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That anxious wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... Global Economic Prospects report of, "a downturn so severe it would eclipse the chaos that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008" because "an escalation of the [European] crisis would spare no one. Developed and developing country growth rates ...

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... released in January - that, "signalled a downturn so severe it would eclipse the chaos that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008." And it wasn't only the WB singing the gloom and doom tune at the time, every other international financial ...

ETFs have proved their worth in crisis: iShares

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... led to an explanation by Adam Seccombe, head of capital markets at iShares of ETF trading during the week of the Lehman Brothers collapse in September 2008. "Investors might well say the benefits are all good and well during normal market conditions ...

Forecasts shmorecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... by 3.1% the next and warned of "a downturn so severe it would eclipse the chaos that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008." Perhaps what gives is that these gloomy forecasts and dire warnings are already priced in and that unless current ...

Wolf, wolf

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... Prospects report that, "signalled a downturn so severe it would eclipse the chaos that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008." I touched briefly on this report yesterday but theage.com.au has made a meal out of it. They've even managed to ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... nearly 500 points and easing fears of a global credit crisis similar to the one that followed the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers. Big US banks were among the top gainers, jumping as much as seven per cent. European banks hold large amounts of European ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... cause a global lending freeze that might escalate into another credit crisis similar to the one in 2008 after Lehman Brothers fell. LONDON - European stocks closed sharply lower as any early optimism that the resignation of Italian Prime Minister Silvio ...

UBS $2bn rogue trader in custody

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... resulting in a US$2 billion loss for the Swiss bank. The news, breaking three years to the day after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, has put UBS trading activites back in the sights of regulators. UBS is believed to have alerted police to the US$2 billion ...

New risk technologies shifting industry power

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... banks and other financial institutions have invested far more in post trade risk management since the collapse of Lehman Brothers three years ago, which exposed glitches in controlling exposure. Information Mosaic, which is headquartered in Ireland ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... Josef Ackermann saying the situation resembled that of the panic that followed the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers in 2008 and threw the world economy into recession. Italy's UniCredit fell 7.30 per cent to 0.832 euros and Intesa Sanpaolo ...