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Let them have soup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... risotto cooked in chicken stock (yum) and fresh fruits. The way global economies are headed, Karla Bruni, first lady to French President (I wouldn't mind queuing up if she was serving), Sarah Brown, wife of the UK Prime Minister, could all soon be taking ...

CAAM and Soc Gen merger good for Australia

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... Australia are expected to reap the rewards of enhanced investment expertise following the merger of Credit Agricole with French banking giant, Societe Generale. Credit Agricole released a statement yesterday that it had signed a preliminary agreement ...

BGI wins $2bn French mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
Barclays Global Investors has won a $2 billion mandate European equities mandate with French national pension reserve fund, FRR. FRR, which has $65 billion in assets under management, launched a tender in three slots April last year with the aim of ...

Credit Agricole enters ETF market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... Agricole has become the next big name to launch a suite of exchange traded funds (ETFs), providing a suite ETFs to the French market and plans to have $20 billion in assets under management in the product in just over three years. Credit Agricole Structured ...

Yen caught in crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... possible adverse implications for economic and financial stability.' The impact of the G7 communique was watered down by French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde's comment where she clarified that the statement was only aimed to show G7 support for ...

Search for equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... The UK's unemployment rate rose to 5.7 per cent in the three months to August from 5.5 per cent in the previous period. French business sentiment declined to 87 in September from 94 in the previous month. Italy's industrials orders dropped by 5.2 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... markets finishing slightly down, including stocks and oil, although gold and silver were higher. In Europe, the British and French bourses were up moderately, but the Eurozone's largest economy, Germany, saw its key DAX stocks index fall. At 0800 AEST ...

Perennial's global alpha secret

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... emerging markets...that's what being a truly global investor is about," he said. Among his best calls during the year were French stocks Vallourec and CAP Gemini, German fertilizer company K+S and Japanese bakery giant Yamazaki Baking. This year, Carter ...

SimCorp adds LexiFi modelling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
SimCorp teamed up with French software provider, LexiFi to integrate the firm's financial modelling technology onto SimCorp's investment management system, SimCorp Dimension. The integration of LexiFi's technology means SimCorp can deliver complete ...

More Weak Indicators

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... down from both the 100.1 level expected and the 101.2 figure posted in June. This is the largest decline in seven years. French business confidence fell to 98 in July - the lowest in three years -- from 101 in the previous month. Business confidence ...