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Tyndall seeks opportunity in loan market restructure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... theme that will offer attractive risk-adjusted returns for institutional investors. "We've had a massive dislocation post Lehman in terms of banks and the structure of banks generally," Martin said. "At the same time we've had BAcle 2 and BAcle 3 which ...

Keynes & Riccardo on display

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... volatile, there is a clear shift towards higher savings since the GFC. The savings rate averaged 4.7% in the four years since Lehman collapse. This compares with the 2.6% rate in the four years prior to September 2008 and 1.4% in 2005. This explains ...

Heads roll at Nomura

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... yearly highs," reported Reuters this morning. Nomura has performed poorly since it purchased the international operation of Lehman Brothers in 2008, the same year Watanabe and Shibata took the top jobs.

Not ugly enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... it's roughly at par with the average paces seen in 2004 (6.2%), 2005 (6.5%) and 2006 (5.4%). Yes, those boom years when Lehman Bros was still with us. Unfortunately, we won't see any significant improvement in the US labour market until after the elections ...

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... quarter of 2007. Yes, that was even before Bear Stearns got the wobblies and set off the GFC (though many will say it was Lehman's bankruptcy in 2008). And why not? Only 5.1% of us are unemployed (full employment if you ask me). Remember the last Australian ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... speculation - for now. For it looks like EU authorities won't be getting their smelly stuff together until they reach a "Lehman moment". The bottom line is that last night was the first time since the 6 May elections in Greece and France that financial ...

Aus investors over-reacting on Euro fears

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... periodically refocus on the problems in Europe and risk of the breakdown of the currency union, the market reverts back to the Lehman failure and the seizing-up of the financial plumbing of the world economy," said Kate Howitt, Fidelity Worldwide Investment ...

Grexit sends investors running for bonds

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... followed, Greece's funding could be cut off, which would force a reissue of the drachma. "Just as with the collapse of Lehman Bros. in September 2008, the unintended consequences on global markets from a Greek exit from the EU could be significant," ...

VIX says nearly shopping time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
Armageddon. Catastrophe. Lehman Bros moment. GFC mark II. Game over. Funny but... haven't I heard all this before? Let me think. Yeah right. That's it. "Twas about four years ago when Lehman bit the dust. Remember how you - and your neighbours -- felt ...

That anxious wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... same. Guess we'll have to continue fidgeting until 17 June when Greece votes again. In the meantime, talks about another "Lehman moment" and "GFC part deux" are growing louder. Boyoboyoboy, we're in trouble now... big trouble all because of little Greece. ...