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ETF assets to reach $1.6 trillion

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... Assets in global exchange traded funds raked in more than $1.1 trillion at the end of 2008, and, given industry trends, worldwide ETF assets should eclipse the $1.6 trillion mark by 2011, noted the report. US-listed exchanged-traded products (ETPs) for ...

Investors turn to ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... trillion in 2011. Unlike other investment products that suffered last year, the industry's average daily trading volume worldwide rose by 32.5 per cent in 2008 to US$80.4 billion a day during the year. "Global ETF assets fell by only 10.8 per cent in ...

ETCs open on ASX

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... Physical Gold in the past two months in Australia. More than $2 billion has flowed into gold ETCs in the past three months worldwide. "The Australian market has always been very focussed on resource equities and investors will have the opportunity to ...

Jobs safe in Australia: ING

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... similar moves by financial services firms across the globe. Last year, US banking giant Citibank slashed up to 50,000 jobs worldwide. Locally, Macquarie Bank, ANZ and Westpac and St.George have also been shedding staff to weather tough market conditi ...

Mercer ups ante in corporate super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... companies saw their inflows drop," noted the Plan for Life research for the September 2008 quarter. David Anderson, worldwide partner at Mercer and head of outsourcing for Asia-Pacific, said the strong inflows was partly due to their sales strategy implemented ...

BNP Paribas taps Chile market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... and it is getting more and more sophisticated," said Glicenstein. "With BancoEstado's expertise of the market and our worldwide experience and client reach, we are well positioned to become the leading player in asset management in Chile." Pablo Pinera ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... lower after much worse-than-expected US job losses in November added to concerns about the depth of recession spreading worldwide. In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading shares lost 114.24, or 2.74 per cent, to 4,049.37 points. FRANKFURT - The DAX ...

Climate change takes priority: Zurich

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... should be at the top of insurers' concerns as it directly impacts product premiums and the bottom lines of insurers worldwide, according to Zurich. "Climate change should not be on page five - it needs to be on page one," said David Smith, chief executive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... tumbled on the yen's strength against the dollar as fears deepened about the global economy in the wake of dismal data worldwide. The benchmark Nikkei shed 533.53 to 7,863.69 points, its lowest close since November 20. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang ...

Clean tech sector continues to expand

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... Rajendra Pachuari, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, that financial institutions and other companies worldwide would pursue sustainable development when markets settle. "The key issues that brought clean technology companies to prominence ...