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Institutional investors drawn to developed markets: State Street

Developed markets such as Canada, Chile, Norway and Singapore have attracted the largest amount of fund inflows over the last week, suggesting a thematic shift from 'safety first' to 'leverage', according to the latest research note from State Street ...

RBC Dexia number one for global custody - again

... the segment level RBC Dexia was dominant scoring either first or second place for awards for global custody in the UK, Canada, North America, and Continental Europe while also picking up top awards for global custody for investors and investment managers. ...

Daily economic update

... still weak growth in the economy and the BoJ is expected to end its zero interest rate policy soon. Last night, the Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.75 per cent -- the highest since September 2001 - citing strong consumer ...

Canadian pensions get leg up from energy: RBC Dexia

... the Australian market which has posted 20 per cent plus returns on the back of the roaring resources sector. Similarly, Canada is suffering from its strong currency with the rising loonie reducing foreign equity returns to a low 6 per cent for the year. ...

RBC and Dexia join hands to form top 10 global custodian

The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and Dexia have combined their institutional investor services arms to become a formidable top 10 global custodian with $2.7 trillion in assets under custody. The new company, to be renamed RBC Dexia Investor Services will ...

Daily Economic Update

... decline to US$62.9 billion. The protectionist's measures in the US Congress will find added fuel as the deficit with China, Canada and Mexico rose to record highs during the month. Imports rose by 2.7 percent on increased purchases of crude oil, autos ...

Tis the season to be jolly and to spend: AXA

... from giving generously. On the contrary, it revealed that Australians are more generous than their counterparts in the UK, Canada and Germany. Adrian Emery, AXA's general manager of sales and marketing, said there is also a trend towards buying 'lifestyle ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2005
... Chiron for a total of $US5.1 billion. While Barrick Gold said it will offer $US9.2 billion in cash and stock to acquire Canada's number two gold producer Placer Dome. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 71.16 points at 10,473.93. The Standard & Poor's ...

Economic roundup

... settings). Meanwhile, in offshore markets, three central banks - the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada - are holding monetary policy meetings. Then, of course, we must all keep watch as to how the price of oil reacts in the aftermath ...

IWL set to finalise JDV acquisition

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2005
... for online broker JDV Ltd after the last remaining key shareholder agreed to sell its stake on Friday. The Royal Bank of Canada accepted IWL's cash offer for its 28.66 per cent stake in the firm on Friday after fellow major shareholder Westpac Banking ...