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UBS and Præmium talks fail

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... significant manner." These enhancements include advanced fixed interest capabilities, administration of assets across currencies and exchanges are very close to completion and will soon be available to existing clients. This news comes as the exclusivity ...

AREITs damaged by exuberance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... believe there's life in the sector yet, just not in its current form. Gearing ratios exceeding 50 per cent, multiple currencies and rental income accounting for less than one-fifth of total revenues turned sedate LPTs into speculative instruments, setting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... investors. That also helped the Australian dollar gain more than four per cent as traders were attracted to higher-yielding currencies. The Australian dollar jumped 3.06 cents, or 4.58 per cent at 0820 AEDT, to $US0.6981, from yesterday's close of $US0.6675. ...

Winton fund returns 23.5pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... in the last 12 months is because of the very strong down trends in equities, commodities, and very strong trends in currencies," said Carson. According to Carson, the fund invests in crops, livestock, energies, base metals, processed metals, and financials ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... that financial market activity will continue to focus on the rapid appreciation of the US dollar against most major currencies and the decline in commodity prices as markets factor in slower worldwide growth. Australia: With no key domestic economic ...

Henderson wins $275m fixed income mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... fixed income including in developed and emerging government bonds, corporate bonds, loans, asset backed securities and currencies. The funds will combine relative-value and directional strategies to reduce portfolio risk and volatility. "The high alpha ...

SELECT guides investors to managed futures

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... managers normally invest on a "rules-based trading system" which speculates on the price direction of stocks, bonds, currencies, fixed interest and commodities. Managers usually buy long and sell short futures contracts to profit from prices trends ...

CBA targets self managed super

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
... and another called Capital Series - capital protected, geared derivative exposure to a variety of markets, sectors, currencies and commodities. Both products include gearing for self managed funds. The structured investments team is headed by Suzannne ...

Macquarie EM infra index could become benchmark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... capitalisation with a 10 per cent cap on individual constituents effective on quarterly dates. MEMIDI is available in several currencies including the US dollar, Sterling, Australian dollar and Japanese yen. Stewart Ferns, Macquarie Research Equities ...

Canadian pensions down again

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
... services for RBC Dexia. Over the period, the Canadian dollar depreciated a hefty 7 per cent against a basket of world currencies, including 2.7 per cent against the US dollar, 10 per cent against the Euro and 13 per cent against the Japanese yen. The ...