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ETF assets to reach $1.6 trillion

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
Exchange traded funds (ETF) assets are set to eclipse the $1.6 trillion mark in the next two years - $500 billion more than its current assets, new research by Strategic Insight shows. Assets in global exchange traded funds raked in more than $1.1 trillion ...

Nicholas-Applegate's 130/30 gets nod

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... 130/30 strategy. The fund manager's Global Equity 130/30 strategy, which is offered in both segregated account and mutual fund formats and available to Australian investors, received praise from Professional Pensions for its outperformance against its ...

Dow Jones launches Islamic ASEAN index

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Dow Jones Indexes has launched the Dow Jones Islamic Market (DJIM) ASEAN Index - the first of its kind that represents the performance of Shari'ah-compliant companies in six of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). ...

Bravura partners with StorLife

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
Bravura Solutions partnered with data storage and information management provider, StorLife to provide a secure storage area for its account transfer information. Announced in London, StorLife will be used in Bravura's Rufus Global Transfer Agency system ...

Optimum hires RBC Dexia

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
Canadian fixed income manager Optimum Asset Management has appointed RBC Dexia Investor Services to provide custody, fund valuation and unitholder recordkeeping services. According to a statement by RBC Dexia, Optimum is engaging the custodian to service ...

Perennial bears the bear

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
Fund manager Perennial turns to history to give financial planners cogent tips on how to ride the bear market and even better, beat the doom-and-gloomsters. Any way you describe the events of the last two months would be nothing short of an understatement. ...

Neuberger Berman pledges money guarantee

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... will guarantee investors US$1.00 per share for each share held on September 19, 2008 of any eligible money market mutual fund that participates. The cut off date is December 18, after which he US Treasury may elect to extend it for an additional period. ...

Putnam hoists money guaranty flag

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... cannot sign up for the program individually. Putnam managed US$163 billion in assets, of which US$96 billion is for mutual fund investors and US$67 billion is for institutional accounts.

UN launches PRI think tank

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... of academic research that looks into the approach and beyond the questions of socially responsible investment (SRI) mutual fund out performance. "One of the goals of this network is to provide academics and practitioners with a platform to collaborate ...

US Senate passes bail-out 74 to 25

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
The bail-out legislation has been overwhelmingly approved by the US Senate, but the bigger test will be the congressional vote tomorrow, which isn't expected to get such a smooth ride. This morning Australian time, the Senate voted in favour of the ...