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East & Partners

Sector: Regulatory & Government

(3 October 2008 – Europe) A growing number of distressed European banks have been rescued due to the ongoing credit...

(2 October 2008 – Europe) The Governments of the three Benelux nations have each bought 49 percent stakes in each...

(1 October 2008 – UK) Troubled UK bank Bradford & Bingley has been part nationalised and partly sold to International...

(30 September 2008 – Australia) The RBA has released the conclusions to its review of payments systems reform, highlighting interchange...

(29 September 2008 – USA) Washington Mutual has been closed by the US Government and promptly purchased by JPMorgan for...

(23 September 2008 – USA) The US Government has put together a US$700 billion (A$840 billion) bailout plan for the...

(22 September 2008 – USA) The US Federal Reserve has approved requests by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley that will...

(19 September 2008 – Global) Globally, central banks have pumped in billions of dollars into global markets in an effort...

(9 September 2008 – USA) The US Federal Government has seized control of the nation’s two largest mortgage finance companies,...

(3 September 2008 – Australia) The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced the first interest rate cut in the...