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Barclays Cap launches rates and FX services

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... to provide local coverage as well as trade Australian products via a dedicated onshore presence affords our clients a two-fold benefit," said Ivan Ritossa, head of global markets - trading, Asia Pacific, Prime Services and FX. "Our Australian client ...

Outback stake on Westscheme radar

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
Western Australia-based Westscheme has become a minority shareholder of RM Williams Agricultural Holdings after one of the fund's investments folded into the company. Howard Rosario, chief executive of the $2.9 billion Westscheme became a shareholder ...

Advisers to boost political clout

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... industry "has been found wanting", said AFA chief, Richard Klipin. The new Licensee Leadership Forum (LLF) operates three-fold: policy development, government interaction and policy, and incorporating licensees within the AFA media strategy. The forum ...

Research finds country bias in pension asset allocation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... alternatives. Australian pension funds for example have allocated an average 22 per cent into the asset class last year, a near three-fold increase since 1999 when the allocation was a low 8 per cent. The research also reinforced Australia's "lucky country" ...

Securitor adds planners and expands research

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... aid them in their work. Neil Younger, head of Securitor, said the dealer group, which added 26 financial planners to its fold, would have liked to add more financial planners to its ranks but is pleased with the overall result considering trying economic ...

Shadforth eyes direct shares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... service to clients. Fenning said the group is eyeing a number independent financial advice groups and practices to add to its fold. "We've gotten much more active now in terms of talking to potential equity partners and rolling in businesses to our group ...

Yamashita's treasure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... physical metal itself. Futures, forward or options contracts, or Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) or stock certificates are easy to fold and store under the bed, in a cookie jar or in a safety deposit box. But how do you store tonnes of gold? You pay a warehouse ...

Mercer wins Equipsuper mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
The $4 billion Equipsuper has chosen Mercer to provide member administration services to the fund. Equipsuper, which had 48,000 members and around $4 billion in assets under management at 11 August, has appointed Mercer to take over the fund's administration ...

Russell to stay in Australia: Doman

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
Andrew Doman, global chief executive of Russell Investments, said Australia is a "strategically important" market to the firm and plans to deepen its local footprint, following questions about Russell's commitment to the Australian market. Doman said ...

Elusive 10K

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
The Dow's hold on that elusive 10K-point mark remains elusive. Perhaps it is the consensus' way of affirming that, indeed, the market has run ahead of itself. Wall Street slid further overnight with the Dow slipping further below the 10K mark despite ...