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Volatility: a new asset class?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... is an emerging asset class too, said a fund manager that has amassed $5.8 billion on volatility strategies since 1999. French fund management giant Credit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) has a new offering in the Australian market. The group's volatility ...

She'll be right mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... appears to have already reached an inflection point given the release of some positive indicators over the past two weeks. French and German equities surged by more than 4 per cent while the FTSE-100 gained 3.4 per cent over the week. This despite Chancellor ...

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 ...