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Market Wrap - Midmorning

MARKET WRAP - MIDDAY  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... $16.60 after it recovered to a full-year profit from the prior year's loss, but warned scrap flows remain weak in North America and Europe. The company reported net profit of $126.7 million for the 12 months to June 30, compared with the prior year loss ...

AMP Capital opens NY office

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... around the world," AMP Capital managing director Stephen Dunne said. "The private infrastructure investment market in North America is starting to open up, so there has been no better time to grow our global infrastructure capability. In addition, our ...

Aviva Investors selects Cadis for data

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... over 12 weeks. Aviva Investors now plans to implement the platform in Asia Pacific (including Australia), Europe, North America and the UK. The fund manager has approximately $440 billion assets under management. The technology firm's platform manages ...

Global instos ramp up alternatives exposure

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... average, in the next two to three years. The Russell Investments 2010 Global Survey of 119 institutional investors in North America, Europe, Japan and Australia found institutional investors expect to re-commit more funds to alternative investments. ...

Local jobseekers enjoy strong executive search market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... year-on-year increase in new search mandates in Q1 2010, with an increase of 48 per cent, versus a lower 29 per cent in North America and 26 per cent in Europe. On an industry basis, the report shows financial services had the highest growth rate, with ...

China SWF signs resources JV in Canada

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... reserves potential is significant. Penn West is one of the largest conventional oil and natural gas producers in North America and the largest producer of light and medium oil in western Canada, according to a statement.

US instos get active on human rights

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
US-based pension funds and institutions are ramping up their proxy voting efforts across human rights issues with some positive results. The report, Proxy Voting on Labor Standards: A Case by Case Guide for PRI Signatories, found more than 40 shareholder ...

AMP appoints head of infrastructure

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... finance/infrastructure capital and global head structured capital. Having led principal and advisory teams across Asia, Europe and North America Pahari has been involved with the creation and development of a number of businesses in ABN AMRO. Pahari ...

AXA Framlington eyes Japanese tech firms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
AXA Framlington is allocating more than 10 per cent of its portfolio to Japanese companies to access firms selling robotics technology to China as the country's demand for sophisticated technology grows. The qualitative fund manager's Global Opportunities ...

Hasting sells off HUT stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
Hastings Infrastructure Fund has sold its 21 per cent unit holding in the Hastings Utilities Trust. The trust is a single purpose entity which owns an equity interest in ElectraNet. HIF was formed in 2004 to provide retail investors with exposure to ...