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China Stops FX Swaps With Some European Banks
By Marlene Y. SatterBank of China and another Chinese bank have stopped interest rate swaps and foreign exchange trading with a number of foreign banks, reducing their exposure to the euro zone.
September 16, 2011
Top 6 Portfolio Products: Merk Currency; Invesco Bond Funds Launched; Goldman Shuts AlphaFidelity just offered new searchable fixed-income research, and S&P said it will soon present its second annual mutual fund excellence awards.
September 16, 2011
UBS Trader Kweku Adoboli Hires Lawyers of Nick Leeson, Rogue ’90s TraderUBS trader Kweku Adoboli was charged Friday with engaging in fraud and false accounting since 2008, and hired the lawyers who represented rogue trader Nick Leeson to defend him.
September 15, 2011
August Fund Outflows: Worst Since Late ’08Outflows from funds and ETFs were more than $32 billion, the worst since November 2008, according to Morningstar and Strategic Insight.
September 15, 2011
Vanguard to Offer Bundled 401(k) Plans to Small BusinessesVanguard will offer a bundled 401(k) plan service for small companies, combining its services with the small-plans recordkeeping of retirement plan administrator Ascensus.
September 14, 2011
August Market Volatility: ‘Ordinary,’ Says VanguardThe S&P tends to move less than 1% per day, though it moved 2.5% per day for most of last month.
September 14, 2011
Moody's Downgrades 2 French BanksMoody's Investors Service cut the ratings of two French banks on Wednesday, citing their holdings of Greek sovereign debt as the reason. Crdit Agricole and Socit Gnrale were both downgraded a single notch.
September 14, 2011
DoubleLine: Greece Remains 'Biggest Problem' in Emerging MarketsJeffrey Gundlach's firm's take on emerging markets: growth projections down, but still higher than developed markets. Markets increasingly concerned on Greek liquidity.