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First Quadrant launches fund for all seasons

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... both consistent and well diversified in the past year, long in Japan, US, Hong Kong, Switzerland and short in Australia, Spain, Canada, UK and France." According to Darnell, First Quadrant's investment strategy derives from an ongoing search to profit ...

ANZ bank looks to India

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
... at the Trans-Tasman Business Circle yesterday, Smith said in terms of technology, Australia and New Zealand compared to Spain and Korea were behind and it was affecting consumers. "I think the real question is not how we compare to our domestic competitors ...

AXA locks and loads

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
... superannuation and pension product, comes several years after AXA introduced the same concept in the US, France, Germany, Spain, Japan and the UK. The delay, said general manager of sales and marketing Adrian Emery, is due to poor integration between ...

Australians top list but still underinsured

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
... life risks and rates of individual insurance take-up between Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Despite ranking below most nations in risk awareness, the survey ...

RBC Dexia wins $5.6bn custody mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
... Review. The company won the award based on the quality of its custody services to institutional investors in Canada and Spain. 2007 is the third consecutive year RBC Dexia has achieved 'Top-Rated' status for Canada, and the second consecutive year it ...

Biometrics to curb ID theft

... identity research, commissioned by IT services group LogicaCMG, surveyed 3,500 respondents across Europe namely in France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Sweden. Among the findings were that 83 per cent were willing ...

Rich get richer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... changes in global HNWI and UNHWI distributions, the commodities boom and consistent growth have seen Australia overtake Spain and gain entry into the global top 10 for the first time, with 15,000 new members of the high wealth club. Unsurprisingly, the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
... Europe retails sales rose by a modest 0.3 per cent although in the Germany whose economy is leading the EU along with that of Spain, factory orders rose by a healthy 3.9 per cent. In the US mortgage application for March fell by 3.2 per cent continuing ...

More countries sign up for REITs

... and Germany setting up REIT-like investment structures next year and other countries such as Italy, Finland, Mexico and Spain considering it. In a flying visit to Sydney this week, the US based chief investment officer of REIT giant Cohen & Steers, Joseph ...

Australians not saving enough: Aviva

... Aviva's survey rated consumer attitude to savings in Australia and in 12 other countries including the US, the UK, Italy, Spain and Germany. It found that 57 per cent of Australians are worried that they are not saving enough for their retirement. They ...