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Fearing September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... average return. For each of the other 11 months, investors gained nearly one percent on average." Still not scared? Lehman Brothers. When exactly did it file for bankruptcy and set the chain of events that brought financial markets and economies down ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... week. Japanese markets are closed on Monday, a situation that makes some traders nervous since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 also happened on a three-day weekend in Japan. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares were flat on Friday as investors worried ...

Gold is hip again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... record high of US$1248.95 an ounce in intra-day trade. It is now almost 60 per cent above its selling price since Lehman Brothers closed its doors on 15 September 2008. Gold's performance becomes even more spectacular when you consider that over the ...

Seek and thou shalt find

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... The S&P 500 currently trades at 14.1 times forecast earnings. Bloomberg notes that "except for the months after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. collapsed," this is the cheapest since 1990. The index soared by "92 per cent in the five years after reaching ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... MFS. In Canberra, the High Court is to hand down its reasons for judgement in a case between local councils and Lehman Brothers over losses suffered as a result of Lehman's collapse during the global financial crisis. In Australia on Tuesday, the share ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... 11,000.98. The last time the blue-chip index closed above 11,000 was September 26, 2008, 11 days after the collapse of Lehman Brothers triggered a financial meltdown that led to the global recession. Fears that Greece could be edging closer to default ...

Local councils set to recover more from Lehman

PIPER ALDERMAN RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... judgment of the Federal Court, which found that the Deed of Company Arrangement (DOCA) approved by creditors of Lehman Brothers Australia was void and of no effect. "The decision confirms that the DOCA is ineffective and that Lehman Australia remains ...

Instos lobby for Main Street

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... former SEC chairman who introduced reforms 20 years ago said: "Do remember that a common element in the failure of Lehman Brothers, AIG, Fannie Mae, and other firms was that their boards of directors did not control excessive risk-taking, did not prevent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... 5,599.76 points, returning to levels last seen in September 2008 just before the collapse of giant US investment bank Lehman Brothers. FRANKFURT - Germany's DAX 30 rose 82.04 points, or 1.42 per cent, to 5,877.36 points. PARIS - The CAC 40 advanced 82.01 ...

Instinet adds four to Sydney office

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... and has also worked at BZW, JBWere and ITG. Lai joined the firm from Credit Suisse. He has also spent time at Lehman Brothers, Citi and UK hedge fund DPFM. Meanwhile, Heavener also previously worked at Credit Suisse and has experience across back, middle ...