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Business Community Demands Stronger Action From Global Governments in 2010
LONDON, February 4 /PRNewswire/ -- - Research Questions Whether Political Leaders Will Make Bold Business Decisions - Fiscal Policy and Financial Regulation are Areas Where Robust Action is Demanded Research released today by The Financial Times in the… [ more ]
2010-02-04 00:00:01 Hits: [16] Category: Finance
Business Community Demands Stronger Action From Global Governments in 2010
LONDON, February 4 /PRNewswire/ -- - Research Questions Whether Political Leaders Will Make Bold Business Decisions - Fiscal Policy and Financial Regulation are Areas Where Robust Action is Demanded Research released today by The Financial Times in the… [ more ]
2010-02-04 00:00:01 Hits: [17] Category: Finance
Business Community Demands Stronger Action From Global Governments in 2010
LONDON, February 4 /PRNewswire/ -- - Research Questions Whether Political Leaders Will Make Bold Business Decisions - Fiscal Policy and Financial Regulation are Areas Where Robust Action is Demanded Research released today by The Financial Times in the… [ more ]
2010-02-03 22:00:16 Hits: [15] Category: Finance
BancTec Announces Update to Timing of Proposed IPO
DALLAS, February 3 /PRNewswire/ -- BancTec, Inc. (http://www.banctec.com/), a global provider of advanced, high volume document and payment processing solutions and services, today announced that it plans to file the next amendment to its registration… [ more ]
2010-02-03 22:00:16 Hits: [14] Category: Finance
BancTec Announces Update to Timing of Proposed IPO
DALLAS, February 3 /PRNewswire/ -- BancTec, Inc. (http://www.banctec.com/), a global provider of advanced, high volume document and payment processing solutions and services, today announced that it plans to file the next amendment to its registration… [ more ]
2010-02-03 17:00:51 Hits: [12] Category: Finance
Malmgren Joins Bluemont Capital
MIDDLEBURG, Virginia, February 3 /PRNewswire/ -- - Brings real-time global insight to private clients Ambassador Harald Malmgren is the most recent addition to Bluemont Capital Advisors LLC, a firm dedicated to delivering services to private clients… [ more ]
2010-02-03 14:00:00 Hits: [3] Category: Finance
Fannie Mae Redemption
WASHINGTON, February 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) will redeem the principal amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed,… [ more ]
2010-02-03 11:00:58 Hits: [6] Category: Finance
Savvis Expands Chicago Data Center
CHICAGO, February 3 /PRNewswire/ -- - Electronic Trading, Thomson Reuters Collaboration and Hosting Demand Fueling Growth Responding to growing customer demand in electronic trading and for access to financial markets and internet infrastructure services,… [ more ]
2010-02-03 11:00:17 Hits: [4] Category: Finance
ICSA's Review of Higgs Gets Underway
LONDON, February 3 /PRNewswire/ -- High-profile chairmen from the FTSE100 and FTSE250 are among the list of members in the ICSA Higgs review steering group, announced today by the ICSA (Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators). Sir John… [ more ]
2010-02-03 10:00:00 Hits: [4] Category: Finance
Compliance on Demand
STUTTGART, Germany, February 3 /PRNewswire/ -- - The Payment Services Providers Equens and Cellent Finance Solutions Initiate a Cooperation - Financial Sanctions Monitoring as a Leasing Model - Pilot Phase Start in December of 2009 The international… [ more ]
2010-02-03 10:00:00 Hits: [5] Category: Finance
WealthEngine Expands UK Prospect Research Service with FAME Data
BETHESDA, Maryland and LONDON, February 3 /PRNewswire/ -- - Delivers Invaluable Research Tool for Fundraisers WealthEngine, the leading provider of sophisticated prospect research tools and analytics, today announced the expansion of its UK prospect… [ more ]
2010-02-03 08:00:00 Hits: [2] Category: Finance
World Cup the Perfect Opportunity for South Africa to Display Its BPO Capabilities: Frost & Sullivan
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, February 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The financial turmoil of 2009 led a number of companies to increase their focus on BPO services. This is due to the significant savings they offered, as a means to control spending. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO)… [ more ]
2010-02-03 08:00:00 Hits: [2] Category: Finance
Bankers Need to Simplify Payment Businesses if They are to Hold on to Customers, Misys Research Finds
LONDON, February 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Research into transaction banking trends carried out by Misys, the global application software and services company, shows that an alarming proportion of banks have yet to simplify their payments businesses, something… [ more ]
2010-02-03 08:00:00 Hits: [2] Category: Finance
Isosceles Finance Extend Existing Outsourced Finance, Accounting and Payroll Services to Include Outsourced HR Management
STAINES, England, February 3 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to growing customer demand Isosceles Finance ( http://www.isoscelesfinance.co.uk/index.htm), the business accounting and HR consultants, today introduces their outsourced HR service for small and… [ more ]
2010-02-03 08:00:00 Hits: [2] Category: Finance
ICAP and FINCAD Add CVA to Fair Value Insight
LONDON, NEW YORK and VANCOUVER, February 3 /PRNewswire/ -- - Fair Value Insight Addresses Credit Adjustment Needs in Financial Regulations ICAP (IAP.L), the world's premier interdealer broker and provider of post trade services, and FINCAD, the leading… [ more ]
2010-02-03 07:00:00 Hits: [2] Category: Finance
New Online Tracking Service Could Spark UK Pensions Revolution
LONDON, February 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The sometimes unfathomable world of pension performance has become more accessible for millions thanks to the launch of a new independent online pensions tracking service. Pension Tracker allows subscribers to check… [ more ]
2010-02-03 03:00:00 Hits: [2] Category: Finance
CGAP-DFID Report Finds Government Payments Could Help Kick-Start Financial Services for the Poor
WASHINGTON, February 3 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 170 million poor people worldwide receive regular payments from their governments, but the potential to use these payments to increase financial inclusion is largely untapped, according to "Banking… [ more ]
2010-02-03 03:00:00 Hits: [4] Category: Finance
CGAP-DFID Report Finds Government Payments Could Help Kick-Start Financial Services for the Poor
WASHINGTON, February 3 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 170 million poor people worldwide receive regular payments from their governments, but the potential to use these payments to increase financial inclusion is largely untapped, according to "Banking… [ more ]
2010-02-02 18:00:25 Hits: [2] Category: Finance
EquiLend Announced Today that Users May Also Lend ETFs Through Its Trade2O Service Suite
LONDON, February 2 /PRNewswire/ -- EquiLend continues to expand its services in the securities lending marketplace by including the ability to borrow and lend ETFs via Trade2O, a service that facilitates the interactive trading of non-GC securities,… [ more ]
2010-02-02 16:00:29 Hits: [2] Category: Finance
Fannie Mae Forgoes Issuing Benchmark Notes on its February 2, 2010 Announcement Date
WASHINGTON, February 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) today announced that it will not utilize its first (February 2nd) Benchmark Notes announcement date this month. As announced in our 2010 Benchmark Securities Issuance Calendar, the company… [ more ]
2010-02-02 14:00:00 Hits: [2] Category: Finance
Fannie Mae Redemption
WASHINGTON, February 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) will redeem the principal amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed,… [ more ]
2010-02-02 13:00:30 Hits: [2] Category: Finance
GAIN Capital Continues Asian Expansion with New Office in Hong Kong
NEW YORK, LONDON and HONG KONG, February 2 /PRNewswire/ -- - Company Also Enters Into White Label Partnership with Polaris Securities (HK) Limited, A Subsidiary of One of Taiwan's Largest Securities Firms GAIN Capital Holdings Inc., a global provider… [ more ]
2010-02-02 08:00:00 Hits: [2] Category: Finance
CEO of HSBC Amanah to Speak at Euromoney's Islamic Finance Summit in February
LONDON, February 2 /PRNewswire/ -- CEO of HSBC Amanah will deliver the keynote address at Euromoney's Islamic Finance Summit in London on 23rd February 2010 at The Landmark. In his speech, Mukhtar Hussian is expected to highlight how to put the economic… [ more ]
2010-02-02 07:00:00 Hits: [2] Category: Finance
FIRSTGROUP PLC - Transfer of shares held in treasury
1 February 2010 FirstGroup plc Transfer of shares held in treasury FirstGroup plc ("the Company") announces that on 1 February 2010 it transferred to participants in the Company's employee SAYE scheme 161 ordinary shares for the early exercise… [ more ]
2010-02-02 07:00:00 Hits: [2] Category: Finance
AEGON Sells Dutch Funeral Insurance Business
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, February 2 /PRNewswire/ -- AEGON announces the sale of its funeral insurance business in the Netherlands to Dutch investment firm Egeria for an amount of EUR 212 million. The sale is the result of AEGON's ongoing portfolio… [ more ]
2010-02-02 07:00:00 Hits: [2] Category: Finance
Bullman Investment Management LLP Launches KTP with University of Bath, School of Management
BATH, England, February 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Bullman Investment Management LLP (BIM) is pleased to announce final approval of a two year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with the University of Bath, School of Management. The KTP aims to develop BIM's… [ more ]
2010-02-02 00:00:01 Hits: [2] Category: Finance
Hult International Business School Concludes Inaugural Four-City Asian Lecture Tour on "the Next Global Growth Story" With Renewed Optimism on Region
LONDON, February 2 /PRNewswire/ -- - Hult MBA Professors See Globalization as Continued Focus; Students and Professionals in Taipei, Tokyo, Seoul, and Beijing Gathered to Hear Seminars on Innovation and Strategy. Hult International Business School concluded… [ more ]
2010-02-02 00:00:01 Hits: [2] Category: Finance
Hult International Business School Concludes Inaugural Four-City Asian Lecture Tour on "the Next Global Growth Story" With Renewed Optimism on Region
LONDON, February 2 /PRNewswire/ -- - Hult MBA Professors See Globalization as Continued Focus; Students and Professionals in Taipei, Tokyo, Seoul, and Beijing Gathered to Hear Seminars on Innovation and Strategy. Hult International Business School concluded… [ more ]
2010-02-02 00:00:01 Hits: [2] Category: Finance
Hult International Business School Concludes Inaugural Four-City Asian Lecture Tour on "the Next Global Growth Story" With Renewed Optimism on Region
LONDON, February 2 /PRNewswire/ -- - Hult MBA Professors See Globalization as Continued Focus; Students and Professionals in Taipei, Tokyo, Seoul, and Beijing Gathered to Hear Seminars on Innovation and Strategy. Hult International Business School concluded… [ more ]
2010-02-01 17:00:58 Hits: [10] Category: Finance
Santander: New Issue Fixed Rate Bonds Paying up to 3.90 per Cent
LONDON, February 1 /PRNewswire/ -- From tomorrow, Tuesday 2 February, Santander and Alliance & Leicester are launching a new range of competitive Fixed Rate Bonds paying up to 3.90 per cent gross/AER. Reza Attar-Zadeh, Director of Savings and Investments… [ more ]
2010-02-01 14:00:00 Hits: [3] Category: Finance
Sisvel Advances in Facilitating the LTE/SAE Patent Pool and Renews its Call for Essential LTE Patents
STUTTGART, Germany, February 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Sisvel announced today that more than 20 companies are now participating in its facilitation process to create an LTE/SAE patent pool. The first general meeting of participating companies will be held in… [ more ]
2010-02-01 14:00:00 Hits: [3] Category: Finance
Fannie Mae Redemption
WASHINGTON, February 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) will redeem the principal amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed,… [ more ]
2010-02-01 10:00:00 Hits: [3] Category: Finance
Europe's Real Estate Industry in for 'Long, Slow Haul' to Recovery
LONDON, February 1 /PRNewswire/ -- - Emerging Trends Survey Cites Munich, Hamburg, Paris and London as Promising for Investment With some credit easing and property values stabilising, Europe's real estate industry will see some improvement in 2010,… [ more ]
2010-02-01 09:00:56 Hits: [3] Category: Finance
Piraeus Licenses Misys BankFusion Equation to Deliver Products
LONDON, February 1 /PRNewswire/ -- - Faster Than its Competition and to Strengthen Expansion Plans Misys plc (LSE: MSY), the global application software and services company, today announces that Piraeus Bank, the Athens-based universal bank, has licensed… [ more ]
2010-02-01 09:00:00 Hits: [4] Category: Finance
Pall Mall Capital Advises Odgers Management and Senior Employees in Acquisition of a Majority Stake in the Business From OPD
LONDON, February 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The management, senior employees and the Employee Benefit Trust of Odgers Berndtson, the UK's largest headhunter, have recently finalised the acquisition of a majority interest in International Resources Group Ltd ("Odgers")… [ more ]
2010-02-01 07:00:00 Hits: [3] Category: Finance
Frost & Sullivan Recognizes NLB Skladi for its Robust and Rapid Market Share Increase in the Slovenian Asset Management Market
LONDON, February 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent research on the asset management market, Frost & Sullivan presents NLB Skladi, upravljanje premozenja, d.o.o. (NLB Skladi) with the 2009 Slovenia Frost & Sullivan Award for Market Penetration… [ more ]
2010-01-31 12:00:12 Hits: [3] Category: Finance
Delta Partners Invests in Aricent
DUBAI, UAE, January 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Partners, the leading TMT advisory and investment firm in emerging markets, is proud to announce it has become a shareholder in Aricent. Aricent is a global innovation, technology and services company focused… [ more ]
2010-01-29 18:00:54 Hits: [3] Category: Finance
Banco Santander Chile Announces Analyst and Investor Conference Call / Webcast
SANTIAGO, Chile, January 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Banco Santander Chile announces analyst and investor conference call / webcast: Time: 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) Feb. 8, 2010 You are cordially invited to participate in Banco Santander Chile's (NYSE: SAN) conference… [ more ]
2010-01-29 17:00:51 Hits: [4] Category: Finance
Tetragon Financial Group Limited (TFG) Announces Update on its Share Repurchase Program
LONDON, January 29 /PRNewswire/ -- TFG today announces in furtherance of its share repurchase program announced on November 30, 2007, that for the period of January 25, 2010 through January 29, 2010 TFG purchased 25,504 of its shares for an average price… [ more ]
2010-01-29 17:00:41 Hits: [4] Category: Finance
Tetragon Financial Group Limited ("TFG") Acquires Lyon Capital Management
LONDON, January 29 /PRNewswire/ -- TFG is pleased to announce the closing of its Lyon Capital Management transaction with Calyon New York Branch and certain of its affiliates (collectively, "Calyon"). Under the transaction, TFG acquired both… [ more ]
2010-01-29 16:23:17 Hits: [4] Category: Finance
LONDON AND ASSOCIATED PROPERTIES PLC - Treasury Stock
London & Associated Properties PLC ("the Company") On 27 January 2010 the Company issued 2,157,545 shares from Treasury to cover bonuses to directors and staff at 42.00 pence per share. Directors and PDMR's receiving shares and directors'… [ more ]
2010-01-29 16:00:12 Hits: [4] Category: Finance
Advisory Board "2015: Women and Expo": an Initiative to Promote Women's Development in the World, Davos, 29 January 2010
MILAN and DAVOS, Switzerland, January 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Advisory Board "2015: Women and Expo" met this morning in Davos to launch a five year plan to promote women's entrepreneurial creativity in the world, particularly in relation to… [ more ]
2010-01-29 14:00:00 Hits: [5] Category: Finance
Fannie Mae Redemption
WASHINGTON, January 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) will redeem the principal amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed,… [ more ]
2010-01-29 12:28:40 Hits: [2] Category: Finance
SPECTRIS PLC - Treasury Stock
Spectris plc Transfer of Treasury Shares Spectris plc announces that on 29 January 2010, the following ordinary shares were transferred from treasury stock for the purposes of employee share option allotments under the Spectris Savings Related Share… [ more ]
2010-01-28 21:00:40 Hits: [2] Category: Finance
Fannie Mae Releases December 2009 Monthly Summary
WASHINGTON, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Fannie Mae's (NYSE: FNM) December 2009 Monthly Summary is now available at http://www.fanniemae.com/ir/monthly. The monthly summary report contains information about Fannie Mae's monthly and year-to-date activities… [ more ]
2010-01-28 17:00:01 Hits: [3] Category: Finance
Buying Solutions Awards BancTec a Place on Public Sector Framework Agreement
LONDON, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- BancTec, Inc., a global provider of advanced, high-volume, document and payment processing solutions and services, has been awarded a place on the Software Application Solutions framework agreement for the supply of… [ more ]
2010-01-28 14:00:59 Hits: [3] Category: Finance
ICE Gasoil Futures Contract Sets Open Interest Record; Record OI for ICE Coal Futures
LONDON, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced new open interest records for ICE Futures Europe. The… [ more ]
2010-01-28 13:00:14 Hits: [4] Category: Finance
Banco Bradesco S.A. - 2009 Earnings Results
SAO PAULO, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The main figures obtained by Bradesco in fiscal year 2009 are presented below: 1. Net Income in 2009 was R$8.012 billion (an increase of 5.1% from R$7.625 billion in 2008), corresponding to earnings per share of… [ more ]
2010-01-28 11:00:20 Hits: [3] Category: Finance
Russia Attracts Asian Investors
MOSCOW, Russia, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent developments on the Asian Financial market show a growing interest from Asian Investors towards Russian investment opportunities. One of the most-discussed events is the placement of RUSAL shares on the… [ more ]
2010-01-28 10:00:01 Hits: [3] Category: Finance
LG-Nortel, Accton Sign Agreement to Establish Joint Venture for North America
SEOUL, South Korea, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- - Joint Venture Will Target SMB and Enterprise Market in USA and Canada With End-to-End Solutions LG-Nortel, a Korean global telecommunications solution provider and Accton Technology Corporation, a Taiwanese… [ more ]
