Already one of the largest bond markets in Asia, Malaysia is working to expand its bond activity horizontally and vertically, extending the scope of existing products while planning to offer new products to attract more funds. As part of these efforts the Malaysian stock exchange is looking to encourage wider bond activity, having announced plans to launch a secondary trading platform for bonds, including Islamic paper.
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U.S. – the reduced pay levels ..
The U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve on Thursday unveiled a set of rules to slash excessive executive compensation in a move to comfort the furor over executive pay at companies bailed out with taxpayer money.
Obama’s New Era of “Bipartisan Cooperation”
Democrats physically lock Republicans out of meeting room because they don’t want to take a vote on Countrywide Mortgage’s corruption.
Steynian 390
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Former Deloitte Tax Partner takes helm at SunTrust Banks
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Russia Sberbank to sell unpaid loan assets in 2-3yrs
OCHI, Russia, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Russia’s largest lender Sberbank (SBER03.MM) hopes to sell the assets it has acquired through unpaid loans during the crisis within 3 years, cheif executive German Gref said on Saturday.
NY Times Lehman Post Mortem: The Power of Denial
There is a not bad piece at the New York Times on the fates of various ex-Lehman employees a year after the collapse. The story vividly if unwittingly illustrates the old saying that fish rot from the head. The people profiled were all involved in mortgage securitization, either directly or indirectly
Investing In Mortgage REITs
The REIT is a unique, complex and potentially profitable investment vehicle. While stagnant of late, the mortgage REIT may be making a comeback with a flood of new capital being invested in new funds. The following article from JD Supra explains how a mortgage REIT works, and how to invest in them…