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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... raising. Flight Centre is acquiring Liberty Travel for $US135 million ($A149.22 million) which, it says, will make North America Flight Centre's largest market outside Australia. Investors shunned Flight Centre shares, however, which lost 96 cents, or ...

Insto investors down but not out

A leading barometer on investor confidence has found that a lower number of institutions were bullish about the equities markets over the last month. The State Street Investor Confidence index analyses the buying and selling patterns of institutional ...

Bargains emerge in global REITs

... year to date, commercial real estate companies in Europe have generated 25 per cent earnings growth on average, in North America, 10 per cent and in Asia Pacific 12 per cent. That strong fundamentals is leading to double-digit earnings growth yet these ...

QIC invests in UK pure alpha fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... volatility of 10 per cent. It uses investment processes of existing regional multi-strategy funds operating in Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific. As of July 31 this year, the fund returned over 12 per cent. Henderson manages over $16 billion ...

Sunsuper awards $580m mandate to US endowment fund

... ordinarily unavailable to Australian investors as well as offering Sunsuper the opportunity of establishing a presence in North America," said David Hartley, the fund's chief investment officer. Makena was founded last year by principals from leading ...

RBC Dexia breaks into unit registry

The Australian arm of RBC Dexia Investor Services has expanded its existing suite of custodial and business services after launching a global unit registry platform this week. "Finally, fund managers in Australia can take advantage of a truly global ...

Rich get richer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... markets have sealed the rise, according to Kevin Hall, vice president of financial services at Capgemini Australia. "North America experienced a significant growth in HNWI population, because in North America, the real GDP and market cap both posted ...

Small caps equals big performance for Pengana

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
... available from 1 July 2007. The fund now has $54.5 million under management, with investments in Asia, Europe and North America run by Cortina Asset Management, Munros Capital Management and Sparx Asset Management. Two months ago Pengana partnered with ...

A merger made in heaven

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... While Reuters concentrates on Europe and Asia and foreign-exchange and equity traders, Thomson's strength lies in North America and fixed-income products, meaning the merger should be complementary. Thomson's other businesses, in areas such as legal ...

Macq to conquer New York, New York

... North American investment banking business," said Murray Bleach, head of Macquarie's investment banking group in North America. "At the same time we gain access to a wider geographic footprint of M&A professionals and clients, providing greater reach ...