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Intech shifts focus to after-tax

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... Australian Shares High Alpha Trust (HAT). The trust has also added a customised value strategy alpha mandate, run by Barclays Global Investors. Mandates with Bernstein, Concord and GMO have been terminated.

International ETFs debut on ASX

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
One of the world's largest exchange traded funds (ETFs) provider, Barclays Global Investors, has paired up with the local stock exchange to provide investors access to international shares and indices at a fraction of their current costs. The Australian ...

Messaging transactions for 12 cents: SWIFT

In two weeks' time, fourteen of the country's leading financial institutions including BT, Barclays and JPMorgan will finish a pilot program that promises to slash messaging transaction fees from around $25 per transaction to 12 cents. Early last month ...

Mercer multi-manager is more tax savvy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
... overhauled its Australian share portfolio with five major fund managers dropped from the lineup namely AXA Rosenberg, Barclays Global Investors, BT Funds Management, Lazard, Schroders and Wallara Asset Management. As replacements, existing fund managers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... points, or 1.21 per cent, at 2,596.36. LONDON - Britain's leading shares rose in thin volumes, as upbeat comments by Barclays' President underpinned financial stocks and lifted spirits among investors already hoping for a rate cut by the Federal Reserve. ...

CSRF doubles international equity holding

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
... including growth, value, emerging markets and small caps, as well as all their international managers, including Alliance, Barclays, Credit Suisse and GMO. "It's a truism that markets are always changing. But we see regular reviews of our investments ...

SWIFT protocols to slash transaction fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
... their new XML protocols. Local institutions participating in the pilot include BT wrap, JP Morgan, Vanguard, NAB, HSBC, Barclays, ANZ and Ausmac. Adam Wilson, SWIFT's securities commercial manager in Australian and New Zealand, said, "The costs of processing ...

Four pillars policy no longer relevant

... are making their presence felt in the local market, such as HBOS. "To put some perspective on it, if the ABN AMRO and Barclays merger was to go ahead, the merged entity would be around three times the size of all four Australian majors put together. ...

No multi-sector managers deserve five-stars: S&P

... value through TAA over the long term." Among those that did earn four-star ratings were Vanguard, BT Financial, MLC and Barclays Global Investors. Of all the fund managers rated, 28 got four-stars, 26 got three-stars and five were rated two-stars. The ...

Scientific investing wins big

... number of institutional investors embracing quantitative fund products has jumped in recent years with quant manager Barclays Global Investors (BGI) Australia reporting a five-fold increase in funds under management (FUM) to $50 billion since 2000. BGI ...