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Most balanced funds tend to plough somewhere between 45 per cent and 55 per cent of their money into shares. And because the funds managers strive at least to match the overall performance of the sharemarket, lest they be sacked, bank shares are a big...
Tags: Metal Storm, banks having, Robert Rivero, China, Hong Kong, Business Finance, Bank, Westpac, Central bank, Monetary policy, Interest rate
China's banking watchdog has tightened capital requirements for banks amid concerns that rampant lending will lead to a sharp rise in bad debts, state media reported on Friday...The capital adequacy ratio was previously set at a minimum of 8 per cent.
Tags: Wang Zhaoxing, adequacy ratio, China Banking Regulatory Commission, China Finance magazine, capital adequacy, China, Shanghai, Capital requirement, Financial economics, Financial ratios, Business Finance, Bank, Central bank, Capital adequacy ratio, Banking
Sofia, Bourgas, Dobrich, Lovech, Pazardjik, Pernik, Plovdiv, Popovo, Rousse and Varna. The agencies are non-governmental organisations promoting sustainable energy development. The association was set up to encourage the developments of sustainable...
Tags: Morningstar, Bulgaria, Plovdiv, Environment, Energy economics, Politics, Renewable energy development, Climate change, Credit, Mortgage, Person-to-person lending, Energy policy, Central bank, Energy in Bulgaria, Sustainable energy, Bank, Business Finance, Energy conservation, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy, Nabucco pipeline, Credit crunch, Personal finance, South Stream, Industrial ecology, Debt, Efficient energy use, Richard Morningstar
ANZ, Commonwealth Bank and St George have increased interest rates across mortgages in excess of this week's official interest rate hike, but have stopped short of Westpac's super-sized increase. The hike came as Commonwealth Bank warned pressure would...
Tags: Commonwealth Bank, commonwealth banks, Australia, Sydney, Mortgage, Finance, Business Finance, Interest rates, Fixed exchange rate, Bank, Westpac, Australian dollar, Central bank, Financial institutions, Banking, Cent
Irish banks could be paying more for their loans from the European Central Bank (ECB) before the end of next year after the ECB signalled changes in its emergency support for the banking system. ECB President Jean Claude Trichet said the central bank...
Tags: ECB, Brendan Keenan Irish Independent, Belgium, Brussels, European Central Bank, Deflation, Business Finance, Inflation, Central bank, Frankfurt, Eurozone, Jean-Claude Trichet, Euro
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has told banks to focus on lending for the short and medium term rather than lock themselves in long-term loans. This follows concerns that banks are running huge asset-liability mismatches by extending very long-term project...
Tags: Reserve Bank of India, India, Mumbai, Finance, Business Finance, Banking, Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, Funds, Bonds, Bank, Asset liability mismatch, Financial institutions, Liability, High-yield debt, Vulture fund, Financial institution, Financial crises, Central bank
South Korea's economy expanded 3.2 percent in the third quarter, the central bank said Friday, a better performance than initially estimated amid stronger growth in manufacturing, exports and services. The revised figure for the three months ended Sept....
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The government may soon ask for an audit of banks to check if they are passing on to exporters the interest rate discounts on loans, given as a part of the stimulus packages, following complaints from exporters that some banks were not crediting to their...
Tags: subvention scheme, India, New Delhi, Export credit agency, Business Finance, Central bank, Subsidy
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Thursday it purchased $180 million in short-term Treasury instruments as part of a program announced on Nov. 30 to test one of the possible methods the central bank may use to reverse some of the massive liquidity...
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Treasury prices dropped on Friday, pushing yields up a fourth day after the Labor Department said the economy lost 11,000 jobs in November, far less than economists predicted and feeding expectations that the U.S. economy is on the mend. The unemployment...
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