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MSCI Barra ups liquidity reviews

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... is proposing to review liquidity across MSCI Global Investable Market Index constituents across developed and emerging markets on a quarterly basis instead of half yearly as part of the firm's plan to deal with the credit crisis. In addition, MSCI Barra ...

CAAM funds awarded 'recommended' rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
Credit Agricole Asset Management Australia's (CAAM) Global Bond fund and Global Emerging Markets fund have gained 'recommended' ratings from research firms. Lonsec rated the firm's global bond fund 'recommended' while Zenith Investment Partners also ...

RARE quality found in infrastructure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... projects'. RARE Infrastructure was established in 2006 and is owned by the Treasury Group. It offers diversified and emerging markets infrastructure funds for retail funds and has recently been appointed to the OneAnswer platform in addition to winning ...

Gold will rally, bonds thrive: BlackRock

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... have the extended leverage that the Western consumers do," said Hudson. BlackRock will soon eye opportunities in emerging markets, particularly Asia, as a result of this phenomenon. US equities are also expected to outperform European equities because ...

MLC revamps global share strategy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... strategy portfolio. These fund managers have discretion over choice of capital allocation across developed versus emerging markets, regions, countries, industries and stocks. Paul Duncan, MLC Investment Management global shares portfolio manager, said ...

S&P withdraws Lazard ratings

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... Select Australian Equity Funds (I and W Classes), Lazard Australian Equity Funds (I and W classes) and Lazard Emerging Markets Fund (I Class). Lazard's senior managing director Robert Prugue said it was an internal decision and stressed that there were ...

Investors turn to ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... users accounting for 72 per cent of institutional ETF users. The SPDR S&P 500, iShares MSCI EAFE, iShares MSCI Emerging Markets and iShares Russell 2000 are the most widely held ETFs. To date, there are 1,590 products in the market with 472 launched ...

FT opens Malaysian office

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... Malaysia Sbn Bhd gained a capital markets and services licence in January. The firm already manages global equities, emerging markets and fixed income assets for Malaysian based institutional clients. Templeton Asset Management, which focuses on emerging ...

Cost of share trading spikes

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... and standard deviation of trading costs increased more for the trades in developed markets equities than in the emerging markets. "Perhaps the developed markets are more adversely affected by increases in volatility and negative sentiment. However, it ...

AXA Asia Pac growth mixed

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... billion while life insurance business rose by 14 percent to HK$756 million. Prospects were much stronger in the emerging markets with some regions posting triple-digit growth. AXA's new business index was up 18 per cent in China, 29 per cent in Thailand ...