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ABN AMRO launches Altera

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
ABN AMRO has launched Altera Securities, a five-year structured investment that provides equal exposure to emerging markets, global infrastructure and commodities with the security of a 100 per cent capital guarantee. The fund will provide exposure ...

Alternative investment giant eyes Asia

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
Global alternative investment manager The Blackstone Group is launching a new event-driven strategy to milk opportunities in the Asia Pacific region. Blackstone Altius Advisors, which will be led by ex-Canvas Capital Management managing director Aaron ...

NAB and MLC make headway post sub-prime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
National Australia Bank and its investment arm MLC managed to wade through the sub-prime carnage to post positive gains in the six months to March. NAB boosted its net profit by 25.8 per cent to $2.7 billion for the first half year and its cash earnings ...

Equity markets back in style

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
The world equity markets shrugged off the lingering effects of the share market downturn to report impressive returns in April, said Standard & Poor's (S&P). According to S&P's monthly global stock market review, The World by Numbers, developed markets ...

India to ban food futures

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
Growing fears that hedge funds and arbitrage markets are playing a disproportionate role in driving up soft commodity prices is prompting the Indian government to consider a ban on food futures. The comments by the Indian government's finance minister ...

Sovereigns in a league of their own

Assets in sovereign wealth funds are set to grow to more than $18.4 trillion in 10 years, according to Morgan Stanley data, with Australia's Future Fund making the top ten list by fund size. Fears that sovereign funds could potentially overstep their ...

India's report card

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
With India eyeing starting up its own sovereign fund, it's timely to walk through the Indian economy's fundamentals. The Latest monthly economic report from the Indian Ministry of Finance said GDP growth is dipping during 2007-08 to 8.7 per cent, down ...

Ernst & Young unites

Ernst & Young will integrate all of its 87 country practices under one umbrella to reflect how businesses have changed from being country-specific to global by nature. The decision only affects offices in Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East ...

Instos to spend big in India

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
Two thirds of Australian institutional investors polled in the Centre for Investor Education (CIE) conference about India said they expect to increase their portfolio allocation to the region in the coming year. "There are many opportunities for Australian ...

Vietnam the next LPT hotspot

While Australia and Singapore continue to lead the stakes in global listed property trusts, the surprise star in a new survey is Vietnam, jumping from the sixth spot to third in predicted property market growth. The findings came from the Asia Pacific ...