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  • FSA Abolished

    Posted on June 17, 2010 | No Comments
    Just when the Financial Services Authority (FSA) seemed to be getting their act together and people began to achieve their FSA compliant qualifications, it has been disbanded in a move which strikes as much more political than economic. In July last year David Cameron promised to abolish the...

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  • World Cup South Africa 2010 Predictions

    Posted on June 8, 2010 | 1 Comment
    As of yesterday, these are the World Cup odds (to win the world cup): Spain +385 (So bet $100 to win $385) Brazil +400 England +565 Argentina +585 Germany +1100 Netherlands +1000 Italy +1000 France +1500 Portugal +2500 And for all of you that will be slaving non stop in some bank, this is the...

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  • No Loss for Goldman

    Posted on May 9, 2010 | No Comments
    With Bearn Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch out of the game, Goldman Sachs is not just the hand that rocks the financial market cradle, it’s simply the financial market itself. If you ever wondered how a monopoly looks like in chart form, here it...

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  • Rasmala and RBS launch Joint Equity Research for the Middle East

    Posted on February 20, 2010 | No Comments
    Rasmala Investment Bank and The Royal Bank of Scotland revealed today that they have reached an agreement to start equity research coverage on 50 to 60 of companies listed on various Middle Eastern stock markets. The lunch has been scheduled for April 2010. Middle Eastern companies...

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  • UBS Tops Institutional Investor’s 2010 European Equity-Research Poll

    Posted on February 2, 2010 | No Comments
    UBS AG was voted Europe’s top brokerage for equity research for a 9th straight year in a poll for Institutional Investor magazine. Nomura Holdings, JPMorgan Chase and Credit Suisse Group tied for 2nd. A total of 28 analyst teams at Zurich-based UBS were voted among the...

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