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CitySuper appoints $60m to Wellington

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... mandate to the Wellington Special Strategies Equity Fund. The $60 million came from an axed global equities mandate with Barclays Global Investors. According to Guy Rundle, investment relationship manager at CitySuper, Wellington has been the only new ...

BGI and BlackRock mandates under review

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... scrutinising the fates of the mandates within its $630 million Aussie equities portfolio, which is currently divided between Barclays Global Investors ($380 million) and BlackRock ($250 million), after the two firms announced their merger last month. ...

AUSTRAC to probe anti-money laundering breaches

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) has accepted enforceable undertakings from Barclays Bank PLC and Mega International Commercial Bank Co for breaching anti-money laundering and counter terrorism laws. An AUSTRAC statement ...

ING adds cap protected funds

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... funds include no lock-in periods and are backed by two banks that are AA- rated by Standard & Poor's - ING Bank N.V. and Barclays Bank PLC. "Unlike some protected fund which only guarantee the initial investment, ING Australia has developed two innovative ...

BlackRock to buy Barclays Global Investors...

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
BlackRock has signed a purchase agreement to buy Barclays Global Investors including its ETF platform, iShares, to create a $3.3 trillion (US$2.7 trillion) asset management giant. According to a media statement released this morning, the deal will see ...

Hedge funds to get $60 billion boost

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... companies, private banks, endowments and foundations are all likely to decrease their allocations to the sector, according to Barclays Capital. The report, which surveyed 300 investors and 100 hedge fund managers representing $873 million of hedge fund ...

HSBC appoints Australia CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009

SIPPs back their expertise

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
A UK based Barclays Stockbroking survey has found nearly nine out of 10 self invested personal pensioners (SIPP) believe they can outperform a professional pension fund manager. The survey found 89 per cent of SIPP investors opened a SIPP account because ...

FPA endorses iShares CPD program

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... trillion worldwide by 2011. In fact, ETFs received over $300 billion in net flows during 2008. This development follows Barclays Global Investors introducing three new ETFs covering telecommunications, health and consumer brands in March. The firm has ...

Barclays sells iShares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
Barclays has sold the firm's exchange traded fund (ETF) iShares business to Blue Sparkle, a partnership established by CVC Capital Partners, for just over $6 billion. Net proceeds from the transaction will be retained by Barclays to enhance the firm's ...