SHIP financing is now skewed towards the oil and gas industry and Asian banks are showing more interest in the maritime sector, according to feedback from the Sea Asia 2009 maritime conference. One revelation from a session in ship finance during the conference recently was the changing landscape of traditional...
Tougher rules for private-equity bank bidders
The Times
The Times
Private equity firms that want to buy troubled banks will be prevented from flipping their investment for at least three years under proposals revealed today by America's $49 billion deposit guarantor. The Federal...
Central Bank division head to join private sector
Nation
Nation
The Central Bank has announced that Conrad Benoiton, head of its Securities and Financial Markets Division, will soon leave his post to join the private sector. Mr Benoiton is to join one of the leading global offshore...
HealthSouth Corp. accuses ex-CEO Scrushy of hiding money in offshore bank accounts
Hartford Courant
Hartford Courant
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Corp. is accusing fired chief executive Richard Scrushy of hiding money in offshore bank accounts and...
Swiss banks dump US clients as taxman closes in
NZ Herald
NZ Herald
4:00AM Tuesday Jun 30, 2009 By Warren Giles Swiss banks are shutting the accounts of Americans as the United States Internal Revenue Service accelerates the hunt for tax dodgers. UBS and Credit Suisse Group, the...


