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AXA Framlington eyes Japanese tech firms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... million under management invested across around 88 stocks. More than 35 per cent of the portfolio is invested in North American companies and nearly 15 per cent is invested in the UK, according to the fund's holdings in December. "If you're going to ...

Hasting sells off HUT stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... and energy. Working with clients through operations in Asia and Australasia the UK and Europe and in every major North American city, RBC Capital Markets provides capital markets products and services from 75 offices in 15 countries. RBC Capital Markets ...

IT growth and spending to slow

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... that will send ripples throughout the financial services IT sector in Australia. Ovum's recently released model "North American Market Trends 2009: IT services forecast" co-author and research director John Madden believes vendors who are planning on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... sentiment was helped by news ahead of the bell of Ford's third-quarter profit of $US997 million on improvement in its North American business, and comments that it was on track to become "solidly profitable." LONDON - European stock markets closed higher ...

A tale of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... Investor Confidence Index fell by 10 points to 108.4 in October - the lowest level since April. Sentiment among North American investors dropped the most (down 12.8 points to 101.1) followed by those in Europe (down 9.3 points to 101.8). But confidence ...

Global funds lose $20trn to GFC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... Wyatt Australia. The top 20 last year was made up of 10 US-based and 10 European-based managers. Of the top 500, North American managers' assets fell by 24 per cent to US$23.9 trillion in 2008, remaining just ahead of European-based managers' assets ...

Macquarie buys investment bank FPK

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... latest acquisition, investment bank Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller. The buy will see Macquarie expand its North American and European presence, noted an ASX statement released yesterday. Founded in London in 1971, FPK employs 267 people, with ...

Russell property fund goes global

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
... fund. At its launch in December 2004 the fund utilised a regional manager structure, with the largest weighting in North American property securities and the balance in Europe and Asia. Recently, Russell Investments appointed Cohen & Steers Capital Management ...

Alpha selects Pengana volatility strategy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... Global Volatility strategy to its multi-manager line-up. The market neutral strategy invests in exchange traded North American future and options. "The consistency of returns since the strategy began and having Al Wilkinson, who is widely credited with ...

Aussies lag behind in PRI implementation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... scores recorded by Asia Pacific and emerging markets signatories were lower than those recorded by European and North American signatories. At the same time, the report said the median and upper quartile scores from Australia and New Zealand were competitive ...