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Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... depending on tomorrow's Senate negotiations) stimulus package be sufficient to short circuit these negative spiral? North American and European markets thought so last Friday. Perhaps they are right, perhaps not. There will be more bad news to come. ...

Confidence yardstick rises

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... more than 45 countries. This month, the index rose by 12.1 points to 60.3. This aggregate figure was pushed up by North American investors whose confidence increased by a high 21.2 points, up from a record low of 30.6 points in December. Investors elsewhere ...

Constitution finds Clearway to Aus

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... firm, has partnered with Clearway Capital Solutions in Australia. Constitution Capital Partners (CCP) focuses on North American middle market buyout funds and direct investments. In North America, the middle market buyout sector has historically outperformed ...

Watson Wyatt hires ex Aon consultant

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... asset allocation, manager structure and selection. This appointment follows a recruitment drive for the firm, with North American and UK based practices hiring eight new senior executives. Globally, Watson Wyatt's investment practice is now a third larger ...

Apostle launches global small-mid cap fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... Apostle Global Small-Mid Cap Equities fund, providing exposure to America, Europe and Asia. Half of the fund has a North American allocation, which is managed by Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, with the remainder managed by Highclere International ...

Lazard appoints Asia MD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
... equity, fixed income and alternative investment products and solutions for clients across its Asian, European and North American offices.

Retirement liabilities dwarf assets six-fold

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
... liability driven investment strategies (LDI). A recent State Street survey of institutional investors has found that North American pension plan executives and sponsors put liability mismatch as their number one risk, ahead of investment risk. The shift ...

US confidence down and up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
Consumer confidence in the US has fallen to a five-year low, driven by unrelenting negative economic news and the impact on consumption of the perpetually falling US dollar. But institutional investor confidence is up. The consumer confidence survey ...

Aviva Investors the new force in GAM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... managed funds sector. From September this year, the merged operation will include UK-based Morley Fund Management, North American-based Aviva Capital Management, MFM International, Aviva Investment Canada and Aviva Gestion d'Actifs (France). Australian-based ...

Jumping volatility not yet swaying sentiment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... Investor Confidence Index also rose, this time by 3.0 points to reach 68.8 from a revised December level of 65.8. North American investors were responsible for the bulk of this, as evidenced in the rise in the North American Confidence Index from 65.3 ...