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ETFs tough to white label

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... iShares is the largest ETF provider with 442 products and $560 billion in assets representing just over 46 per cent of the worldwide market. ETF assets in Asia Pacific grew 22 per cent in the past year and the number of ETFs available rose by 34 per ...

No complaints for HK regulator

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
Regulators worldwide have been criticised for failing to deal appropriately to the outcomes of the global financial crisis but the Hong Kong securities and futures regulator has received an overall thumbs up from market participants. The Neilson Company ...

How the wealthy invest their money

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... end of 2008 to 173,600 at the end of last year. The increase, according to the report which surveyed 1,100 advisers worldwide representing 95,000 clients, makes Australia the 4th largest percentage gain in Asia Pacific. While the market's rebound of ...

Global instos ramp up alternatives exposure

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
A survey of institutional investors worldwide found they expect to increase their exposure to alternative investments by 5 per cent to 19 per cent, on average, in the next two to three years. The Russell Investments 2010 Global Survey of 119 institutional ...

HESTA hires Hermes for intl ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... ability to leverage off Hermes EOS aggregated assets under advice," he said. More than 20 other institutional investors worldwide use Hermes EOS to assist them with voting, engagement and public policy in their equity investments. Globally, BAE Systems ...

Toot those Vuvuzelas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010

Crédit Agricole signs on Calypso

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... FX derivative products. The Calypso platform is centrally installed in Paris, providing remote access to 23 locations worldwide, leveraging functionality for workflow, back-office position management, trade confirmation, settlement and payments, cash ...

All that glitters are gold ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... price." The World Gold Council estimates investors bought 5.6 tonnes of gold using ETFs in the first quarter of this year worldwide. As a result, the total amount of gold the Council monitors in ETFs hit a new record of 1,768 tonnes worth approximately ...

Turning Bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... itself. We've seen this in action over the past few months as fear of Greece's sovereign debt crisis snowballed into a worldwide financial market panic. Nervy investors are opting out of risky assets. This sends equity and commodity markets falling and ...

ETCs close to platform launch

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... fund grows. ETF Securities has more than $17 billion in assets under management across its 150 exchange traded products worldwide.