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William Blair appoints head of distribution in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
William Blair, the Chicago-based global investment bank, has appointed Alex FranASois as head of institutional distribution for Australia and New Zealand. With more than $47 billion in assets, William Blair Investment Management provides portfolio management ...

Vanguard makes index switch

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... index funds from MSCI to FTSE and 16 US stock and balanced index funds to new benchmarks developed by the University of Chicago. Robin Bowerman, head of market strategy and communications at Vanguard Australia said the key driver behind the move was ...

ANZ fined over futures contracts

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said ANZ had exceeded speculative position limits in the futures contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade and the Intercontinental Exchange, ordering it to pay the $350,000 fine and ensure it does not make any ...

They will or they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... may announce an extension of its zero interest rate policy. If not, "It is even possible that the committee would adopt Chicago Fed President Evans' proposal to signal no rate hikes until the unemployment rate has fallen to a specific level (in Evans' ...

MFOs take growth from banks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... Solutions comes in at number 1 in terms of total assets under advice with US$126bn as at December 31. In second place is Chicago-based Northern Trust Corporation with US$90bn followed by BNY Mellon Wealth Management with US$64.5bn. According to Bloomberg ...

Chinese pension fund awards global mandates

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... by AMP Capital's head of global listed real estate Matthew Hoult and a team of based in Sydney, Hong Kong, London and Chicago.

No random walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... Federal Reserve will do." Sounds familiar? And his is not the only hedge fund that has given up altogether. According to Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research Inc. a total of 775 hedge funds were liquidated last year - the most since 2009. I'm afraid that ...

QE hope - must be getting tough again?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... down too - markets seesawing on daily headlines. The latest of which is renewed speculation of Fed stimulus courtesy of Chicago Federal Reserve Bank president Charles Evans. Evans declared on Bloomberg TV that, "I've been in favor of pretty much any ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... 0852 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 17 points at 4,101. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago president Charles Evans said he would support measures to generate faster jobs growth, Bloomberg reports. Stocks also gained ...

Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... than expected 133,000 in May. Weekly jobless claims increased by 10 grand last week. The Institute for Supply Management-Chicago index fell to 52.7 in May - the lowest since September 2009 - from 56.2 in April. Double-dip anyone? In Europe, while the ...