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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 ...

Rainmaker Marketing Awards celebrate best of the best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... Rainmaker Marketer of the Year - Open was awarded to Bruce Garratt, AllianceBernstein Australia director of retail markets. Barclays Global Investors Australia, iShares, with its brightly coloured, interactive and informative website succeeded in winning ...

Bluestone repositions reverse mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... their funders have become very important. McGuinness said Bluestone had a committed funding agreement with its funder Barclays, which meant that Barclays would honour commitments to borrowers who had set up their loans with ongoing drawdown arrangements. ...

Invesco hires ex-JANA exec to lead Aus eq quant

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... Advisers, Macquarie Bank and Ord Minnett Securities. He was also the senior portfolio manager in Australian equities at Barclays Global Investors. "The IQS investment approach offers the added benefit of being able to build long/short portfolios as well ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... 0.46 per cent, at 2,311.33. LONDON - Britain's leading FTSE 100 share index edged up, with banks forging higher after Barclays' results signalled the worst may be over for the UK financial sector. The FTSE 100 ended up 0.34 per cent, or 20.3 points at ...

Aussie investors jump on emerging markets iShares

Barely three months in the market but the newly launched exchange traded funds (ETFs) by Barclays Global Investors (BGI) called iShares are fast gaining traction, with emerging markets iShares on top of the list for investors. The latest BGI report ...

Not much of a fix from the freeze

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... be no more than 60 days in arrears and be able to show they can continue to make repayments. Estimates attributed to Barclays Capital and Moody's (and reported by Reuters and the New York Times) put the number of households likely to benefit at around ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

... Securities Services in London, in a proxy voting report. Chad Spitler, associate director in corporate governance and proxy at Barclays Global Investors, agreed. "Historically, voting has been a one-way process in which you cast your vote and moved on ...

T-Charter has limitations

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... provide adequate standards to evaluate transition managers, according to Russell Investments. In October State Street, Barclays Global Investors (Barclays) and Russell Investments (Russell) signed T-Charter, a voluntary, non-prescriptive document outlining ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
... ended 0.6 per cent lower as commodity stocks pulled the index into negative territory and despite a trading update from Barclays that boosted banks. The FTSE 100 closed at 6,140.7 points, down 39.8 or 0.64 per cent. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at ...