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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 ...

Funds SA splurges $1.4b on mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... SA's allocation to their 'quantitative core' investments, while complementing the funds manager's existing allocation to Barclays Global Investors, another leading quant manager. Smith also singled out GSJBW's in-depth quantitative research and its application ...

Aussie investors jump on emerging markets iShares

Barely three months in the market but the newly launched exchange traded funds (ETFs) by Barclays Global Investors (BGI) called iShares are fast gaining traction, with emerging markets iShares on top of the list for investors. The latest BGI report ...

Not much of a fix from the freeze

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... be no more than 60 days in arrears and be able to show they can continue to make repayments. Estimates attributed to Barclays Capital and Moody's (and reported by Reuters and the New York Times) put the number of households likely to benefit at around ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

... Securities Services in London, in a proxy voting report. Chad Spitler, associate director in corporate governance and proxy at Barclays Global Investors, agreed. "Historically, voting has been a one-way process in which you cast your vote and moved on ...

T-Charter has limitations

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... provide adequate standards to evaluate transition managers, according to Russell Investments. In October State Street, Barclays Global Investors (Barclays) and Russell Investments (Russell) signed T-Charter, a voluntary, non-prescriptive document outlining ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
... ended 0.6 per cent lower as commodity stocks pulled the index into negative territory and despite a trading update from Barclays that boosted banks. The FTSE 100 closed at 6,140.7 points, down 39.8 or 0.64 per cent. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... fell 0.84 per cent, as suggestions the worst of the credit crunch is still to come shook the financials, particularly Barclays Bank. The FTSE 100 index ended down 55.5 to 6,530.6 points. The index fell 130.7 points during the week. FRANKFURT - The DAX ...

Aurora to list buy-write income trust

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... Talon Infrastructure has been appointed investment manager, and will advise on its global investment selection, while Barclays Capital will act as adviser on the trust's investment strategy. The trust is expected to list on the ASX on Tuesday December ...