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Desert storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... Germany 2.4 8. Saudi Arabia 2.4 9. Korea, South 2.2 10. Canada 2.2 11. Mexico 2.1 12. France 1.8 13. Iran 1.7 14. United Kingdom 1.7 15. Italy 1.5 Note that the G-7 - the world's biggest economies - along with China and India are in the list of the 15 ...

Ratings firm expands fund coverage

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
... beyond the US to provide analyst research reports and ratings to CEF-equivalents such as investment trusts in the United Kingdom and listed investment companies in Australia. The research has set its sights on covering about 100 CEFs traded in the United ...

Tax reforms bolster local funds management

MEDIA RELEASES  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... domestic investment advisers." It will align Australia's taxing rules with international practice, such as the United Kingdom's Investment Manager Exemption. The new regime addresses a key finding of the Johnson Report - that the tax law discouraged ...

UK pension tenders $800m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... fund management services for an $800 million active currency hedging mandate. The four-year mandate is with the United Kingdom's 12th largest fund within the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), Avon Pension Fund, with assets as at March 2009 of $2.96 ...

Antin raises $1.5bn

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... commitments from approximately 35 investors from diverse countries: Scandinavia, France, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia in particular," said Mark Crosbie, managing partner. "The confidence placed in the Antin Infrastructure ...

Australia's big bro

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
Dateline 1 July 1997. Many will remember this day, the day that the United Kingdom handed Hong Kong back to the People's Republic of China. There was much trepidation and fear in the air leading up to the expiration of the UK's 99-year lease on the ...

The Fed did it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... this would be interpreted as, "this is exactly what the doctor ordered". But not now. Now we're in big trouble. United Kingdom. In its quarterly inflation report, the Bank of England said that the country's economic recovery would be slower than previously ...

To spend or not to spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... embarked on deep fiscal austerity measures. China, Japan and Canada are also in this camp. And just last night, the United Kingdom upped the tempo. Swept into power by its pledge of fiscal austerity, the UK's Conservative-led Coalition announced more ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... was helped along by rises in selected leading stocks but trading was thin with the week in the United States and United Kingdom starting with holidays. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed up 13.48 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 3,061.23. Turnover was worth ...

Nein to naked shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... win... The speculators are our adversaries." Sure, sure. But haven't we been here before? The United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and other European governments -- including Germany -- banned short selling in 2008. What happened? ...