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Barclays sells iShares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
Barclays has sold the firm's exchange traded fund (ETF) iShares business to Blue Sparkle, a partnership established by CVC Capital Partners, for just over $6 billion. Net proceeds from the transaction will be retained by Barclays to enhance the firm's ...

CVC the preferred buyer of iShares

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
Barclays has singled out private equity firm CVC Capital Partners as its preferred bidder for the bank's prized exchange traded funds asset, iShares. According to a press statement by Barclays, the bank's preferred bidder is global private equity firm ...

Japan wins for local instos

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... to Rainmaker, Perennial Japanese Shares Composite (unhedged), BT WS Japanese Share fund, Platinum Japan fund and the Barclays Japan Equity Index fund were among the top ten best performing global equity funds last year. The Perennial Japanese Shares ...

Enhanced Investment Technologies wins award

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... sponsored by the UK-based publication Professional Pensions. The US manager managed to beat finalists AXA Rosenberg, Barclays Global Investors, Invesco, Nicholas Applegate Capital Management and State Street Global Advisors for the top prize. The award ...

Nomura absorbs Lehman Bros Australia

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... executive. Meanwhile, Barclays has announced that Lehman Brothers in the US has now re-opened for business under the 'Barclays Capital' banner yesterday. Similar to the Nomura deal, more than 10,000 Lehman Brothers' employees were offered employment ...

SEC blocks bank short selling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... The emergency order took effect on July 21 and is expected to end on July 29. BNP Paribas Securities, Bank of America, Barclays PLC, Citigroup, Credit Suisse Group, Daiwa Securities, Deutsche Bank, Allianz SE, Goldman Sachs, Royal Bank ADS and HSBC Holdings ...

S&P names 2008 Fund Awards finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... Perpetual Investment Management Limited GROUP FINALISTS (in alphabetical order) Emerging Manager of the Year Barclays Capital Greencape Capital (Challenger) Integrity Investment Management Vianova Asset Management (Australian Unity) Product Distributor ...

Barclays emits carbon trading ETN

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... European Union Emissions Trading Scheme and the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism. Philippe El-Asmar, Barclays Capital head of solution sales, Americas, said the global carbon trading network has the potential to become one of the world's ...

Plato wins OptiMix mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... the portfolio's risk originates from the security selection effort," said Mr Calligeris. Plato joins Ausbil Dexia Ltd, Barclays Global Investors, ING Investment Management, Orion Asset Management, and Tyndall on the OptiMix Australian shares portfolio ...

Goodbye fax, hello tech messaging

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... pilot are taking the plunge to go live with electronic messaging within 12 to 18 months. These companies include Ausmaq, Barclays Global Investors, BNP Paribas Securities Services, HSBC Securities Services, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Macquarie Adviser Services ...