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Alternative investment giant eyes Asia

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
Global alternative investment manager The Blackstone Group is launching a new event-driven strategy to milk opportunities in the Asia Pacific region. Blackstone Altius Advisors, which will be led by ex-Canvas Capital Management managing director Aaron ...

US fund giant MFS lands down under

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... behalf of more than five million investors. The company traces its origins in 1924 and the creation of the US' first mutual fund.

Hooley named State Street pres and COO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... Jay Hooley, to president and chief operation officer. Hooley, 51, joined State Street in 1986 and led the firm's US Mutual Fund sales division before joining State Street's shareholder servicing joint venture with DST systems. For two years he was president ...

JPMorgan buys $342.5 bn Nordic custody service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services has purchased the institutional custody portfolio of Nordea, one of the largest Nordic banks with $342.5 billion in assets under custody. According to a JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services (JPMorgan), the deal ...

FTSE war on terror

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
Global index firm FTSE Group has chosen to wage its own battle against terrorism by launching a new terror-free index. FTSE has teamed up with terror-free investment screening house Conflict Securities Advisory Group to launch the FTSE CSAG Terror-Free ...

Investing without feeling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
AXA's chief investment officer Mark Dutton highlighted the US experience that shows why investor returns are chronically influenced by human emotions. Dutton said A US report analysed the returns of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index compared to the experience ...

Hunter Hall extends Bravura deal

Hunter Hall Investment Management has extended its existing contract with wealth management software provider Bravura for another three years. The SRI specialist manager initially licenced the Garradin software more than five years ago, using the system ...

Changing of the Vanguard

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
... in Pennsylvania, Vanguard is one of the world's largest investment management firms managing $1.31 trillion in US mutual fund assets and $369.3 billion in employer sponsored retirement plans.

Franklin Templeton allies with Vietcombank

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... see great opportunity in Vietnam with rising income levels among Vietnamese investors and a low penetration rate for mutual fund investments," said Browning. "With Vietnam's average growth rate of approximately seven per cent over the last 10 years ...

Credit Suisse pairs up with Julius Baer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... as at June last year, more than 90 per cent of which are in global and international equities for institutional and mutual fund clients.