch six weeks more. Groundhog Day is rooted in ancient European folklore and purports that if a groundhog emerges from its ...

Property re-pricing to come in waves

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... Japan have already seen re-pricing and are therefore the most attractive regions to look at first. By contrast, the US, Canada and the eastern cities of China won't suffer the brunt of the GFC until the fourth quarter of 2009. "For structural reasons ...

Polaris buys SEEC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... a software testing centre in Sydney more than two years ago to complement existing labs in Northern Ireland, India and Canada. The Sydney based centre is also used to service the firm's clients in Singapore, New Zealand and Hong Kong. Polaris software ...

Former State Street head jumps to RBC Dexia

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... taking up the RBC Dexia flag following a four year stint at State Street. He replaces Scott MacDonald, who is returning to Canada to assume another role within RBC Dexia that will be announced in due course. RBC Dexia manages over $4 billion in client ...

Knife falls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... recession. And because of these persistent problems in the US, another domino appears to be on the brink of falling. The Bank of Canada cut interest rates by 75 basis points last night, taking its benchmark lending rate down to a half century low of ...

Changing of the guard at Russell

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... Services. He holds a M.B.A. from the University of New South Wales, Australian Graduate School of Management. A native of Canada, Mr Corneil has lived and worked in Australia for more than 10 years. The management changes will take effect from January ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... which is to invest an additional $US300 million ($A452.25 million) in the modernisation of the Kitimat aluminium smelter in Canada, was down $11.85, or 15.11 per cent, at $66.55. In the US overnight, stocks dived on growing global recession fears, grim ...

The global recession we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... Central Bank dropped its repo rate to 3.75 percent, the Bank of England cut its base rate to 4.5 per cent, the Bank of Canada to 2.5 per cent, the Swiss National Bank to 2.5 per cent and Sweden's Riksbank to 4.25 per cent. With its benchmark rate at ...

Aviva Investors forms $488bn FM

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... Polska), Ireland (Hibernian Investment Managers) North America (Aviva Capital Management, MFM International, Aviva Investment Canada) Romania (CertInvest) and the UK (Morley). Alain Dromer, chief executive of Aviva Investors, said the new organisation ...

Soup for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... larger facilities will now support the provision of U.S. dollar liquidity in amounts of up to $30 billion by the Bank of Canada, $80 billion by the Bank of England, $120 billion by the Bank of Japan, $15 billion by Danmarks Nationalbank, $240 billion ...