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Macquarie wins mandate from Mexico

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
Macquarie Group is eyeing Mexican infrastructure this new year, following the launch of a new infrastructure fund and winning $294 million in mandates from seven Mexican pension funds. In a press statement released late last week, Macquarie announced ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open flat on Tuesday after moderate gains on Wall Street and as investors await the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision on interest rates. At 0810 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share ...

Posh playground turns sandpit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
Hold that turkey! Put that cork back into the champagne bottle! Thanksgiving has been hijacked! If you don't standstill, we sink. Dubai World reportedly intends to ask its creditors to "standstill" and extend maturities of its about US$59 billion debt ...

The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
Falling US dollar equals increasing risk appetite? Hmmm...seems strange. The greenback fell to 14-month lows against major currencies last week before Big Ben Bernanke wagged his finger -- warning that, "The time will come when we have to tighten...We ...

UniSuper appoints key advice execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
UniSuper appointed Jason Holandsjo as manager of operations & product and Alex Aracas as national practice manager in the super fund's financial advice department. Holandsjo joins UniSuper from Australian Unity Personal Finance Services where he worked ...

FX trader guilty of $360k fraud

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
Brisbane-based resident Brett Tony Best has pleaded guilty to running an illegal managed investment scheme (MIS), which enabled him to dupe more than 200 south-east Queenslanders out of $360,000 in funds. Best, 39, pleaded guilty to one charge of dishonestly ...

BNP increases stake in Indian mega broker

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
BNP Paribas has increased its equity stake in one of India's largest retail stock broking firms, Geojit Financial Services. As a result of the deal that was finalised in February, the broking firm's 500 offices will be re-branded Geojit BNP Paribas ...

Malaysia tops shariah funds list

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
Malaysia may have overtaken Saudi Arabia to boast the highest number of shariah funds in the world - but the Asian Islamic country has a long way to go in building up assets for each of its 145 funds, according to a new report. November figures from ...

Myer shops for new IT suite

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
Investment services tech firm SS&C Technologies Australia has scored a deal with Myer Family Office to deploy its wealth management solution, Suite. Matt Browning, head of investment at MFO, said the financial planning firm was looking to replace its ...

Shariah-compliant hedge funds hit the spot

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
Shariah-compliant hedge funds could outperform their traditional hedge fund counterparts this year, predicts Aureliano Gentilini, global head of hedge fund research at Thomson Reuters Lipper. Gentilini said that Shariah-compliant hedge funds stand to ...