http://www.wikio.com/search=Babcock Wikio - Babcock http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68542010 In its rush to be the next Macquarie, Babcock & Brown overlooked problems with the quality of assets and its own risk management practices. Unfortunately, these were vital ingredients. 22 Aug 2008 6:31 AM Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:33:36 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68542010 2008-08-21T21:33:36Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68542008 Babcock & Brown put on a truly appalling show yesterday. Either Jim Babcock and Phil Green have put in a marvellous effort and should be retained, or they were the incompetent architects of this disaster. 22 Aug 2008 6:58 AM Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:33:36 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68542008 2008-08-21T21:33:36Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68530764 Babcock & Brown's announcement that the company would simplify was a tacit admission that its business model was outdated Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:27:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68530764 2008-08-21T18:27:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68521262 Investment firm to cut a quarter of its workforce as it tries to regain investor confidence. 22 Aug 2008 3:03 AM Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:04:47 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68521262 2008-08-21T18:04:47Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68524228 The Spanish builder Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas will assume €590 million in debt as part of the deal with Babcock & Brown Wind Partners for its Spanish assets, including 14 wind parks with capacity of 421 megawatts. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:00:37 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68524228 2008-08-21T18:00:37Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68535061 CRAIG Jones has shot the lowest recorded round in Australian professional golf history by carding a 59 on the Queensland Sunshine Tour. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:40:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68535061 2008-08-21T14:40:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68516690 BABCOCK & Brown yesterday announced a major board shake-up, the replacement of chief executive Phil Green and chairman Jim Babcock and the axing of 400 jobs across the group as it embarks on a new, leaner corporate model. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68516690 2008-08-21T14:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68488879 FCC has signed an agreement with Babcock & Brown Wind Partners to buy all of its wind farms in Spain for €190m. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:32:43 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68488879 2008-08-21T13:32:43Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68487962 U.S. stock futures pointed to a weaker start Thursday as nervousness crept back into the market after a one-day reprieve, with oil prices back on the upswing and more downgrades to earnings estimates for top brokerages. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:00:08 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68487962 2008-08-21T13:00:08Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68480973 Asian economies are losing their vibrant growth as they feel the impact of slowdowns in the United States and Europe. Intra-Asian trade will offer little in the way of an alternative stimulus, while further reforms are overdue, and much needed, in India and China. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68480973 2008-08-21T12:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68482981 So the global credit crunch has seen another Australian company hit the wall. This time it is the fund manager plus investment bank Babcock and Brown, who ride to fame and fortune on the back of cheap. Now they find that debt is expensive and their asset value of their... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:12:27 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68482981 2008-08-21T11:12:27Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68474893 Babcock & Brown, the beleaguered Australian infrastructure investment firm, said Thursday that its chief executive and its chairman and founder would resign. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:05:31 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68474893 2008-08-21T11:05:31Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68469691 Babcock & Brown unveiled a major overhaul of its board and management but failed to stem the drop in its share price due to continued concerns about its financial position. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:41:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68469691 2008-08-21T09:41:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68459546 Babcock divests $323 million worth of Spanish assets to builder. 21 Aug 2008 6:00 PM Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:55:20 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68459546 2008-08-21T08:55:20Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68459548 Babcock & Brown's new chairman Elizabeth Nosworthy and CIO Peter Hofbauer reveal the group's plan to slash more than $2 billion in borrowings and its new philosophy of investment. 21 Aug 2008 5:45 PM Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:55:20 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68459548 2008-08-21T08:55:20Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68459540 The appointments of Elizabeth Nosworthy and Pat Handley to the board of Babcock & Brown show that the company is serious about finding a way to move forward with its banks. 21 Aug 2008 6:44 PM Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:55:19 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68459540 2008-08-21T08:55:19Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68455574 Shares in the Australian investment bank Babcock & Brown, which controls Eircom through its subsidiary Babcock & Brown Capital, fell today after the appointment of a new chief executive officer failed to convince investors the company can be saved as it sells assets at a loss to reduce debt. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:12:24 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68455574 2008-08-21T08:12:24Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68521794 The Australian share market closed lower after falls from the financial sector, with Babcock & Brown suffering a heavy loss amid a drop in interim profit. At the 1615 AEST close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 54.3 points,... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:31:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68521794 newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz 2008-08-21T07:31:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68450009 Click here for all our news and commentary coverage 21 Aug 2008 3:40 PM Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:17:26 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68450009 2008-08-21T07:17:26Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68450003 The agitations of a rebel shareholder may finally give Challenger Financial Services something to smile about. 21 Aug 2008 4:04 PM Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:17:21 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Babcock?rinfoid=68450003 2008-08-21T07:17:21Z