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...However, Weinstein et al say they are excited to a large extent because those aforementioned risks are now materialising. As private credit investors, this is the environment we’ve been waiting for....
...In the US, at least, mom-and-pop investors and advisers build portfolios with the categories used by Morningstar et al....
...And, as lockdown measures are softened, the return of the likes of Gregg's, Starbucks et al to the UK FtG market will increase competition....
...No longer did banks’ lending officers decide on loans for businesses or mortgages; those decisions instead rested in the markets for mortgage-backed securities, corporate paper and junk bonds....
...HSBC’s purchasing managers’ index for China’s services sector, fell to a reading of 50 for July, the lowest in records dating back to November 2005....
...A larger entertainment company will take the name Fox Group – encompassing cable channels, such as Fox News, 20th Century Fox film studios and interests in BSkyB, Sky Italia, Sky Deutschland and Star TV....
...Goldman Sach’s chief executive officer in Doha, Tamim al-Kawari, has joined the local investment bank QInvest, where he becomes deputy CEO....
...Messrs Cable, Darling et al say they don’t care! They should. Moving key staff (100 or so) plus capital is relatively inexpensive....
...Inconveniently, this is also when you’re likely to have young children and a mortgage....
...Because quasi-ownership through having funded the Tarp, PPIP et al wasn’t enough for the US taxpayer, who one must also assume is canny enough to make risk-reward assessments of the type so successfully...
...Taxpayers are set to take responsibility for up to £750m worth of loans at Scotland’s largest building society following disastrous investments in commercial property and mortgage-backed securities....
...But why did its structured products division have to be closed, causing 85,000 clients to fear for their money, as well as investors with RBS, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Skandia and Blue Sky – all of which used...
...“There has been a focus on banks’ capital, liquidity and their mortgage exposure.”...
...Prices fell 23 per cent between the third and fourth quarters of last year, according to HSBC’s index covering mortgage issuance – although anecdotal evidence suggests some distressed properties are selling...
...Countrywide Financial Corporation, et al is ostensibly brought on behalf of purchasers of such CWALT, Inc. mortgage pass-through certificates, as well as various other mortgage-backed securities registered...
..., HBOS, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland....
...As a former investment banker, Augar tells the story of the disaster in the financial markets. What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...The service sector will be crucial to future employment....
...Temasek’s decision to sell was reportedly based on market worries about the bank’s exposure to the US subprime mortgage crisis, according to Reuters....
...In Stoneridge Investment Partners v Scientific Atlanta , the court is considering whether investors can recover from firms – including accountants, lawyers and bankers – that help a public company commit...
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