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Citigroup revamps hedge fund platform

Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking has developed a new end-to-end hedge fund platform that it said will allow hedge fund managers to do multi-strategy, multi-asset class and multi-currency investing under one roof. The new front-to-back platform ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
... beat earnings expectations and software maker Adobe Systems Inc. affirmed its profit forecast, renewing optimism about corporate growth outlook. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 74.20 points to 11,199.93. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
... Nikkei dipped 15.90 points to 15,440.91. It had climbed 572 points over the previous three sessions partly due to strong corporate earnings reports. HONG KONG - The Hang Seng index shed 59.97 points to 16,911.37. WELLINGTON - The benchmark NZX-50 slipped ...

Legg Mason launches global debt trust

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2006
... Trust will invest up to 30 per cent in investment grade debt and the remainder will be invested in sub-investment grade corporate and sovereign debt, including emerging market debt aimed at giving higher yields. Legg Mason head of sales, Kimon Kouryialas ...

Fin planners need to re-think succession strategy

... re-assess their business approach if they want to maximise the value of their firm come retirement. Bob Neill, partner, corporate finance financial services for HLB Mann Judd Melbourne, said, "A large number of financial planners expect to retire in ...

Emerging markets enter hibernation

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
... multiples in the emerging market universe taken down to the lower end of their average over the past five years, forecast corporate earnings growth of more than 15 per cent, Fed rate hikes coming to an end and no real deterioration to the strong fundamentals ...

BT appoints new head of Super Solutions

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2006
... appointment of a new head of BT Super Solutions. Gary Cox steps into the role where he will be responsible for managing BT's corporate super, personal super and retirement product solutions. General Manager of BT Customer Solutions, Jason Yetton, said ...

Emerging markets more attractive than ever: Templeton

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2006
... "Emerging market equity is gradually becoming a more mainstream part of the opportunity set thanks to improvements in corporate governance, accounting standards, legal structures and information flow. Investors are unlikely to be spooked by the current ...

Avant appoints director for S&S reporting system

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2006
... Snapshot & Scenario report (S&S) which uses Avant technology to mass generate and tailor personalised reports to each corporate super fund member. Avant managing director, Tim Woodhouse, said the product is a market first and has generated a lot of interest ...

Paragem draws two for independent support

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006
... independent and impartial best practice models to the business in order to build investor confidence in the business. "We see corporate governance and compliant systems as an integral part of the Link Financial Services business model and our clients ...