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QIC adds two to board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... Bowton worked as a management consultant at Bain International, McKinsey & Company and as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley International and Salomon Brothers. He has extensive experience in advising financial institutions in financial product development ...

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 ...

Currency replaces fixed income

... the next big thing as more investors use foreign exchange managed funds as an alternative to fixed income funds. Morgan Stanley's London-based currency expert Alex Davey was in Australia this month to talk about the group's newly-launched FX Alpha fund ...

More than two years' investment bank profits lost

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... the sub-prime crisis and subsequent contagion. And the sector may lose more than two years' profit, a study by Morgan Stanley and financial services consultancy Oliver Wyman predicts. MarketWatch reported on the study. As many as six quarters' worth ...

Don't strangle sovereign funds: OECD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... in line with Australia's national interest and protect the country from possible terrorism threats. Last year, Morgan Stanley forecasted SWF assets could grow to $19 trillion in 10 years. "While governments have a responsibility to safeguard national ...

New Asia CEO for Morgan Stanley

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
Global financial services firm Morgan Stanley has appointed Owen Thomas as chief executive of its Asia division. Thomas has been serving as president of Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) since December 2005, and will commence his new role ...

Opes Prime boosts corporate governance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... corporate governance and legal compliance obligations. Prior to her appointment, Kane was head of compliance for Morgan Stanley and previously held senior compliance roles at Goldman Sachs JBWere, Deutsche Bank, and JPMorgan. Julian Smith, director and ...

Investors swarm to Asian hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia topped the list of Asian countries with the greatest number of hedge funds. Morgan Stanley has been named the largest prime broker for Asian hedge funds, while HSBC received the title of largest fund administrator. ...

Morgan Stanley launches new FX strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has moved to capitalise on the shortfalls of the world's most liquid market through the launch of its FX alpha strategy for Australian investors. The strategy has been designed as an actively managed, risk-controlled ...

Too little too late

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... reduce corporate earnings. Not surprisingly, Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs recently joined two others, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch, to issue a forecast of recession.