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Govt breathes new life into RMBS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... economically viable for non-banks to get back in the market. This in turn will make returns out of RMBS attractive for institutional investors. "I don't see the government intervening regularly. I think this is one of those extraordinary situation and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... selling right across the board," Commonwealth Securities equity economist Savanth Sebastian said. But Aequs Securities institutional dealer Ric Klusman said the Australian stock market was holding up better than expected. "The thing you've got to remember ...

Vision pumps $450m into Millennium Global

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... allocation products, hedge funds, and fund of hedge funds. MGI currently manages in excess of $17.9 billion for institutional clients across Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East and now Australia. MGI employs active currency management using ...

ASIC tightens short-selling rules

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... tightened their rules or are about to do so. But contrary to other media reports, the temporary ban doesn't mean that institutional and retail investors have to unwind their existing shorting positions. Nor does it mean they can't hedge their portfolios. ...

Deutsche Bank extends Russian footprint

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... management at the end of June. The firm provides investment funds and discretionary portfolio management for private and institutional clients. The deal means Deutsche Bank's Russian asset management business, DWS Investments will be combined with UFG ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... million ($A12.7 million). Westpac says its exposure to Lehman Brothers is less than $A10 million. Aequs Securities Institutional dealer, Ric Klusman, said that, despite the market chaos, the Australian exchange could be a lot worse. "We're doing pretty ...

MetLife appoints head of insto

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
MetLife Insurance Limited appointed Richard Anderson as head of institutional business. Anderson, currently with Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), will join MetLife in October and be responsible for building on the 2007 and 2008 growth ...

Templeton opens SWF arm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... than 20 years experience in sovereign funds and most recently was executive vice president of Franklin Templeton Institutional and head of sales in Europe, Middle East and Africa. "[Smart's] longstanding international relationships and experience managing ...

Statewide recruits Michalakis and Ridding

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. Prior to joining Pzena, Michalakis was a director and head of institutional business for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in Sydney. In his new role with Statewide, Michalakis will be responsible ...

Vanguard saves $5m in trading costs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
... we don't make money out of doing that, we just think it's one way to help our clients," said Alcock. In general, institutional investors can avail of the lower transaction costs where there are applications and withdrawals of $500,000 or more. This year ...