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UBS launches soft com and Asia prod

MICHAEL HOBBS | FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008

... commodities including wheat, corn, soybeans and live cattle. The product also provides exposure to emerging and developed markets in Asia including China, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan via the MSCI Emerging Markets Index or Asia Index. The primary investments ...

ML picks Praemium for admin

RUTH LIEW | THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008

... service in Australia and enable us to combine our offshore multi-currency capabilities in both emerging and developed markets with our leading onshore research and domestic equity, derivative and prime brokering capabilities," said Alexy.

The next frontier of investing

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008

... relatively stable economies have emerged from their cocoon into an emerging market and in some cases, become developed markets. Frontier markets also offer strong economic growth potential, with the current market turbulence seemingly having little influence ...

First State leads UK adviser fund scoreboard

... holdings in consumer-related stocks, such as laptop manufacturer ACER. "We just feel that the consumer in the developed markets, as a whole, is too leveraged and we just want to see that unwind before we start buying the banks," he said. By contrast ...

Equity markets back in style

RUTH LIEW | FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008

... April, said Standard & Poor's (S&P). According to S&P's monthly global stock market review, The World by Numbers, developed markets posted a 5.15 per cent gain in April after losing 8.95 per cent in March - a sign that investor confidence is returning ...

Foreign Exempt rules under review

RUTH LIEW | WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008

... concerns about the nature and timing of disclosure of corporate actions - is an anomaly for companies listed on developed markets whose disclosure requirements for corporate actions are comparable with those of ASX. S&P and ASX do not expect the change ...

Cash is still king

... vulnerable to negative sentiment towards this sector. Also, Australian shares have strongly outperformed global developed markets over the past year, providing more downside risk. Arguably, most important is that aggressive monetary tightening by the ...

EMs too fast, too furious for sub-prime

RUTH LIEW | MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008

Emerging markets are set to grow more than three times the rate of developed markets and will shrug off the sub-prime led liquidity crisis with ease, according to emerging markets wizard Mark Mobius. EMs investments expert Mobius from Templeton Asset ...

JPMorgan Chase launches IPO STRATAS

MICHAEL HOBBS | MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008

... protection if held for five years. IPOX 30 provides access to the top 30 largest and most liquid IPOs listed on a developed markets exchange. The structured product capitalises on bull market gains using leveraging strategies and automatically switches ...

Investors swarm to Asian hedge funds

RUTH LIEW | THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008

... capital was pumped primarily into emerging Asian markets, offsetting a net outflow of investor capital from their developed markets counterparts. "Investors continue to demand exposure to Asian markets and opportunities. New funds are being launched ...

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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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