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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 ...

VFMC boosts inhouse investments by 25pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... and that will probably reduce further," he said. "We're trying to reposition the fund more along the lines of the North American funds with a much larger internal management component." The comments follow the departure of David Roberts, investment director ...

Indian infrastructure investing fuels sustainability

ALEX DUNNIN IN NEW DELHI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
India is seeking US$500 billion over the next five years to help fund its national infrastructure plan, creating a big opportunity for Australian investors to get in on the ground floor. "We need this money over the next five years to fund our plan ...

Takeover merchants

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
... achieve similar returns over the next 3-5 years. Significantly fewer investors are as optimistic towards European or North American buyouts. As a result, almost two thirds of investors currently investing in Australian private equity plan to increase ...

Insto investors down but not out

... portfolio is allocated to equities, the higher the index figure. But over the last month, the confidence index for North American institutional investors fell from 117.1 to 106 points and for European investors, the figure fell from 86.6 to 82.3 points. ...

RBC Dexia breaks into unit registry

... the platform is beneficial not only for fund managers based in Australia and the Asia Pacific region but also for North American and European institutions who distribute their products into the Asian region. The platform is multi-currency, multi-class ...

Macq to conquer New York, New York

... acquisition of GCA is a significant strategic step forward for Macquarie and a highly complementary addition to our North American investment banking business," said Murray Bleach, head of Macquarie's investment banking group in North America. "At the ...

Small cap suffers a shake up

... team based in Philadelphia. This team is separate to the Boston-based small and mid cap team, which managed the North American portion of the fund in May 2006. "This is a significant change to the fund not only because of the appointment of a new investment ...

MLIM funds on hold but Rock solid

... Wholesale Hedged Global Small Cap Fund will be moved from three stars to on hold after the departure of the group's North American regional team. They have been replaced by BlackRock's existing 10-person small and mid cap growth team, which will manage ...

Colonial First State appoints head of global equities

... designate and head of the global equities team at INVESCO Asset Management. Prior to that he worked as head of North American and global equities research with Merrill Lynch.