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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... points lower at 5,139 on a volume of 12,433 contracts. Trading on the local share market ceases at 1410 AEDT ahead of the Easter long weekend. "The US was the lead as usual and they were off fairly heavily so we're really following in their wake," Nomura ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 100 points lower at 5195. Local news today is light ahead of the Easter break, with no major company news expected. Gold and nickel exploraor Southern Cross Goldfields Ltd (ASX: SXG) lists on ...

ING IM target resource rich states

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
The resource rich Australian states of Western Australia and Queensland provide the best investment opportunities in the coming year, according to James Wright, ING Investment Management chief investment officer. "In Australia we are seeing the continuation ...

Our rates a global sideshow

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
Slowing world growth, a collapsing US dollar and a still very nervous global credit market won't slow down world capital flows but rather increase them, said McKinsey in its latest newsletter. "Amid the turmoil, it's easy to forget that long-term structural ...

Credit Suisse pairs up with Julius Baer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
Credit Suisse Asset Management has expanded its multi-boutique platform by partnering with international equities manager Julius Baer Investment Management (JBIM). The first JBIM product is expected to be available to Credit Suisse clients by the second ...

Singapore and ME fund swoop on UBS

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
Government of Singapore Investment Corp and an unidentified Middle Eastern investor (rumoured to be a state controlled fund from Oman) have chipped in $11.6 billion in capital into UBS to lift it out of the sub-prime funding jungle. This is the latest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
The Australian stock market is likely to open softer as US broader markets slipped slightly as record US oil prices at $89.78 a barrel added to investors' concerns about the outlook for consumer and business spending. Base metals in London could were ...

RBC Dexia wins $5.6bn custody mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
RBC Dexia Investor Services has won a $5.6 billion (CA$5 billion) custody mandate from fund manager and Insurance Alliance subsidiary IA Clarington Investments. RBC Dexia Investor Services has had a stellar week, winning the custody mandate from fund ...

Resolution Capital reaches its Pinnacle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
Pinnacle Investment Management has acquired a 40 per cent stake in the global property manager Resolution Capital, in a deal that will significantly boost Pinnacle's boutique stable that already includes Hyperion, Plato and Palisade. The deal will enable ...

Erste Bank signs SimCorp for fund platform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
SimCorp Dimension has scored a major coup after it signed a funds management and administration IT contract with Erste Bank, one of the largest financial services group in Central and Eastern Europe. The Austrian banking giant will use SimCorp as its ...