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Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... thinking about this. The Wall Street Journal named two: Charles Dallara, managing director of the Institute of International Finance and Barry Eichengreen, economics professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Darn their goes my five minutes ...

Instos want more rewards for low-carbon assets

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... environmental issues to "bolster investor confidence, and allow financing to flow". Finally the group asks for international finance tools to reduce the high levels of risk for investors with investments in developing countries. "Investors need greater ...

State Street lifted by passive strategies, ETFs

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... previous year, assisted by the acquisitions of Intesa Sanpaolo's securities servicing business and Mourant International Finance Administration. The company wrote US$989 billion in servicing fees for the quarter, up nearly 19 per cent on the prior year ...

Singapore to win asset mgmt race: report

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... an attractive investment destination. More recently, the government is seeking to establish a Centre for International Finance and Regulation in Australia as another way to position Australia's growth to be a financial services centre.

Funds eye Yuan bond market

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... managers seeking exposure to Yuan denominated bond markets, an area which has grown from a small backwater of international finance to a multi-trillion dollar industry over the past two decades, it has never been that straightforward. A spokesperson ...

Fin centre plans hang in the balance: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... superannuation minister Chris Bowen has savaged the Opposition's lack of support towards establishing an international finance and regulation centre - arguing it will be detrimental to Australia's plans to become a global financial services hub. Minister ...

CFSGAM studies infrastructure ESG risk

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... social and governance (ESG) risk given the long-term nature of the investments. The fund manager selected the International Finance Corporations (IFC) Environment, Health and Safety Guidelines as a framework for direct infrastructure investment when ...

Govt to inject $25m into 'best practice' regulation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... in response to the Johnson Report, he said the government will build a new centre, called the Centre for International Finance and Regulation, designed to offer education and training to financial regulators in Australia and in Asia. More importantly ...

Costello joins Future Fund board

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... month. He served as Treasurer from 1996 to 2007 and will provide the board with expertise in governance, international finance and macro economic conditions, noted a media statement from Lindsay Tanner, minister for finance and deregulation. "To have ...

JV raises $1bn for Indian infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... Infrastructure Fund (MSIF) and the State Bank of India also committed more than A$200 million to the fund. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is a minority shareholder in the joint venture. All three sponsors have committed over A$200 million ...