/lex/propertyhttp://www.ft.com/rss/lex/propertyFT.com - Lex, Financial services & propertyen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2008. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.support@ft.comThu, 24 Jul 2008 15:36 BSTThu, 24 Jul 2008 21:09:01 BSTNewspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gif/lex/property(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/339b3630-598d-11dd-90f8-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/339b3630-598d-11dd-90f8-000077b07658.htmlInvestors love the US housing bill. Now that President George Bush and the US House of Representatives are behind the proposal, the share prices of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae jumped by more than 11 per centThu, 24 Jul 2008 15:36 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/2706a05a-5954-11dd-90f8-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/2706a05a-5954-11dd-90f8-000077b07658.htmlCredit Suisse deserves praise for pulling out a better second quarter than the firstThu, 24 Jul 2008 14:06 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/5af2ee16-588f-11dd-a093-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/5af2ee16-588f-11dd-a093-000077b07658.htmlHow many opportunities have been missed? As share prices tumble, companies that have rejected takeover bids in the past two years are looking foolishWed, 23 Jul 2008 20:30 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/4f7eb072-588c-11dd-a093-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/4f7eb072-588c-11dd-a093-000077b07658.htmlWas there something in the mini hot pies served after Macquarie's annual general meeting in Melbourne on Wednesday?Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:12 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/702abdcc-588f-11dd-a093-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/702abdcc-588f-11dd-a093-000077b07658.htmlSwitzerland's third-largest private bank is keen to pick up disaffected ultra-high net worth individuals and bankers from the tarnished industry titansWed, 23 Jul 2008 20:11 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/be3af978-58e9-11dd-a093-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/be3af978-58e9-11dd-a093-000077b07658.htmlHow do you turn a $12.2bn loss into a 22 per cent gain? When Washington Mutual and Wachovia Bank reported dreadful results on Tuesday, their shares soared. The sector as a whole is up 6 per cent this weekWed, 23 Jul 2008 20:04 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/7005767c-57c0-11dd-b02f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/7005767c-57c0-11dd-b02f-000077b07658.htmlStrong numbers from SEB, Swedbank, Nordea and Handelsbanken in the last few days have coincided with a rally in the European banking sector, which is up about a tenth in a weekTue, 22 Jul 2008 21:03 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/6d55cff0-56fb-11dd-916c-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/6d55cff0-56fb-11dd-916c-000077b07658.htmlThis could represent a giant loss in faith in the cult of fund management. Full-year figures from IG Group show that account openings at the UK's largest spread-betting and derivatives company continue to accelerateMon, 21 Jul 2008 13:26 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/559eb13a-56f4-11dd-916c-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/559eb13a-56f4-11dd-916c-000077b07658.htmlClaims that the US advertising market can live up to the promise of this 'quadrennial' year seem increasingly half-heartedMon, 21 Jul 2008 11:44 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/b9112342-56f4-11dd-916c-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/b9112342-56f4-11dd-916c-000077b07658.htmlKeeping it simple has proved a profitable formula for China's mid-sized banks. By dint of lending prescribed amounts of cash, the sector has racked up impressive growth in the first halfMon, 21 Jul 2008 10:15 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f013aad2-54cd-11dd-ae9c-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f013aad2-54cd-11dd-ae9c-000077b07658.htmlCitigroup has taken the Scooby-Doo approach to its latest quarterly results: we would have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for those meddling marksSun, 20 Jul 2008 23:36 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/c8ba9014-549f-11dd-ae9c-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/c8ba9014-549f-11dd-ae9c-000077b07658.htmlDividend yields on some European financial stocks are eye-poppingFri, 18 Jul 2008 15:03 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/c14ab7a4-54a0-11dd-ae9c-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/c14ab7a4-54a0-11dd-ae9c-000077b07658.htmlThe industry is showing severe signs of strain with businesses closing down and shares plummeting Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:14 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/fa85e88e-543e-11dd-aa78-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/fa85e88e-543e-11dd-aa78-000077b07658.htmlMerrill has now lost a total of almost $19bn over four straight bad quartersFri, 18 Jul 2008 08:33 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/5488c582-53da-11dd-aa78-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/5488c582-53da-11dd-aa78-000077b07658.htmlThe UK banks' capital raisings are an amazing achievement considering the state of financial markets, with bank shares in freefall for monthsThu, 17 Jul 2008 21:14 BST