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Antin raises $1.5bn

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... Partners has managed to secure commitments from approximately 35 investors from diverse countries: Scandinavia, France, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia in particular," said Mark Crosbie, managing partner. "The confidence placed ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... fully comply with the requirement. This is a happy compromise between the five years the US, UK and Switzerland wants and Germany's call for 10 years. And to hammer in the good tidings some more, the "sage of Omaha", Warren Buffett is back in the headlines ...

Europeans flock to Asian stocks

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... investors in the last 12 months" Doherty said. Despite talk of a nascent recovery underway in northern Europe, particularly Germany, the locals appear to be looking elsewhere. "The Europeans look around their own neighborhood and kind of go, Asia's a ...

True Lies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... not when they've been found to be lying... a second time. Bloomberg quoted the Association of German Banks warning that Germany's 10 biggest banks may require an additional a,-105 billion in fresh capital to comply with new Tier 1 capital ratio requirements. ...

US needs double the lifeline

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... conceded that fiscal stimulus might be politically difficult ahead of midterm congressional elections in November but cited Germany's unexpected intervention to save Greece earlier this year as an example of authorities acting when needed. "When you ...

Numero Dos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... years. According to the Wall Street Journal, China was ranked seventh biggest a little over a decade ago. It surpassed Germany as numero tres only in 2007. And with Spot No. 2 goes all the extra trimmings. If you think the US had difficulty pushing China ...

Torturing the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... the latest report that Eurozone GDP expanded by 1 per cent in the second quarter - the fastest in four years. Not with Germany recording its best quarterly growth in 20 years. Oh well, if you can't torture the data until it confesses, just ignore it. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... London, the FTSE 100 index of leading shares was virtually unchanged, down 0.63 point, at 5,396.48 points. FRANKFURT - Germany's DAX gained 15.78 points, or 0.25 per cent, to 6,307.91 points PARIS - The CAC 40 dropped 4.52 points, or 0.12 per cent, to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... London, the FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed down 55.93 points, or 1.05 per cent, at 5,258.02 points. FRANKFURT - Germany's DAX gained 13.27 points, or 0.22 per cent, to 6,147.97 points. PARIS - The CAC 40 fell 8.77 points, or 0.24 per cent, to ...

Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... highest since March 2008 - from 99 in the previous month. Likewise, strong export growth is helping Germans find jobs. Germany's unemployment rate fell to 7.6 per cent in July - the 13th straight month of decline - from 7.7 per cent in the previous month. ...