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Market Wrap -Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... cent. Shares of Microsoft surged 3.7 per cent amid rumours that the software giant would release its next version of the Windows operating system earlier than expected, in April 2012. Investors meanwhile shrugged off Commerce Department data showing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... cool overall growth. Microsoft announced it is buying internet phone pioneer Skype from investor group Silver Lake, the Windows creator's largest-ever acquisition. Microsoft shares lost 0.6 per cent on the news, but shares of eBay, which owns 30 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... line with estimates, but said there was still weakness in the personal computer sector that pushed down revenues for its Windows 7 operating system. Also late Thursday BlackBerry maker Research in Motion lowered its fiscal first-quarter profit outlook ...

Ausmaq goes live on SWIFT tech

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... formats. "Most importantly, this initiative allows us to offer improved services to clients, including extended trading windows and lower operating risk," he said. According to Candy, Ausmaq went live with SWIFT on Monday, after a 10-month implementation ...

HFA to re-open flagship fund

HFA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... year voted in support for the fund to continue its investment mandate while at the same time providing limited liquidity windows to those investors seeking to redeem from the fund. "The liquidity of the fund's underlying investments continue to improve ...

BNP Asia Pac transition complete

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... settlement for foreign exchange transactions, better reporting and access to a "follow-the-sun" model made possible by client windows in the US and Europe to complement the Sydney-based service teams. The program was piloted in May 2009, with the first ...

Mortgage trust managers have lots of questions to answer

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... 2008. Most funds report that they have been able to meet the bulk of redemption requests by providing monthly or quarterly windows when available cash is distributed on a pro rata basis. Brandweiner says retail investors in the Perpetual's Monthly Income ...

Unlisted property continue to pose liquidity headaches

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... different to trading in listed property trusts on the ASX. The NSX is proposing to provide semi-annual or quarterly trading windows. The window would open after investors have received a financial result or trading update and remain ope for a fixed period. ...

CFS halts mortgage fund redemptions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... mortgages within the portfolio could become bad debts. A CFS spokesperson said the firm announced four periodic redemption windows since October 2008 when the fund suspended redemptions and in three of those windows the firm had paid investors including ...

BNP Paribas tech boosts Asian ops

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... includes a regional operating centre and IT support centre in Chennai. "These new offices link the well-established client windows in the US and Europe to support out clients' investment managers who operate across multiple time zones," said the firm. ...