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  • Alliance & Leicester, the UK financial services group, has opted for the Sungard Basel II Capital Manager to manage its credit risk management and Basel II compliance. Alliance's goal is to achieve compliance and accreditation for the Basel II Internal Ratings Based (IRB) approach for capital calculations. Despite continued wrangling over the Basel II legislation, Alliance's decision reveals how financial institutions are pre-empting the troublesome legislation.
  • European securitisation increased 37.7% from 2002 reaching a record ?217.2 billion in 2003.
  • CSFB is overhauling its M&A operations, creating a standalone group and appointing new management.
  • The purchase of ING's Asian equities business by Macquarie Bank has been given the thumbs-up by Moody's, the ratings agency, as it today confirms Macquarie's rating as A2 for long-term deposits and senior debt. The size of the deal will mean significant integration challenges, notes Moody's, but the strong control environment at Macquarie and the low risk profile of ING's business means Moody's has given a stable ratings outlook for the Sydney-based bank
  • The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has approved new professional standards for independent auditors that are necessary under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
  • Baird, the investment, asset and private equity management firm, has promoted David Silver to director of Baird's M&A operations.
  • Geac international product manager and BASDA's IFRS specialist, John Sinclair, is set to move to software giant PeopleSoft. Sinclair takes up the role of marketing director, financials pillar, EMEA.
  • Latham & Watkins, the global law firm, has appointed three new members to its New York office in a bid to enhance its reputation as a top leveraged finance firm. Marc Hanrahan, Ronan Wicks and Marcus Dougherty will focus their practice on representing banks and other financial institutions in senior lending transactions.
  • The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board will consider a final vote on changing the registration deadline for non-U.S. accounting firms at the open meeting scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 9. At the same meeting, the Board will vote on an auditing standard for audits of internal control over financial reporting, as well as two other matters. The proposed agenda for the meeting is as follows:
  • Listed Japanese companies are set to report record pre-tax profits this year with companies across all sectors seeing an aggregate 21% gain in the current fiscal year ending March 31 2004.
  • A poll of senior executives finds that 45% expect to pursue career opportunities in a new industry.
  • LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the luxury products group, has achieved a 9% increase in operating income for 2003, taking the amount to ?2,18 billion on sales of ?12 billion. LVMH enjoyed double-digit growth in sales and operating income for the second half of 2003 ? thereby repeating the feat from 2002 ? and has reported strong growth for the first two months of 2004.