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Unibail-Rodamco
The property group has kept its colours for two reasons. First, its loan to value ratio is just 34 per cent. Second are its assets
Greek contagion
There are concerns that the country’s difficulties could, via its banks, affect the recovery in south-east Europe
Macquarie Group
The investment bank’s trading outlook invited the market to cast its mind back to some pre-crisis idyll
UBS
Outflows from the group’s wealth management and Swiss banking operations nearly doubled to SFr33bn compared with the previous quarter
UK mortgage market
Time to turn off the public subsidy to the housing market.
Liberty
For the FTSE 100 company, founded 30 years ago by Sir Donald Gordon, breaking up represents a coming of age
German reinsurance
The success of Munich Re and Hannover Re points to one of the few areas in financial services that have cash to spare
Carried interest
The bloated buy-out barons in the US and UK, particularly the leveraged flippers, need no special tax treatment
Chuo Mitsui Trust
With state bail-outs, getting out is never as easy as getting in, as Japan’s experience with its seventh-largest bank by assets demonstrates
Mortgage repurchases
Even as credit costs start to fall, the hangover that is afflicting US banks from the housing bust will linger
