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Barclays emits carbon trading ETN

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... stock exchange to provide investors with exposure to greenhouse gas emission trading schemes. The iPath ETN is linked to Barclay's Capital Global Carbon Index Total Return, which tracks the performance of the most liquid carbon credits associated with ...

HSBC opens wholesale wealth mgmt Down Under

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
Banking giant HSBC, which runs a $414 billion-plus investment management arm, is setting up a wholesale wealth management business in Australia. HSBC's newest business will be led by ex-Barclays Global Investors head of sales, consulting relationships ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight as the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged. Resource stocks may fall after commodities including oil, gold and copper declined. At 0755 AEST on the Sydney ...

Plato wins OptiMix mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
Boutique fund manager Plato Investment Management has been appointed as an OptiMix Australian Equities manager. "[Plato's] addition to the OptiMix Wholesale Australian shares portfolio will improve the alpha potential and the use of short positions ...

Finding integrity in finance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
Young, smart, and ambitious - some of the finance industry's up and coming stars gathered for the IFSA Future Leaders lunch yesterday to learn about integrity, leadership and how they can change today's wealth management industry. New financial planners ...

Goodbye fax, hello tech messaging

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
Tired with paper transactions, nine big fund managers are ditching their fax machines for SWIFTNet Funds' electronic messaging funds transfers. Nine participants in the SWIFTNet Funds market practice and pilot are taking the plunge to go live with electronic ...

Rainmaker Marketing Awards celebrate best of the best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
Wealth management's best and brightest marketers, advertisers and business development managers celebrated the 14th Rainmaker Marketing Symposium this week. Wayne Sullivan, Sunsuper marketing manager was awarded the Rainmaker Marketer of the Year in ...

Have coffee, will iShares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
Barclay's Global Investors (BGI) taps into the country's cafA(C) lifestyle to promote its Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, iShares, following a deal with a coffee marketing group. BGI is the first firm to use Eat Media's CafA(C) Domination strategy ...

Bluestone repositions reverse mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
Bluestone Group will stop distributing reverse mortgages through brokers and financial planners and will focus its activities on distribution through alliance partners. Bluestone chief executive Peter McGuinness said the group had alliances with Westpac ...

Invesco hires ex-JANA exec to lead Aus eq quant

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
The Australian arm of global fund manager Invesco has launched a new Australian equity capability and recruited a former JANA consultant to lead the team. The equity capability is specially tailored for the Australian market and was developed over the ...