Generali Philippines reports 46% income hike.
Byline: FIL C. SIONIL Generali Philippines Life Assurance Co. (Generali Pilipinas) reported a 46 percent uptick in its consolidated premium income, surpassing the P1 billion mark, largely due to its aggressive marketing of bancassurance through Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. According to Generali Pilipinas Executive...

NEWS IN BRIEF; P/$ rate closes at P52.78 to $1.
The peso rate closed lower at P52.78 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing System of the Bankers Association of the Philippines from P52.72 the previous day. The weighted average rate appreciated to P52.722 from P52.824. Total volume amounted to $526 million. BTr scraps T-bill,...

NEWS IN BRIEF; P/$ rate closed at P53.17 to $1.
The peso rate closed at P53.17 to the US dollar last Friday at the Philippine Dealing System of the Bankers Association of the Philippines. The weighted average rate stands at P53.198. ASAP upgrades index target The Association of Securities Analysts of the Philippines upgraded its...

Stocks up on VAT TRO lifting hopes.
Byline: ROSEMARIE FRANCISCO MANILA, July 15 (Reuters) Philippine markets were lifted on Friday by expectations the Supreme Court will lift its freeze on a tax expansion at the heart of the governments fiscal reform plans, traders said. Markets were also lifted by news that the...

Fixed Income Securities and Derivatives Handbook: Analysis and Valuation.
HG4650 2004-066014 1-57660-164-1 Fixed income securities and derivatives handbook; analysis and valuation. Choudhry, Moorad. Bloomberg Press, [c]2005 355 p. $79.95 Based on his experience as a London-based Treasury trader and academic, Choudhry introduces...

Interest rate risk modeling; the fixed income valuation course. (CD-ROM included).
9780471427247 Interest rate risk modeling; the fixed income valuation course. (CD-ROM included) Nawalkha, Sanjay K. et al. John Wiley & Sons 2005 396 pages $89.95 Hardcover Wiley finance series HG6024 ...

Low sales force Levi to make deep cuts.
Byline: Bloomberg News and The Register-Guard SAN FRANCISCO - Levi Strauss & Co., whose sales are falling for a sixth year, will fire 3,600 people and close six U.S. plants as it shifts production to lower-wage countries, such as Mexico. ``It's a painful but necessary...

Tejas Securities Group, Inc. Releases a Fixed Income Research Report on Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tejas Securities Group, Inc. released a research report today on Telcordia Technologies, Inc. Tejas Securities Group, Inc., a Texas Corporation ("Tejas Securities"), is a wholly owned subsidiary and a primary business operating unit of Tejas Incorporated (BULLETIN BOARD: TEJS) , a...

Binkiewicz Joins SWS Securities; Former Prudential Manager to Head Fixed Income Research.
DALLAS, July 11 /PRNewswire/ -- SWS Securities announced today that Gary S. Binkiewicz would join SWS Securities' Fixed Income Division in its New York City office as Senior Vice President and Director of Fixed Income Research. Mr. Binkiewicz has been involved in the municipal securities research field...

Market volatility shakes out three new fallen angels: S&P.
MUMBAI: Standard & Poor's latest report on 'Global Potential Fallen Angels' states that 42 entities globally, with rated debt totaling $ 91.66 (Euro 58.92) billion, are listed as potential fallen angels. This tally is higher than the annual average count of 39 in 2007 and one less than 43...