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Liquidnet rakes $200m off starting blocks

... agency broker that's just launched in Australia, has said members have traded $200 million in equities using the group's block matching system. The group allows institutional investors to trade large blocks of equities directly and anonymously at a lower ...

EMs too fast, too furious for sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
Emerging markets are set to grow more than three times the rate of developed markets and will shrug off the sub-prime led liquidity crisis with ease, according to emerging markets wizard Mark Mobius. EMs investments expert Mobius from Templeton Asset ...

Liechtenstein blocks AML

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
The tiny principality of Liechtenstein, famous for its status as a global tax and investment haven, still poses a threat to international anti-money laundering efforts, a new International Monetary Fund report reveals. Liechtenstein's financial sector ...

ETFs weather one-stock shocks

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
According to Ord Minnett head of research and investment strategist Simon Kent-Jones, investors burnt from the Centro Properties fallout could have lessened the heartache of their losses had they invested in ETFs rather than direct company shares. "In ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher as New York surged after a major bond insurer reassured investors about its stability, fueling a rebound by financial shares hammered recently by the prospect of crumbling credit markets. In London ...

Funds SA splurges $1.4b on mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
Funds SA has awarded $1.4 billion in mandates to a trio of leading fund managers in a move to strengthen the fund's quantitative portfolio. The South Australian-based funds manager recently appointed Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management (GSJBW) with ...

Liquidnet partners with Charles River

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
Liquidnet Asia has incorporated Charles River Investment Management System (IMS) onto its platform allowing clients from both companies to trade large blocks of Asian equities under one roof. According to Charles River, by adopting IMS, users can create ...

Not much of a fix from the freeze

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... third the number of households that some political and industry sponsors of the plan say might benefit. The great stumbling block is that investors in asset pools that own these securities need to agree to the rate resets. The mechanics and probability ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

Financial messaging specialist SWIFT pushes corporate governance up a notch through an automated messaging system that creates a transparent 'audit trail' of proxy votes cast by fund managers and pension funds. The new system, called SWIFTNet Proxy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
... firm's AGM to see where the company is heading after yesterday's High Court ruling to overturn the Consumer Commission's block from a bid from Woolworths Ltd and FoodStuffs Ltd. Yesterday, the Australian share market closed in positive territory buoyed ...