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Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
In a weekend interview on ABC Television, US National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers said "We'll see what happens" and "We'll do what's necessary." This is one of the reasons why I've turned. For once, I believe the powers that be. There ...

Groundhog Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... small businesses and ordinary workers have not escaped the deep freeze. I will spare you last night's news out of North America, Europe and Asia. They are more of the same. Gloom and Doom - more job losses, more houses repossessed, more businesses shuttered ...

Trustee survey reveals top asset classes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... Overseas, institutional investor appetite for infrastructure remains robust with RARE picking up "a few clients" from North America since April last year. For Gabriel Szondy, managing director of CIE, it's not surprising that infrastructure topped the ...

New CEO for Russell

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... Asset Management practice. Doman joined McKinsey in Australia in 1986, moving to London in 1990. His clients spanned North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. They covered the broad spectrum of financial services, including asset management ...

Confidence yardstick rises

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
A monthly index that measures investor confidence in key sharemarkets rose for the first time in six months, with US institutional investors the most bullish about the performance of equities. The findings came from the State Street Investor Confidence ...

Constitution finds Clearway to Aus

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... Constitution Capital Partners (CCP) focuses on North American middle market buyout funds and direct investments. In North America, the middle market buyout sector has historically outperformed other alternative asset classes, with strong top quartile ...

The Cambridge Strategy appoints MD

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... worked for HSBC Futures as a senior sales director; with the last years in their New York office spent expanding the North America operation. He was one of the key executives in terms of revenue and the sourcing and development of new top-tier business. ...

UBS to launch infra fund next year

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... said John Fraser, UBS Global Asset Management chair and chief executive. Investors include major institutions in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. "Due to the exceptional client demand for the UBS International Infrastructure Fund ...

WW revises structure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... Dougherty, Mark Brugner, Janice Fritz-Snyder and Paul Jayasingha are responsible for regional manager research in Asia, North America and Europe respectively. Both Dougherty and Brugner report to Craig Baker on the Asia Pacific region. Baker said it ...

Aviva Investors forms $488bn FM

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... (Portfolio Partners) France (Aviva Gestion d'Actifs) Poland (CUIM Polska), Ireland (Hibernian Investment Managers) North America (Aviva Capital Management, MFM International, Aviva Investment Canada) Romania (CertInvest) and the UK (Morley). Alain Dromer ...