Celent in the News

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(New York)		 Dana Lautin
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Tel.: +1 646 364 8254
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(Paris)		 Muriel de Munck
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(Tokyo)		 KyongSun Kong
kkong@celent.com
Tel.: +81 3 3571 7104

An archive of selected press coverage:

3 September 2008
Lehmans' fight for survival

1 September 2008
Goldman Sachs Gets Approval to Start India Funds Unit

1 September 2008
Barclays to start India wealth unit in Q4 2008

28 August 2008
A Capital Gain For Credit Agricole

28 August 2008
French banks stung by credit-crisis losses

27 August 2008
Neues Vertrauen sorgt bei Freddie und Fannie für Kurserholung

26 August 2008
Lehman Said to Weigh Forming New Company to Buy Mortgage Assets

25 August 2008
The Credit Crunch Cuts Deeper and Wider
15 August 2008
CNBC's Cash Flow
Neil Katkov, head of Celent's Asia Research group, discusses the property market's effect on banks in Japan
14 August  2008
Tullett and GFI target the top spot
14 August 2008
UnionBanCal Says No To Trans-Pacific Takeover
13 August 2008
JPMorgan woes confirm fear; Credit losses grow; rebound seen far off
13 August 2008
Profound Shift In Banks

12 August 2008
INTERVIEW-Edelweiss wealth unit to double headcount in 12 mths

12 August 2008
DERIVATIVES DIARY: Interdealer Brokers Make Uneasy Bedfellows
12 August  2008
No end in sight for bottom of credit markets as JPMorgan latest to cut value of investments

12 August 2008
India's Role Is Growing

12 August 2008
FOCUS: UBS Private Bank Outflows Seen Persisting Amid Revamp
8 August 2008
Fannie Falls on Loss, Dividend Cut
8 August  2008
Europe's banks weathering storm
7 August  2008
US housing slump 'worst since 1930s': Prices to fall 20%, says Freddie Mac chief Mortgage group expects $2.5bn bad loan costs
6 August  2008
Credit costs eat into MUFG profits
6 August  2008
BNP second quarter net profit drops 34 percent
6 August  2008
Nasdaq earnings up 81% amid volatility

5 August 2008
UK's Tullett sees electronic brokering breaking even

5 August 2008
For investors, there is no free lunch

5 August 2008
Eiszeit für Parketthändler

5 August 2008
SocGen- Le bénéfice a fondu au T2 mais l'activité résiste

29 July  2008
UBS Fights Back At Capital-Hike Fears As Stock Falls

29 July 2008
KKR says market slump good time for going public

27 July 2008
Family offices set to expand in Europe

25 July 2008
International Finance: Credit Suisse Squeezes Out $1.17 Billion Profit

25 July  2008
Munich Re warns on profit after write-downs; Further charges may be needed; insurance sector slumps in Europe
25 July  2008
Financial News: Hedge Funds Try To Cut Prime Broker Ties

24 July 2008
European stocks fall on weak data, retreating oils

23 July  2008
Another glitch hits Tokyo exchange Computer problem halts index futures trading for hours

23 July 2008
Paulson Fund, Naked Shorts, Basel Rules: Compliance

22 July 2008
Investors question financial sector rebound

22 July  2008
Wachovia reports $9 billion loss

22 July 2008
More Pain May Lie Ahead For WaMu
21 July  2008
American Express reports 38% drop in net income; Credit card company says it won't meet targets until economy improves
20 July  2008
INTERVIEW: SWX Europe Aims 30 Dark Pool Customers In 2008

18 July 2008
Freddie Mac SEC Filing

18 July 2008
Happy Hour: 
Banks Brace for Defaults

18 July  2008
Citi, Merrill, Fannie, Freddie ends higher

18 July 2008
FOCUS: European Banks Mull Loan Repo Market To Raise Cash

18 July 2008
Region sidesteps banking woes

17 July 2008
Lou Dobbs Tonight: 
War on the Middle Class: Abusive Credit Card Fees

17 July 2008
Capital One Financial 2Q profit drops 40 percent

17 July 2008
Dimon Rides The Storm, Prepares For Squall

17 July 2008
Bank of New York Mellon 2Q earnings fall 31 pct

17 July 2008
Wells Fargo's Surprising Strength

15 July 2008
Wall Street worries about banks as mortgages, other loans sour

14 July 2008
Lehman's Got a Reluctant Safety Net in Uncle Sam

14 July 2008
Need a loan? Web may come to rescue

11 July 2008
Stocks End Higher Despite Oil Surge; Equities indexes rebounded, but liquidity concerns still hang over the market

10 July 2008
Lehman Shares Sink as Fannie, Freddie Plunge Further

10 July  2008
Prime brokerage: BNP Paribas buys BoA’s prime brokerage business
10 July  2008
Dark transactions, Expanding "Private" Markets
9 July  2008
CNBC Squawk Box:
Octavio Marenzi, head of Celent, explains why LSE volumes are up, but shares in the group are sliding
9 July 2008
COMPANIES - UK: Walking in the the shadow of global peers
7 July  2008
Merrill seen inching toward asset sales; Company may sell BlackRock, Bloomberg stakes to raise capital

2 July 2008
RURAL COVER

1 July 2008
Was buying Countrywide a good idea?

1 July 2008
 Visa will cut card holds for gas

30 June  2008
Bear's Pain Was Goldman's Gain

29 June 2008
The Safe-Deposit Box Goes Online

28 June  2008
After years of leaving for greener pastures, Canada's wayward financial talent is coming home

27 June  2008
Banks lead stocks down as oil hits record high

26 June 2008
Small Banks: How Fragile Are They? Credit troubles at many smaller institutions are mounting -- and plunging shares make it harder to raise capital to cover losses

26 June  2008
FOCUS: LSE Faces Stiff Competition In Dark Pool Trading
26 June 2008
Banks Try to Woo 'Mass Affluent'
24 June  2008
Discover Taps Banks For Profits
24 June 2008
CNBC's Cash Flow
Neil Katkov, head of Celent's Asia Research group, discusses the SMFG-Barclays deal

23 June  2008
WaMu testing product in S.A.

22 June  2008
Branchless banks make name, but can they maintain hold?

20 June  2008
Japan's Sumitomo bank set to invest in Barclays: report

18 June  2008
Morgan Stanley's profits take a tumble

17 June  2008
Lehman Chief Accepts Blame For Credit-Market Losses

17 June  2008
FOCUS: Money Market Funds Planning Repo Mkt To Aid Liquidity

16 June 2008
NYSE eyes real-time quotes for all

13 June  2008
Bloomberg News
Neil Katkov, head of Asia Research at Celent, discusses retail trading trends in Japan.

11 June 2008
The Lowdown on the Lehman Shuffle

11 June 2008
No Panic for Most Financials

9 June  2008
Visa, MasterCard see Gold in Prepaid
9 June  2008
Investors snapping up banks' stock offers
9 June 2008
Filling the Bear Stearns void
9 June  2008
Debit-card holds can take a nasty bite

8 June 2008
Countrywide's Buyer Isn't Blinking

8 June 2008
High-tech ATMs give images, fast credit

6 June  2008
CNBC's Cash Flow
Neil Katkov, head of Asia Research at Celent, discusses new business models at Japanese banks

5 June 2008
Regulators put spotlight on the world of clearing -- Europe, U.K., U.S. seek interoperability in derivatives arena

4 Junel2008
Dimon May Go Shopping: The JPMorgan CEO dodged subprime, bought Bear, and still has funds to spare

2 June  2008
How to Play $1K: Powerful P2P Loans
29 May  2008
JPMorgan's $2.2B buyout of Bear Stearns gets OK from shareholders; deal set to close by Friday
28 May  2008
BofA to boost stake in Chinese banking
25 May  2008
Gasoline not the only rising cost for drivers
23 May  2008
Fears over rival exchanges take shine off record results at LSE
20 May  2008
Consumers Shuffle the Mix at Target

19 May  2008
Bloomberg Television
Neil Katkov, senior vice president of Asia Research at Celent, talks about the outlook for Japan's banking industry and earnings among the country's major lenders.

18 May  2008
Tough Year Ahead: Japan's banks will find it hard to grow this year, according to Yumiko Manchu, Asia research group analyst at Celent

17 May 2008
Another Problem Parent - Insurance
17 May 2008
Make Them Pay
16 May 2008
Bloomberg Television
Neil Katkov, head of Celent's Asia Research group, discusses the global competitiveness of Japanese banks.
16 May 2008
Asia Market Week
Neil Katkov, head of Celent's Asia Research group, discusses lending trends at Japanese banks.
15 May  2008
BofA CEO says more consolidation ahead in banking

15 May  2008
Financials Fall on Agricole, Barclays' News: Another bank falling victim to the credit crunch was France's Credit Agricole. It launched a $9.1 billion rights issue Thursday. Axel Pierron from Celent discusses the financial sector.

14 May 2008
Opérateur de marché; UBS lance son système alternatif de transactions Pin Ats
14 May 2008
BNP Paribas 1Q Net Pft Down 21%; Low Write-Downs
13 May 2008
SocGen 1Q Dn 23%; EUR1.18B In New Write-Downs
10 May 2008
First ink, now blood - Bank lay-offs
6 May 2008
NYSE Euronext profit triples during volatility

5 May 2008
India's Edelweiss to launch first fund by July

1 May 2008
Remote deposit saves steps, gas; Systems let customers scan a check, submit it online, then destroy it

30 April 2008
Financial News: Banks target cost cutting --- Rival groups focus on derivatives trade, interdealer-brokers

30 April 2008
Analysten empfehlen Kreditkartenaktien

30 April 200
 LCH.Clearnet : rumeurs de discussions avec DTCC en vue d'une fusion

29 April 2008
Bear Stearns interns learn about business the hard way ; Summer posts get cut after JPMorgan deal

29 April 2008
Countrywide: Bad loans and $900M loss

29 April 2008
FOREX VIEW: Study Confirms Big Cos Get Better Forex Rates

28 April 2008
Bloomberg Television
Celent analyst Yumiko Manchu discusses Japanese banks

28 April 2008
Visa profit jumps 28 percent on rising volumes

25 April 2008
E*Trade CFO Simmons, General Counsel Gelbard Resign

24 April 2008
BondDesk Sees US Retail Bond Trading Surge In First Quarter
24 April 2008
Credit Suisse Convinces After Loss

24 April 2008
American Express Beats Estimates on Overseas Gains

16 April  2008
Cash Flow
Celent analyst Yumiko Manchu discusses the outlook for Japanese banks

22 April 2008
NYSE sets new prices to take on dark pools

21 April 2008
Ohio's National City bank hit by crisis

21 April 2008
BofA: Could Be Worse

21 April 2008
EU code to cut trading fees sees mixed progress

18 April 2008
 Vague de licenciements dans la finance américaine

18 April 2008
Wall St braces for tens of thousands of pink slips

17 April 2008
Morning Edition
Merrill Lynch Plots Mortgage-Meltdown Recovery

17 April 2008
As Bad as It Gets?

17 April 2008
Capital One's profit drops 19 percent in first quarter

17 April 2008
Sundaram BNP Paribas bets on Indian finance sector

16 April 2008
JPMorgan Chase's earnings top forecasts

16 April 2008
Wells Fargo limits profit fall on lending standards
15 April 2008
Surprise Loss at Wachovia Stirs Profit-Season Unease
15 April 2008
Schwab posts its best 1Q ever, lands 246,000 new accounts
15 April 2008
Loan Originations Seen Slumping 20% To 40% This Year
14 April 2008
Win A Job!
14 April 2008
Israel's Nice Systems gets Bank of Tokyo order
10 April 2008
Free checking on aisle 4; While some banks are ditching supermarket branches, Citizens and Stop & Shop have extended their partnership
8 April 2008
Discover to buy Diners Club; It will pay Citigroup $165 million for the credit card line to draw corporate clients and expand overseas.
6 April 2008
Data back US recession view
4 April 2008
The Afternoon Report: Tough Jobs
3 April 2008
Les Bourses veulent croire à la fin de la crise bancaire
2 April 2008
CNBC Squawk Box
Octavio Marenzi, head of Celent, discusses Wall St. Job Losses: It's no surprise that big layoffs are likely ahead
1 April 2008
Analysts not hopeful for banks' Q1 reports

27 March 2008
GE Card Unit Sold To AMEX For $1.1B

27 March 2008
Bloomberg Television
Neil Katkov, managing director of Celent's Asia Research group, discusses overseas investment in Japan's capital markets.

25 March 2008
Les secrets de la chambre de compensation

23 March 2008
Liquidnet, U.S. Firm That Executes Large Orders Bypassing Exchanges, Coming To Japan This Summer

19 March 2008
CNBC Asia Squawk Box
Celent analyst Yumiko Manchu discusses the future of Japanese financials, the BoJ & the yen trade

19 March 2008
Société Générale shares drop after BNP Paribas says it is no longer considering bid

18 March 2008
Cantor Fitzgerald Adds Poker to Bonds With New Device

14 March 2008
Target in Talks With JPMorgan on Credit-Card Loans

10 March 2008
Financial Objects FY Pretax Pft GBP2.8M vs GBP2M

7 March 2008
StanChart sells Indian asset mgmt arm for $205 mln

7 March 2008
CNBC Asia Squawk Box
Neil Katkov, managing director of Celent's Asia Research group, comments on the Bank of Japan's succession crisis

29 February 2008
CNBC Asia Squawk Box
Celent analyst Yumiko Manchu discusses Seven Bank's business model and its market debut today

25 February 2008
Failed India sale is poised to pay off

21 February 2008
Ambac Soars on Reports Bailout May Happen Next Week

21 February 2008
Oliver Wyman acquires research firm Celent

21 February 2008
Prospects for profitable carbon capture operations depend on policy, price

21 February 2008
Société Générale posts fourth-quarter loss after trading fraud

20 February 2008
CNBC Europe
Celent analyst Axel Pierron discusses BNP Paribas' annual results

20 February 2008
Bond Insurer Replaces Chief, Considers Split

19 February 2008
Munich Re Sees Weaker 08 Non-Life Combined Ratio

19 February 2008
Credit Suisse suspends traders linked to $2.85 billion overvaluation of assets

16 February 2008
A Split-Up Of Insurers Of Bonds Considered

15 February 2008
Reliance Jewels aims at 10 pct share in 5 yrs

14 February 2008
Indian funds chase finance stocks, eye economy

12 February 2008
Société Générale Seeks to Raise $8 Billion

8 February 2008
Tokyo Halts Some Futures Trading As TSE Suffers Computer Glitch

8 February 2008
Morgan Stanley to Start New India Fund After 14-Year Hiatus

8 February 2008
Aon reports 'solid' 4th quarter; Net income down 7% on divestitures

7 February 2008
Monolines rescue efforts might be in vain

6 February 2008
Generali FY premiums 64.8 bln eur, up 2.7 pct; consensus 65.5-68.7 bln

6 February 2008
MBIA to Raise Additional $750 Million of Capital

6 February 2008
Prudential Financial's 4th quarter earnings fall 11 percent

6 February 2008
Wachovia accused of aiding telemarketing fraud

6 February 2008
Earnings Triple at NYSE, but the Share Price Plunges

5 February 2008
Moody's & Fitch rethink ratings

5 February 2008
Fiserv's CheckFree to let consumers scan, deposit checks to banks

5 February 2008
MUNI WATCH: Don't Cry For The Issuers;
They Have Options

5 February 2008
Principal losses dent shares; ISM data pushes down rest of sector

4 February 2008
CNBC Europe
Takeover bids for the UK's Northern Rock are due Monday, but the bank's future remains a highly political issue, according to Axel Pierron from Celent.

4 February 2008
Monitise Welcomes New Monitise
Americas Agreements

4 February 2008
New climate gives LSE's rivals chance to challenge its dominance

1 February 2008
Troubled Bond Insurer Puts on Its Defense