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Jay-Z versus Greenspan

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... need Jay-Z, the new Alan Greenspan," he said. Both Federal Reserve Governor Ben Bernanke and his colleague, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher have been quite vocal in reassuring the world there's no chance of a US recession. However, The Economist ...

S&P launch three new Shariah indices

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... for investable sector and thematic solutions that have been screened for Shariah compliance," said Alka Banerjee, vice president of Index Services. Standard and Poors also launched five more Arab Shariah country indices in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco ...

Corp super applies ESG screen

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... Generation Global Sustainability Fund in September by former Goldman Sachs chief executive, David Blood and former US vice president, Al Gore. Meanwhile Darren Lee, academic at the University of Queensland Business School, said using ESG factors in the ...

Big boys leaving Australian property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... going Australia with its neutral weighting within the index, which is only about 11 per cent," he said. Visiting vice president and director of institutional marketing at Cohen and Steers Capital Management, Steve Dunn, cited the example of the company's ...

Assets growth kills alpha: State Street

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
... on alpha generation unless models are altered to deal with capacity issues, according to State Street Associates vice president Simon Myrgren. Myrgren said State Street had developed a model to help predict a fund's capacity - the point where AUM growth ...

Global competition drives local investor services

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... pushed custodians to get smarter at distinguishing simple and more complex factors, he said. David Braga, JPM WSS vice president, said examples of these more complex services are the move to after-tax performance reporting, active extension investing ...

State Street uploads Charles River

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
... market data and improve efficiency for Australian investors seeking more alternative asset classes. Paul Khoury, vice president and head of product services at State Street said the key driver behind the demand growth of derivatives was an increased ...

Aon beefs up Sydney team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... and Guy Smith will become head of Aon's professions team. Employed by Aon Canada, O'Reilly was previously senior vice president with Aon Reed Stenhouse since 1998. O'Reilly will be responsible for the growth and development of Aon's Sydney office. A ...

CFS awards $450m portable alpha mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... security selection on a tactical and strategic basis. Robert Waldner, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group senior vice president and portfolio manager, will manage the fund. Adam Quaife, Franklin Templeton Australia's head of retail, said the mandate ...

Canadian fund slams investment restrictions

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... properties, 25 per cent in all real estate and Canadian resource properties and 10 per cent in any one entity. OMERS president and chief executive officer Michael Nobrega told the Commission the rules pushed pension funds to construct elaborate financial ...