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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009

The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower on Monday, falling from an almost nine-month high, after subdued stock performances on US markets and declines in Europe on Friday. At 0727 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...

Mutual funds gain record flows

COMPANY RELEASE | MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009

... year -the best net flows in mutual funds for more than two years, according to a report. The Strategic Insight global mutual fund database shows 85 long-term products with over $1 billion each in net flows so far this year. Around two thirds of the flows ...

Corporate governance needs national voice

MICHAEL HOBBS | WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009

Asia Pacific investors need to develop an organisation at a national level to effectively manage corporate governance issues, according to a corporate governance expert. Jamie Allen, secretary general at the Asian Corporate Governance Association in ...

J.P. Morgan wins Capital mandate

COMPANY RELEASE | FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009

J.P. Morgan has won a mandate with fund manager Capital International Research to provide services for the group's mutual funds recently launched to Australian and New Zealand investors. J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services will provide global ...

Pres Obama proposes sweeping regulatory reforms

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009

To plug regulatory gaps that the Whitehouse believes precipitated the GFC, President Obama has proposed the biggest change to financial oversight since the New Deal. Central to the reforms are the creation of a Financial Oversight Council that will ...

BlackRock to buy Barclays Global Investors...

RUTH LIEW | FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009

... iShares currently has over $367 billion of AUM in more than 350 funds worldwide. It ranks among the top three selling mutual fund and ETF families for the last three years. The transaction is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of this year. As a ...

Merger plans for AUI and Lifeplan

COMPANY RELEASE | MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009

... management. Australian Unity announced late last week that a merger proposal was being rolled out to combine the two mutual fund companies. The merger proposal, which has the unanimous support of the Boards of both companies, is subject to the approval ...

BNP increases stake in Indian mega broker

COMPANY RELEASE | FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009

BNP Paribas has increased its equity stake in one of India's largest retail stock broking firms, Geojit Financial Services. As a result of the deal that was finalised in February, the broking firm's 500 offices will be re-branded Geojit BNP Paribas ...

Mutual funds outperform instos

RUTH LIEW | FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009

... cent of the collective net losses within mutual funds. "We observed several key differences in how institutional and mutual fund investors reacted to the market turndown of 2008," said Inga Sweet, senior vice president and author of STAR. "Institutional ...

US fixed interest SRI beats market

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009

SRI fixed interest funds in the US have gone from just matching non-SRI mutual fund returns to beating them, according to the latest Cerulli research. "There has always been an unwritten rule that investors have to give up performance to invest their ...

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Federal Court calls out ASIC for re-running case on appeal

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

The Full Federal Court of Australia has criticised regulators for falling back on appeals to re-litigate cases on a different legal basis than the one run at trial.

Evergreen founder exits Ascalon Capital

KARREN VERGARA

Ascalon Capital has bid farewell to Evergreen Consultants' founder Angela Ashton, shortly after acquiring the consulting firm last year.

Powerhouse Ventures partners with European fund manager

KARREN VERGARA

ASX-listed Powerhouse Ventures has partnered with an unnamed European fund manager that will commit US$50 million to its fledgling Critical Infrastructure Opportunities (CIO) Fund.

KeyInvest unveils new investment platform, awards mandate

MATTHEW WAI

KeyInvest has launched a new investment platform to include a plethora of investment strategies ranging from private credit to global equities.

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