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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 ...

Super funds need modern platforms to disclose holdings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... complicated report," he said. Hill said Dimension helped users get a complete view of their position quickly. "When Lehman Brothers collapsed, SimCorp Dimension users were able to understand their exposure in 15 to 20 minutes," he said. "It took others ...

Western Asset brings in fixed income manager

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... corporate and structured credit products for Australian investors. Shinnick has previously managed portfolios at Lehman Brothers Asset Management Australia, and Challenger Financial Services, having begun his career with HSBC asset management. For the ...

Deposits may shield Aussie banks from Greek debt crisis fallout

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... financial markets. The concern is that if Greece defaults on its loans, it could become a European version of the Lehman Brothers collapse, sparking a new seizure of credit markets. Australia's Big Four banks source 40 per cent of their wholesale funding ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... The Nikkei index ended down 10.55 per cent, or 1,015.34 points, at 8,605.15, its heaviest loss since the fall of Lehman Brothers in late 2008, and followed Monday's loss of 6.18 per cent. Hong Kong fell 2.86 per cent, or 667.63 points, to close at 22,678.25 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... address the Committee for Economic Development of Australia about the nation's infrastructure needs in Sydney. Lehman Brothers vs Wingecarribee Shire Council continues in Federal Court. The Senate Economics Committee will hold a session in Sydney for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... major equities news scheduled on Thursday, however in the Federal Court in Sydney, the hearing continues between Lehman Brothers and a raft of local councils and charities over investments in sub-prime mortgage-backed securities in the lead up to the ...

Perpetual settles over Mahogany

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... running legal dispute on behalf of 1,000 retail investors who bought $125 million of notes issued by a subsidiary of Lehman Brothers. The details of the settlement cannot be disclosed for six months, but Perpetual said that it expects investors in the ...

Fuld me twice

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
Almost two years after the failure of Lehman Brothers sent global markets into the tailspin that would eventually become the GFC, shamed former chairman and chief executive of the bank, Dick Fuld, fronted a Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) ...