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Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
... China removed the decade long link to the US economy and opted to relate their currency to a basket of international currencies.

Currency managers pray for Cruise antics

The latest State Street Global Research weekly report noted that the market lull in currencies is making foreign exchange (FX) traders wish that the markets would 'jump the couch', or exhibit strange, volatile behaviour a la Tom Cruise. "A lack of volatility ...

Lonsec rates Mellon's experience

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
... managed by Mellon Capital Management Corporation, is a global macro fund predominantly made up of bonds, stocks and currencies and can be used either as a tactical asset overlay over existing portfolios or as a global macro hedge fund. Lonsec head of ...

Citigroup revamps hedge fund platform

... access to multiple executing brokers and prime brokers. The group also highlighted that 'OpenPrime' facilitates multiple currencies and multiple strategies. For example, it will support practically all asset classes namely equities, derivatives, swaps ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
... Standard & Poor's 500 Index. The US dollar staged its biggest one-day fall in six months against a basket of major currencies. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 184.18 points or 1.63 per cent to 11,094.43. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was ...

Advance partners with Mellon to launch global alpha play

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
... globe. Their strategy is to do this by taking long and short positions in and across these asset classes, countries and currencies, to form a unique global alpha portfolio. The fund will be pitched at wholesale investors, but retail investors will be ...

Institutional investors drawn to developed markets: State Street

... stalking global markets, it is only really being felt in relatively esoteric asset classes such as emerging market currencies."

QIC launches alternative funds

... designed to capitalise on global opportunities. The QIC Global Macro Fund and the QIC Tactical Return Fund will invest in currencies, commodities, equities and global fixed income. The QIC Global Macro Fund employs eight global managers, namely Bank ...

Global hedge funds up 7 per cent for the year: Greenwich-Van

... returning 5.4 per cent, partially deriving their stellar showing from US dollar strength against European and Asian currencies. Other factors enhancing returns for Futures managers include mounting metals prices, long index positions and rehabilitated ...

PSS and CSS drink up their Brandywine

... We try to differentiate ourselves by making carefully considered investments in a limited number of bond markets and currencies".