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Brookvine and ipac back Prisma

... USA Investment Management. The former AEGON team was joined by Girish Reddy, Goldman Sachs' former co-head of equity derivatives; Gavyn Davies, the former chief economist; Thomas Healey, the former head of the pension services group; and Emanuel Derman ...

Austock extends risk service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
... clients. Justin Williams, Austock Group director, who established the advisory team, has more than 15 years experience in derivatives and product development in Australia and the UK. "The evolving nature of accounting standards in the area of derivatives ...

Aberdeen adds to fixed income Core

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... which combines an interest rate and currency overlay to add alpha and protect the fund against market down turns. "Derivatives are very useful to mitigate your risks and in fixed income you face interest rate risk and currency risks. So you should be ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... International Group Inc. The world's largest insurer received a rebuke from its auditors for how it valued some credit derivatives, sending it shares down 11 per cent. Nasdaq was outpacing gains in the Dow and S&P, led by Apple Inc. and Research in Motion ...

JPMorgan Chase launches IPO STRATAS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... automatically switches investments into cash in market downturns. According to David Jones-Prichard, vice president of equity derivatives and structured products at JPMorgan, IPOX 30 returned more than 25 per cent per annum compared with the S&P 500 ...

New partner for First Quadrant

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... product enhancements. I will also be involved in trading mechanisms and our investment products, including equities and derivatives," she said. Ye said she will be focusing on improving the First Quadrant's investment prices as the firm continues to ...

Futures contracts director caught without AFSL

... Tasmania Pty Ltd and its director, Steven Nigel Moore (the defendants) from providing financial product advice on derivatives trading and strategies. ASIC is seeking declarations that the defendants provided financial product advice during training courses ...

Polaris sets PACE

... companies can bring a product to market, such as margin lending products, credit cards, loyalty cards, insurance and derivatives, faster than if they had to go through the conventional testing phase. "If Australia's insurance sector for example is to ...

Kingsway Taitz scores two new mandates

... the last 12 months, with 5.96 per cent volatility. It invests in equities, fixed interest, currencies and underlying derivatives. The new fund has yet to disclose funds under management. The arkx's Multi Strategy Carbon Fund claims to be Australia's ...

Low frills, high returns

... the sidelines with a relatively ho-hum high conviction Australian equities fund. "We don't do gearing, we don't use derivatives, none of that," said Tim Samway, Hyperion's director in institutional business. Instead, their investment strategy is fairly ...