Feb 2010 Financial News

26NCB to focus on loans portfolio to set off JDX
26S&P moves Jamaica out of selective default
26Scotiabank to focus on shareholder profit
26Drop in first quarter profits for FirstCaribbean group
24Scotia profits up again. Can NCB keep pace?
24Cement war rages on
24Trinidad Publishing Company Limited – Special Meeting of Shareholders
23Furness delisting from TTSE costs $10m
22Central Bank going on-line
22Last quarter improves year for Fortress fund
22Varying prospects for Fortress funds – but mostly good things expected
19Guardian Holdings Limited – Press Notice to Shareholders: The Effects of the Jamaica Debt Exchange
12GraceKennedy Limited – Jamaica Debt Exchange Programme
11PLIPDECO Limited – Change in Directors
10Government of Trinidad and Tobago Bond Listing
10Jamaican banks safe
10Senior staff, agency cuts at NCB
10Scotia DBG contracts
10Finance Ministry floats new treasury bonds - BOJ cuts short-term rate
10FSSF 'crucial' - To contain destabilising impact of JDX
10RBC executive: All types of lending down
05JDX extended again for late applicants
05Caribbean exchanges to install fully integrated trading platform
05Intralot buys 49.9%of SVL
05IMF says yes - US$1.27b loan for Jamaica approved - US$950m fund for financial sector
04Listing of Shares – Prestige Holdings Limited
03Prestige Holdings Limited – Notice of the Appointment of Director
03Fewer loans, less spending in 2010
03Stock market regresses six years - Wealth depleted to $493b from high of $820b
03Cohen to run NCB Cap Markets
03NCB bracing for JDX losses - Bank to raise fees, cut costs to maintain profits
03Scotia launches new SME facility
03Benchmark rates drop by over 400 bps, but still higher than JDX short-term notes
01Cement prices rise
01NCB's net profit jump 16%