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Invesco acquires 49% stake in Religare

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... income. "With a good three-year performance track record and solid revenue growth, we believe that both our retail and offshore businesses would be propelled to the next level of their growth journey," added Nath. Invesco is an independent global investment ...

Greater uptake in global equities: Zurich

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... dollar over the next 12 months. A strong dollar is definitely beneficial but Australians are much more familiar with both offshore markets and companies such as Google and eBay," Noble said. Wholesale flow of funds to international equities managers ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... per cent higher. The market received a mixed lead from Wall Street, which closed flat to lower at the end of Friday's offshore session. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.13 per cent and the S&P500 declined 0.01 per cent, the technology-heavy ...

Outsourcing risk worries APRA

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... to evaluate issues associated with outsourcing. Without naming specific institutions, APRA said that the use of common offshore locations creates concentration risks around certain service providers and countries. Technology outages are avoidable, and ...

BlackRock earns double honours at hedge fund awards

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... income & credit fund; The Evergreen Retirement Trust, for best investor supporting Australian managers; Ramius LLC, best offshore manager operating in Australia and Huon Capital, for best emerging manager.

New hedge fund rules for post-GFC environment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... influenced by the $176 million collapse of Trio Capital, where money was invested in two hedge funds and then siphoned offshore. ASIC clarified its definition of hedge funds as managed investment schemes that exhibit at least two characteristics: complex ...

Peak in investment spend to herald lower growth: Barclays economist

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... for the bond yield to remain under the 3.5% cash rate. Davies expects to see a strong switch by major banks and larger offshore investors into state government debt which offers a higher return. He also expects an additional 90 bps pick-up in 10 year ...

Judgment reserved for accused Ponzi head

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... accused of heading a US$42 million Ponzi scheme. ASIC first took action against the unlicensed operators of 14 unregistered offshore managed investment funds operating in Australia in 2010. ASIC claims the operators of these funds, including Hobbs and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the local market had not followed through from a positive set of offshore leads. "You would have expected our market to show a bit more finesse than what it has so far," Mr Heffernan said. Wall Street ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... been." On the downside, financial stocks were 0.22 per cent weaker at the open. Wall Street closed firmer in Friday's offshore session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.11 per cent, the S&P500 advanced 0.4 per cent and the NASDAQ climbed 0.02 ...