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Rise of mini-mandates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... such as the Instreet LINK series and the ARC series, which are deferred purchase agreements (DPAs) with a twist. Investors shell out a one-off upfront payment of, say $12,500, which is a fraction of the size of the notional exposure of their investment ...

PE firm pays NY fund $20m in compensation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... Searle over $10,600,000. Searle then paid the lion's share of placement fees received from Carlyle to PB Placement, LLC, a shell company controlled by Morris. Unbeknownst to Carlyle, Morris had allegedly entered into a fee-splitting arrangement to pay ...

Too big to fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
Head fake. So which one is the head fake? The Dow climbing past 10,000 or the Dow sinking below 10K? Over the past three trading days, the Dow has been playing seesaw on the 10,000 fulcrum -- over 10K Thursday, under 10K Friday, over 10K Monday. To ...

Amnesty highlights Shell governance shortfall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
The Royal Dutch/Shell Group is under fire from a human rights group for not disclosing key information around its operations in the Niger Delta - potentially exposing fund managers to unknown corporate governance issues. The Amnesty International letter ...

NY fund blacklists Gazprom and Petrobras

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... monitoring and prohibiting any other investments in seven other companies that operate in both countries including Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Total SA, Alstom and Snam Rete Gas. Melany Grout, director of Conflict Risk Network, said companies are taking notice ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... Fortescue Metals Group Ltd in the Federal Court in Perth. APN News & Media Ltd holds its annual general meeting in Sydney. Shell Australia chairman Russell Caplan addresses the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia on "The Shell Companies in Australia". ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
The Australian share market has received strongly negative leads from overseas, as US markets hit 12-year lows amid worsening concerns about financial companies and the economy. A further bailout of US insurer American International Group, which also ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... Intellect Holdings Ltd hold general meetings in Perth. Diversa Ltd holds an extraordinary general meeting in Brisbane and Shell villages and Resorts holds its AGM in Goodna, near Brisbane. In Singapore, OM Holdings Ltd holds a special general meeting ...

HNW shell shocked about nest eggs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
A Fujitsu survey found high net wealth Australians are seven times more concerned now about their retirement savings than they were a few months ago as equity markets continue to crack their nest eggs. Martin North, Fujitsu managing director of consulting ...

JPMorgan buys DME stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... Exchange (DME). The global investment bank joins Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Vitol, Concord Energy, Casa Energy Trading and Shell Group as an equity stakeholder. The New York Mercantile Exchange, Tatweer and the Oman Investment Fund collectively hold ...