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Bear Stearns a 'reasonable risk': JPMorgan

... of our constituencies based upon the current circumstances," he added. The development however, has not allayed ratings agency Fitch Ratings, which proceeded to downgrade the outstanding credit ratings of Bear Stearns. Fitch said 2008 will be particularly ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... investors to buy resource stocks. The Australian market followed US equities, which advanced overnight also after credit rating agency Standard & Poor's said write-downs in financial institutions had probably passed the halfway mark. At 1200 AEDT, the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... Ordinaries slipped 118.4 points to 5,215.7. NEW YORK - US stocks rose 0.5 per cent, led by financials, as credit rating agency Standard & Poor's said write-downs in financial institutions are likely past the halfway mark. According to latest data, the ...

Liquidnet rakes $200m off starting blocks

Liquidnet, the global agency broker that's just launched in Australia, has said members have traded $200 million in equities using the group's block matching system. The group allows institutional investors to trade large blocks of equities directly ...

Bank downgraded in $8.2b scam

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... crisis which won't help its wealth management arm already under pressure in the current markets. International ratings agency, Fitch, has moved quickly to downgrade the bank's rating from "AA" to "AA-", and its individual rating from "B" to "A/B", following ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... economy, calming fears of a recession. Even so, jitters about the credit crisis lingered. Indices trimmed gains after ratings agency Moody's Investors Service said mortgage insurer MBIA Inc was at greater risk of capital shortfall than previously communicated. ...

Comminsure motors along

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... staff a complete view of customers' accounts. Swanson said: "The big difference in doing it yourself, rather than having an agency arrangement (Comminsure used to use Allianz to underwrite its car insurance), is that you get all the information. "You ...

QSuper appoints three GMs

... Prior to CS, he has worked as an HR practitioner at the Department of Emergency Services, the Environmental Protection Agency, and DPI Forestry. Fletcher is currently authoring a book about contemporary human resource practices. Michelle Baltazar

Morningstar scores top ratings

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... Perspective did three separate studies, done in conjunction with Morningstar, to find out the "predictive value" of the ratings agency's recommendations. Among the highlights of the study was that based on performance data in the three years to 2006 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
... 47.12 points to 8,033.69. PARIS - The CAC-40 index lifted 24.34 points to 5,862.83. TOKYO - The Nikkei surged as ratings agency Moody's upgraded Japan's sovereign debt, lifting the mood for stocks in general, while shipping firms such as Mitsui OSK Lines ...