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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... US data. "A late-day rally pushed the three major equity indices into positive territory," said Sara Kline of Moody's Analytics. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 67.39 points, or 0.56 per cent, to 12,086.02 points. The broad-based S&P 500 rose 3.77 ...

Bloomberg opens doors to Islamic finance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... to provide more transparency and maximise investment performance. "ISLM has the broadest set of Islamic finance data, analytics and proprietary news, significantly increasing market transparency," said Gerard Francis, global head of emerging markets ...

Hedge research warns against poor risk analytics

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
New research from the US on hedge funds suggest managers with smarter risk analytics embedded within their investment approach will emerge as this year's mandate winners. In a January US survey of investor concerns, three out of four respondents want ...

Bennelong appoints senior analyst

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... Global Advisors and Mercury Asset Management. "Using his diversity of experience, he'll be responsible for fundamental analytics, allowing us to spread the responsibility for stock coverage across the team," said Paul Cuddy, BAEP chief executive. BAEP ...

Towers Watson looks to non-life insurance

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010

PAC merges with eQuant, names Greg Kirk as non-exec

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... Stapleton, eQuant is an established provider of executive search services for quantitative disciplines in funds, research, analytics & trading. "Through this partnership we will be able to offer cohesive and blended consulting to our clients in banking ...

SAP and Sybase merger gets ACCC tick

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... the green light to SAP's $7-billion plus purchase of tech firm, Sybase, which provides complex event processing and analytics services used in the finance sector. According to an ACCC statement, the proposed acquisition was unlikely to result in substantial ...

Mercer wins Investec mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... products. In particular, Investec will access Mercer's Global Investment Manager Database and its Manager Performance Analytics tool in selecting funds and constructing client portfolios. Robert Gottlieb, head of wealth management at Investec, said "our ...

J.P. Morgan strengthens local derivatives hub

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... the market. Financial Standard reported the firm's custody business had hired 50 executives across taxation, business analytics and client servicing in four months in March this year.

SAP buys Sybase

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... improve the performance of its analytic processing capabilities. Sybase will also provide its complex event processing and analytics service, which is used in the finance sector, to SAP customers in other industries. Both companies will support each ...