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Portfolio Partners appoints BD head

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
... Management, North America's Aviva Capital Management, MFM International, Aviva Investment Canada and Aviva Gestion d'Actifs (France). Alain Dromer has been appointed global chief executive of Aviva Investors while Craig Bingham, Portfolio Partners chief ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
... in commodity shares. The FTSE 100 closed down 3.5 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 6,053.0, outperforming Germany's DAX and France's because of gains in heavyweight commodity stocks. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6,786.55 points, down 56.53 or 0.83 ...

Aviva Investors the new force in GAM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... Management, North American-based Aviva Capital Management, MFM International, Aviva Investment Canada and Aviva Gestion d'Actifs (France). Australian-based Portfolio Partners, Polish CUIM Polska, Ireland-based Hibernian Investment Management, Spain-based ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... previous day's rally. The FTSE 100 closed down 29.9 points at 5,880.1 in volatile trade, underperforming Germany's DAX and France's CAC-40, after surging 3.5 per cent in the previous session. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6,973.67 points, up 5.83 ...

Australia number 1 in managed funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... management index, Australians boast an average of $63,794 invested in managed funds - a long way ahead of the US ($43,458), France ($37,451) and Sweden ($24, 567). On average, Australians invest nearly 47 per cent more into managed funds compared with ...

Bank downgraded in $8.2b scam

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
One of Europe's biggest banks, France's Societe Generale (SG), is left fighting for its reputation following $8.2 billion in losses from fraudulent dealings, a crisis which won't help its wealth management arm already under pressure in the current markets. ...

Who cares about the US, it's Asia that matters

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... course is why agriculturalists were our business juggernauts and why the Country Party was so dominant. Behind the UK, France took 9 per cent of our exports, followed Belgium which took 8 per cent and Germany 7 per cent. India took 6 per cent, Japan ...

BRICs to surge as G7 slows

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
... moderate expansion for India, moderate recovery for Canada, possible downturn for the UK, moderate slowdown for Russia, France and the US, a downturn for Germany, continued slowdown for Italy and strong slowdown for Japan. Australia is expected to experience ...

Retirement on hold for longer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... Japan, South Korea, Austria, Belgium to 65, India to 60, Hungary to 64, and Italy to 61. "Recent strikes and disturbances in France have highlighted the sensitivities involved but also underline the seriousness of the issue," said Yvonne Sonsino, head ...

First Quadrant launches fund for all seasons

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... 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 from market inefficiencies. ...