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CFS awards $450m portable alpha mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... president and chief investment officer for Franklin Templeton's Fixed Income Group said, "Investors in Australia and worldwide continue to search for new sources of higher investment returns to meet their goals, and fixed income portable alpha represents ...

Liquidnet rollout gains ASIC approval

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... who collectively manage over US$15.5 trillion, as well as access to Liquidnet's global liquidity pool in 28 markets worldwide.

NZ mobile tech company spreads fronds

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... authentication software manufacturer Fronde Anywhere to distribute their SMS and Java-based mobile banking products worldwide. The tie-up will give Fronde Anywhere global access to LogicaCMG's extensive financial services client base, which includes ...

Messaging transactions for 12 cents: SWIFT

... promises to slash messaging transaction fees from around $25 per transaction to 12 cents. Early last month, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT), the global co-operative for setting messaging standards for banks and ...

Morgan Stanley launches carbon bank

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... financial services group Morgan Stanley has created its own carbon bank allowing clients to review and offset carbon using worldwide industry standards. The Morgan Stanley Carbon Bank is being launched in conjunction with international emissions data ...

Equities' erratic flight path

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... related credit uncertainty and a slowing economy are still producing some gasps on US markets with repercussions felt worldwide. The Federal Reserve's focus has justifiably switched from inflation to credit turmoil risks, growth and market stability. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... 2,565.30. LONDON - Britain's leading shares rose 1.3 per cent, lifted by strength in energy and mining shares as investors worldwide clung to hopes of a US interest rate cut. The FTSE 100 ended 79.8 points higher at 6,212. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007
... discount rate charged to banks in an urgent step to add some stability to the credit markets. Markets have fallen sharply worldwide in connection to the US subprime mortgage problems. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 233.30 points or 1.82 per ...

Governance key to improving returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... interests could add anything from 60 to 100 basis points to a fund's returns. Comparing not-for-profit and retail funds worldwide, he said Canadian and American defined benefit funds consistently beat mutual funds by 2.66 per cent over 10 years, while ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... mounted about credit conditions following fresh signs that the turmoil in the US subprime mortgage market was spreading worldwide. The Hang Seng Index closed down 646.65 points at 21,792.71, or 7.5 per cent off its peak in late July. The index ended ...