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BIS Says Banks Need More Capital to Withstand Shocks (Update1)

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The capacity and incentives to take risks have “clearly overwhelmed” any improvements in risk management, Jaime Caruana wrote in a paper he delivered to a gathering of central bankers in Sydney today. Financial companies alone can’t keep underlying risks in check and will need help from
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Judge denies late changes in asbestos case

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THE Victorian Supreme Court has declined late changes to an asbestos damages case in which a Melbourne man, who is dying from mesothelioma, planned to accuse James Hardie and CSR of joining forces to disguise the dangers of asbestos. Justice Terry Forrest said the proposed amendments in
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BIS Says Banks Need More Capital to Withstand Shocks (Update1)

By Shamim Adam The capacity and incentives to take risks have “clearly overwhelmed” any improvements in risk management, Jaime Caruana wrote in a paper he delivered to a gathering of central bankers in Sydney today. Financial companies alone can’t keep underlying risks in check

BIS Says Banks Need More Capital to Withstand Shocks (Update1) - Bloomberg.com

The capacity and incentives to take risks have “clearly overwhelmed” any improvements in risk management, Jaime Caruana wrote in a paper he delivered to a gathering of central bankers in Sydney today. Financial companies alone can’t keep underlying risks in check and will need help

BIS’s Caruana Says Banks Need More Capital to Withstand Shocks - Bloomberg.com

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The capacity and incentives to take risks have “clearly overwhelmed” any improvements in risk management, Jaime Caruana wrote in a paper he delivered to a gathering of central bankers in Sydney today. Financial companies alone can’t keep underlying risks in check and will need help
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Smaller banks fear end of guarantee

Australia's big four banks no longer need the Government's wholesale funding guarantee to raise funds on global markets. But the nation's second tier banks are in a more precarious position and the Bank of Queensland is warning that the Government's action will undermine the smaller

JPMorgan’s Dimon Gets $17 Million Stock Award Bonus (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

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The 53-year-old banker, who got a $27.8 million bonus for 2007 and only a $1 million salary for 2008, received restricted stock units and options and no cash bonus for last year, spokesman Joseph Evangelisti said. The valuation of his 2009 bonus was based on a JPMorgan
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Majority of Trio"s assets "accounted for"

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A FINANCIAL planner that contributed more than $100 million to the now-frozen fund manager Trio Capital has reported about 90 per cent of its clients' investments are held by brand-name managers. In a letter to clients this week, the head of the Port Augusta-based Seagrims Accountants and
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Regulation driving banks bananas

At the height of the global financial crisis , banks around the world - with the notable exception of Australia - were bailed out by governments at massive expense to taxpayers. But now as banks begin to recover, courtesy of government intervention, many are complaining

Toyota Recall Crisis Mounts as U.S. Steps Up Pressure (Update1) - Bloomberg.com

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LaHood told reporters in Washington he planned to call Toyota President Akio Toyoda “and explain to him that this is serious business.” LaHood also told a House panel that drivers should stop driving the recalled vehicles, a comment he later called a misstatement. The remarks
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