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Prudential Hires Former ABN Exec as Asia Fund CEO: By Jeffrey Hodgson HONG KONG (Reuters UK) - Prudential PRU has named former ABN AMRO executive Arne Lindman as the new head of its $74 billion (37.5 billion pound) Asian fund arm, ending a nearly year-long hunt for a permanent chief executive. The former CEO of...; Tags: ABN AMRO, Prudential Insurance Company Of America, Fund Manager, CEO, Financial Planning, BlackRock Inc., Prudential Insurance Company of America, UBS AG; News items 2008-05-06
San Miguel Brewery Unit Gains 6 Percent on Debut: By Rosemarie Francisco MANILA (Reuters) - San Miguel Brewery SMB, the crown jewel of Southeast Asia's biggest food and drinks conglomerate, rose over 6 percent on its debut on Monday after its parent shrank its IPO price range and halved the number of...; Tags: Food & Beverage, Financial Planning, Financial accounting, brewery, Southeast Asia, IPO, Philippines, food, beverage, investor, asset, valuation, investment, stock price, analyst, net income, Thomson Reuters Corp., business strategy, acquisition, stock, strategy, industry; News items 2008-05-12
Insurer AIG Has $7.8 Bln Q1 Loss, to Raise Capital: By Lilla Zuill NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group Inc AIG, the world's largest insurer, posted its largest ever quarterly loss on Thursday after writing down assets linked to subprime mortgages, and said it would raise $12.5 billion to strengthen...; Tags: Asset management, Insurance, Financial services, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, American International Group Inc., quarterly loss, derivatives, insurance company, CFO, balance sheet, dividend, asset, mortgage, analyst, risk assessment, Thomson Reuters Corp., Ne; News items 2008-05-08
Assignment Of Deed Of Trust: Assign your interest in a Deed of Trust to another party with this easy-to-use Assignment of Deed of Trust. The assignor gives representations to the assignee regarding the principal amount owing, the interest rate, and the amount of the monthly payments.; Tags: Deed, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Operational Accounting, Finance; Tools & templates 2007-12-01
Rates Deterring Demand For Home Loans: The nation's appetite for property is waning as back-to-back interest rate rises by the Reserve Bank of Australia RBA in February and March to near 12-year highs have dented mortgage approvals, economists say.National housing finance commitments for owner-occupiers fell by 6.1 per cent in March, the Australian Bureau of...; Tags: Interest Rate, Economist, March, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-05-12

A&L Takes 192 Mln Pound Hit and Shares Fall: By Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON (Reuters UK) - Alliance & Leicester took a 192 million pound hit to profit on Tuesday from toxic assets, as analysts warned that sum could all but wipe out first-half profit and prompt a dividend cut. The country's seventh-largest bank offered reassurance...; Tags: Bank, Analyst, Dividend, A&L, Financial Planning, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance; News items 2008-05-13
Aussie Trade Deficit at $2.736b in March: Better weather in Australia's resources rich states helped exports spring back to life in March, resulting in an improved trade deficit, economists say.The Australian balance of goods and services was a deficit of $2.736 billion, seasonally adjusted, in March, from a downwardly revised $3.261 billion in February, figures from...; Tags: Coal, Australia, Interest Rate, Economist, March, February, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-05-06
Buffett's Berkshire to Look at RBS Insurance Unit: OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters UK) - Warren Buffett said on Sunday his Berkshire Hathaway BRKaBRKb insurance and investment company may be "close" to buying a medium-sized British company and "will look" at Royal Bank of Scotland's RBS possible divestiture of its insurance unit. Earlier Sunday, the...; Tags: Warren Buffett, Buffett, Insurance, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Oukbs; News items 2008-05-04
D.R. Horton Posts $1.3 Billion Loss; Cuts Dividend: By Ilaina Jonas NEW YORK (Reuters) - D.R. Horton Inc DHI, the largest U.S. home builder, halved its dividend and posted a quarterly loss of $1.3 billion on Tuesday as it wrote down the value of its land and unsold homes after cutting...; Tags: Mortgages, Freddie Mac, writeoff, quarterly loss, mortgage, home construction, California, analyst, stock, New York, payroll, cold calling, Thomson Reuters Corp., security; News items 2008-05-06
Bankinter Seeks to Buy RBS Out of Spanish JV: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Spain's Bankinter BKT has approached Royal Bank of Scotland RBS about buying its stake in the Linea Directa 50-50 joint venture, the Sunday Times said. The newspaper, without citing sources, said the approach by Bankinter valued the Spanish motor insurance venture...; Tags: Bankinter, RBS, Insurance, Financial Planning, Asset Management, Balance Sheets, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance; News items 2008-05-04
Fannie Mae Posts Another Loss: NEW YORK (Reuters UK) - Fannie Mae FNM, the largest provider of U.S. home financing, on Tuesday reported its third straight quarterly loss as the U.S. housing crisis took another turn for the worse during the first quarter of 2008. The federally chartered company also said...; Tags: Fannie Mae, Home Price, Mortgages, Financial Planning, Financial Accounting, Finance, Capital Structures, Freddie Mac; News items 2008-05-06
2008 Growth Outlook Deteriorated: Blue Chip: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even with some signs of improvement in the U.S. financial markets and a temporary boost from the economic stimulus package, the growth outlook for the second half of this year has deteriorated, according to a panel of economic...; Tags: Corporate communications, stimulus, economist, interest rate, business investment, newsletter, Washington, Thomson Reuters Corp., survey, performance; News items 2008-05-09
Greenspan Says Worst of Credit Crisis Over: Sources: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Thursday that the worst of the credit crisis is over, according to sources who attended a speech he delivered in New York. Greenspan also said house prices still had a long...; Tags: Alan Greenspan, New York, chairman, Thomson Reuters Corp., conference, interest rate, real estate, U.S.; News items 2008-05-08
GM's Lender/Borrower Double Standard?: Are the folks at General Motors guilty of a double-standard, or hypocrisy, or possibly even an ethical breach, for the very different ways it's behaving as a lender and a borrower in the mortgage mess? They're at least guilty of not doing unto others as they would have done...; Tags: General Motors Corp., Mortgages, Litigation, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, Capital Structures, Business Operations, William Baker; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Rentokil Profit Slumps: By Mark Potter LONDON (Reuters UK) - Pest control to parcel delivery group Rentokil Initial RTO expects to slash its dividend this year after first-quarter profit more than halved, it said on Friday. The services group, which has issued three profit warnings since December, announced...; Tags: Acquisition, Dividend, Financial Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Corporate Law, Finance, Amazon.com Inc.; News items 2008-05-02
RBS Insurance Bidders to Show Cards in May: By Mathieu Robbins LONDON (Reuters UK) - Insurers and buyout firms mulling bids for Royal Bank of Scotland's RBS insurance unit are set to reveal their cards later this month, said sources familiar with the matter on Tuesday. First round bids for the unit are due...; Tags: Card, Insurance Company, RBS, Bidders, Buyout Firm, Insurance, Financial Planning, Business Operations; News items 2008-05-13
Insolvencies Fall 13.2 Percent in First Quarter: LONDON (Reuters UK) - More than 25,000 people declared themselves insolvent in England and Wales in the first three months of the year, government figures showed on Friday, but that was 13.2 percent lower than in the same period last year. The Insolvency Service said personal...; Tags: Interest Rate, Quarter, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, Oukbs; News items 2008-05-02
Fannie Mae Posts Loss, to Cut Payout: By Lynn Adler NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fannie Mae FNM on Tuesday posted a massive quarterly loss, its third straight, on the protracted U.S. housing market slump, prompting it to slash its dividend and set plans to raise $6 billion of fresh funds....; Tags: Financial Planning, Financial accounting, Fannie Mae, dividend, quarterly loss, Freddie Mac, straight, housing market, mortgage, conference call, New York, capital market, Thomson Reuters Corp., financial service, stock, payment, financial, industry; News items 2008-05-06
Marsh & McLennan Posts Loss on Kroll Write-down: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Marsh & McLennan Cos MMC, which runs one of the world's largest insurance brokerages, on Wednesday posted a first-quarter loss, as it wrote down the value of its Kroll risk consulting and technology unit. The net loss totaled $210...; Tags: Outsourcing, Aon Corp., consulting, insurance, casualty insurance, commercial property, quarterly revenue, New York, operating profit, Thomson Reuters Corp., private equity, quarterly profit, CEO, security; News items 2008-05-07
Economists Salute Swan's Budget: The federal government has delivered a record surplus for 2008/09 but its growth outlook may be too low because spending cuts are unlikely to take much heat out of the economy, economists said.The government is forecasting a larger than expected $21.7 billion underlying cash surplus for 2008/09, after it...; Tags: Interest Rate, Economist, Surplus, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-05-13