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Dresdner deal poses further risk of job cuts
Investment bankers reeling from the impact of the credit crisis face fresh job cuts as part of Allianz's imminent deal to sell Germany's Dresdner Kleinwort

New Star to cut back on glitz
The ubiquitous adverts that made some of New Star's best fund managers household names may become a thing of the past

B&B slumps to a loss as arrears surge
The lender, which specialises in buy-to-let mortgages, warned arrears would continue to rise as it slumped to a loss after a 'very challenging' first half

Fannie and Freddie doubts grow
Shares in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fell amid concerns foreign investors were reassessing their exposure to the troubled US mortgage financiers' bonds and guaranteed securities

Illicit loan scandal threatens CDB plans
China Development Bank, the state-owned lender that owns 3 per cent of Barclays of the UK, extended billions of renminbi in illegal and irregular loans last year, says a new report by China's state auditor

Australia's Allco and Centro feel credit pain
Allco Finance and Centro Properties brought home the ill-effects of the global credit crisis when they announced two of the largest annual losses in Australian corporate history

SVG portfolio falls for first time in 7 years
SVG, which is the biggest investor in Permira, reported the first fall in the value of its portfolio for seven years after writing down investments in ProSiebenSat.1, Valentino and Gala Coral

Bank of China flees Fannie-Freddie
Bank of China has cut its portfolio of securities issued or guaranteed by troubled US mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by a quarter since the end of June

Merrill losses wipe away longtime profits
Merrill Lynch's losses in the past 18 months amount to about a quarter of the profits it has made in its 36 years as a listed company, according to Financial Times research that highlights the extent of the global banking crisis

HSBC first foreign bank to hold a 20% stake in Vietnam bank
HSBC has become the first foreign bank in Vietnam to hold a 20 per cent stake in a domestic bank as it increased its stake in Techcombank for a consideration of $77.1m

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