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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... remains weak but that the risk of a severe slump had eased. LONDON - Britain's blue-chip index closed up 0.6 per cent, with Barclays leading banking stocks higher after unveiling a 4.5 billion pound share issue and the London Stock Exchange gaining on ...

Plato wins OptiMix mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... the portfolio's risk originates from the security selection effort," said Mr Calligeris. Plato joins Ausbil Dexia Ltd, Barclays Global Investors, ING Investment Management, Orion Asset Management, and Tyndall on the OptiMix Australian shares portfolio ...

Finding integrity in finance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... today's wealth management industry. New financial planners, analysts and advisers clinked wine glasses with executives from Barclays Global Investors, Mercer Investment Consulting, and the senior executives of the Investment and Financial Services Association ...

Goodbye fax, hello tech messaging

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... pilot are taking the plunge to go live with electronic messaging within 12 to 18 months. These companies include Ausmaq, Barclays Global Investors, BNP Paribas Securities Services, HSBC Securities Services, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Macquarie Adviser Services ...

Rainmaker Marketing Awards celebrate best of the best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... Rainmaker Marketer of the Year - Open was awarded to Bruce Garratt, AllianceBernstein Australia director of retail markets. Barclays Global Investors Australia, iShares, with its brightly coloured, interactive and informative website succeeded in winning ...

Bluestone repositions reverse mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... their funders have become very important. McGuinness said Bluestone had a committed funding agreement with its funder Barclays, which meant that Barclays would honour commitments to borrowers who had set up their loans with ongoing drawdown arrangements. ...

Invesco hires ex-JANA exec to lead Aus eq quant

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... Advisers, Macquarie Bank and Ord Minnett Securities. He was also the senior portfolio manager in Australian equities at Barclays Global Investors. "The IQS investment approach offers the added benefit of being able to build long/short portfolios as well ...

Market shake-up spurs ETF demand

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... current volatility by steering investors towards exchange-traded funds (ETFs). ETF giant iShares, which is offered by Barclays Global Investors, is at the vanguard of this phenomenon. The firm claims that its IShares ETF is able to provide investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... 0.46 per cent, at 2,311.33. LONDON - Britain's leading FTSE 100 share index edged up, with banks forging higher after Barclays' results signalled the worst may be over for the UK financial sector. The FTSE 100 ended up 0.34 per cent, or 20.3 points at ...

Asia's de-coupling is on track

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... much healthier macroeconomic fundamentals in the region. Contrary to the censensus view at the time, Peter Redwood of Barclays Capital believes Asia's 2001 meltdown was less attributable to export slumps and more about a fall in investment. He said firms ...