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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... triggered a financial meltdown that led to the global recession. Fears that Greece could be edging closer to default on its sovereign debt, spurred by the explosion of its bond spread, ebbed slightly. The energy sector led the market upward on the back ...

Credit Suisse adds to transition team

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... years. Wyse will be responsible for Credit Suisse's transition management business throughout Asia Pacific, focusing sovereign wealth funds (SWF) and super and pension funds.

Temasek invests $50m in renewable fuels

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
Singapore sovereign wealth fund (SWF), Temasek Holdings, has invested $50 million in Californian-based renewable chemicals and fuel start-up company, Amyris Biotechnologies. The company will use the funds to support commercial plant design and construction ...

Easter egg hunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... disposable income. Plus, have you noticed that US benchmark bond yields are now back to their pre-crisis levels? Inflation? Sovereign risk? Whatever the reason, with over 8 million Americans still unable to find jobs and not a few still struggling to ...

CFS GAM appoints ASSET4

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... number of other firms that already provide ESG data to CFS GAM. "We favoured ASSET4 because their broad coverage includes sovereign and unlisted companies that can be used by the credit and fixed income terms. They also have in-depth coverage of emerging ...

BNY hires insto BDM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... to joining the firm, Phillips worked at RiskMetrics Group in Singapore as director, Asia Pacific, wherein he assisted sovereign wealth funds (SWF) and other large institutional asset managers to understand and manage risk in portfolios. Before RiskMetrics ...

Abu Dhabi sovereign fund chief missing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... reported the accident, said the pilot was rescued and is in good condition. However, the search is still on for the missing sovereign fund chief. Sheikh Ahmed is the younger brother of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, the ruler of Abu Dhabi and president of ...

Alaska SWF tips $1bn into investments

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
Sovereign wealth fund (SWF) Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC) has poured over $1 billion into various global fund managers following an investment meeting in December. The SWF gave $250 million to Oaktree Capital Management and Audax Management ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... Thursday, the Australian share market closed slightly weaker after negative overseas leads and heightened concerns over sovereign debt in Europe, and profit-takers targeted cyclical stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 6.1 points, or 0.12 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... the back of international events. "I think the market was a little bit spooked by news that Fitch had downgraded the sovereign credit rating for Portugal," Mr Taylor said. "When you combine that with worse-than-expected new home sales data from the US ...