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Mine's bigger than yours

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008

... produced the mother of all rate cuts. Last week central banks in Australia, South Korea, India, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Switzerland and the Eurozone all cut interest rates by between 25 and 75 basis points. But the Crocodile Dundees at the BoE showed ...

HFs continue to outperform

MICHAEL HOBBS | MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008

... -25.59 per cent over the same period. These results come after a number of countries including UK, Germany, France, Switzerland, Ireland and Australia banned naked short selling in September. Despite continued bad markets, hedge fund managers are slightly ...

Euro SRI market hits $4 trillion

MICHAEL HOBBS | THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008

... over two years to December 2007 across nine European countries including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria and Switzerland. "SRI is growing dramatically and becoming more refined as an overall approach that meets the diverse interests of European ...

ASIC tightens short-selling rules

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008

... markets changed their regulation around shorting. Besides the US and the UK, countries including France, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland and Canada have either tightened their rules or are about to do so. But contrary to other media reports, the temporary ...

Greater fool with no shorts

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008

... extended for another 10 days or more as deemed necessary. Regulatory agencies in the UK, Canada, Germany, France, Switzerland, Ireland and Australia, among others, have also temporarily banned 'naked short selling' in their respective financial markets. ...

Comm Bank expands FP Vic office

MICHAEL HOBBS | WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008

... respectively in its financial planning division. Prior to this role, Strahlhofer worked in corporate banking at UBS Switzerland for more than eight years across risk and relationship management and business development. Meanwhile, Soni also previously ...

AXA IM targets Aus instos

MICHAEL HOBBS | FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008

... portfolios in European property. The firm's European property investments are mostly based in France, UK, Germany and Switzerland. In addition, AXA IM is providing its structured finance capability across catastrophe bond (cat bonds) and life settlements. ...

Deutsche smashes Euro ETF market

MICHAEL HOBBS | TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008

... was launched early 2007. Since then the bank released 86 ETFs with 240 listings in Germany, UK, France, Italy and Switzerland. The bank's ETFs cover a range of asset classes including equity, bond, credit, currency, money market and commodity indices. ...

Northern Trust expands reporting tools

MICHAEL HOBBS | MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008

... requirements such as Australian goods and services tax accounting general shareholder reporting for New Zealand and Switzerland authorities." Northern Trust provides investment management, asset and fund administration, fiduciary and banking solutions. ...

Schroders buys Swiss Re

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008

... management firm Schroders has confirmed it is acquiring Swiss third party fund manager Swiss Re Asset Management Funds (Switzerland) AG. The sale will see Schroders scoop up Swiss Re's nearly $1.97 billion of asset under management as at 29 February. ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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