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Ukraine becomes 'China of eastern Europe' after market falls
Ukraine's equity market has become one of the ... Ukrainian’s leading PFTS index yesterday suffered a continued ... This has taken the market's total year to ... Some of the worst hit stocks have been ... The decline comes as Russian equity valuations have ... However, the sharp selloff in Ukrainian equities has...
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Macro-economic gloom dampens investor spirits
European investors have become more pessimistic about the ... According to the State Street Investor Confidence Index, ... The global index, which has swung erratically this ... The index, which was created by State Street ... The fall in the index comes in the ... Andrew Capon, vice president at State Street, said...
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European selloff ends as buyers return
Fund flows into European equities have turned positive ... According to UBS analysis of clients' trading, institutional ... UBS said that the net selling seen in ... The analysis was made from the Swiss bank's ... Broken down by sector, UBS found that energy ... Consumer staples and financial sector stocks have seen...
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UBS predicted to report further €3.4bn hit
Credit Suisse analysts have predicted that Swiss rival ... In a pre-results research note, Credit Suisse analysts ... They said that fixed income revenues could be ... Overall investment banking revenues are expected to decline ... The analysts predicted that UBS should write down...
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FSA plans clampdown despite no evidence of HBOS manipulation
The UK's Financial Services Authority said today it ... On the afternoon of March 19, the FSA ... These rumours focused on a British bank that ... Market commentators speculated that the fall in HBOS's ... The FSA said today that its investigation of ... The regulator said that the rumours were circulated...
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Morgan Stanley raises outlook for European banks
Morgan Stanley has upgraded its industry view on ... "We no longer have the same degree of ... They emphasised they remain "bearish on many fundamentals" ... However, "valuations are already back to early 90s ... Second quarter results look "OK so far," the...
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Asset manager confidence falls to near-record low
Asset managers’ appetite for risk has hit a ... The bank's poll of fund managers found risk ... Confidence in companies' earnings forecasts has fallen, with ... A third of fund managers in Europe are ... The popularity in healthcare stocks comes as investors ... Fund managers have continued their flight from European...
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Russia's largest float in jeopardy
Five banks faced the prospect of losing one ... Although Kazakhmys confirmed in a statement that it ... Its statement today said that it is "not ... This could be interpreted purely as a technical ... However, Marat Gabitov, an analyst at UniCredit Aton, ... Metalloinvest had been expected to proceed with a...
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Emerging markets lose lustre as returns turn negative
Emerging markets, the great hope for the investment ... A turnround in returns from hedge funds that ... The 94 emerging markets hedge funds calculated by ... Kenneth Heinz, Hedge Fund Research president, said the ... However, investors’ decision not to invest more recently...
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Russian floats dwindle despite commodity boom
Only one Russian company braved the hostile equity ... This could be bad news for Russian entrepreneurs ... Capital raised through initial public offerings by companies ... Ukrainian companies raised $594m compared with $449m from ... There is some consolation for the London Stock...
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Billionaire to join Barclays shareholder register
A Middle Eastern billionaire and two UK hedge ... However, analysts predict that Barclays may need up ... Barclays on Wednesday confirmed plans for the £4.5bn ... A prospectus for the fundraising obtained by Financial ... M1 Capital International Investments, a British Virgin Islands-registered...
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US banks to seek additional $65bn of capital
US banks may be forced to raise an ... In a new report yesterday, Goldman Sachs said ... Goldman analyst, Richard Ramsden, said banks “will not ... He added: "This will make the next round ... The US brokerage said it had lowered its ... Goldman expects the fragile US housing market to...
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Demand for mining stocks soars in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is under pressure ... Companies at a pre-production stage that want to ... This is a lengthy process and there are ... However, the potential for high valuations means that ... The chief executive of one junior mining company ... "The Hong Kong exchange has traditionally focused on...
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UBS appoints new European equity head
UBS has appointed William Kennedy to head its ... Kennedy, formerly UBS’ head of sales and structuring ... Gouws filled a vacancy left by Daniel Coleman ... Coleman shared the global head of equities job ... Johansson said Wall’s appointment would enable the bank ... The management reshuffle follows April’s scathing report on...
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UBS holds equity research top spot
UBS has been voted the top bank for ... The Swiss bank has maintained its top position ... UBS has also been named as the top ... Sanford Bernstein food industry analyst, Andrew Wood, was ... Merrill Lynch dominated the individual sector awards, winning ... In the fund management rankings, JP Morgan Asset...
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Billionaire uses £43bn firepower in challenge to brokers in India
Anil Ambani, one of the world’s richest men, ... Keshav Sanghi, who quit Deutsche Bank three months ... Reliance has hired 40 staff so far and ... The business will initially be focused on broking, ... Sanghi said: “There’s no reason why the foreign ... Deutsche Bank is currently the top-ranked bank in...
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India floats receive warm welcome in London
Four Indian companies have raised $387m (€249m) on ... KSK Emerging India Energy Fund, which invests in ... Shares in two other Indian energy companies have ... The fourth Aim listing was by Mortice, a ... Tracey Pierce, head of equity primary markets at ... There has been a substantial slowdown in capital...
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Russian billionaire sells $15bn stake in Gazprom
One of the world’s richest men has sold ... Suleiman Kerimov, one of Russia’s richest men, sold ... The stake was sold down by Kerimov’s holding ... Deutsche analysts wrote in a report this morning: ... Kerimov is among the five richest men in ... Along with other Russian billionaires, Kerimov has been...
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Managers warn of rights issue flood
Asset managers, led by Anthony Bolton of Fidelity ... European companies have completed $15bn (€9.7bn) of rights ... Some 83% of these announced rights issues have ... Bolton said UK public companies from many sectors ... Bolton, who ran Fidelity International’s multi-billion pound special...
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UBS rights issue priced at discount
UBS has set the terms for its Sfr ... Switzerland's UBS said it will sell new shares ... While UBS is guaranteed to receive the fresh ... On Wednesday, UBS finalised the sale of $15bn ... However, the bank has cast a bleak outlook ... The capital increase is UBS's second major injection...
