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UBS Global Access targets tough times

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
UBS Investment Bank has unveiled the latest series of the UBS Global Access Fund, which aims to provide investors with exposure to a 90 per cent capital protected investment based on three regional equities themes. "Global equity valuations are near ...

MLC appoints portfolio manager

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... and a number of other non-equity sectors such as commodities and currency. Piper was head of Australian fixed interest at UBS Global Asset Management from 1985 to 2000 and was portfolio manager of the MLC mandate over that time. Following that, he was ...

UBS to launch infra fund next year

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
UBS Global Asset Management plans to launch another international infrastructure fund next year after successfully closing its $2.1 billion International Infrastructure Fund to new investors. The firm's closed fund invests in OECD country infrastructure ...

RaboPlus cuts platform fees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... investment platform provides access to big names such as AMP, BlackRock, Challenger, Colonial First State, Schroders, Tyndall and UBS with no administration or on-going costs. "We have been listening to the feedback from our customers in recent months ...

Westscheme heeds APRA comments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... returns." As a result of the switch, members in the cash option can expect a gross return in line with the cash benchmark, the UBS Bank Bills Index. The Colonial First State Wholesale Premium Cash fund posted a gross return of 7.61 per cent on a rolling ...

UBS and Præmium talks fail

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
UBS has dropped negotiations with portfolio administration provider, PrA|mium to supply its services to the firm's Australian wealth management division. UBS appointed PrA|mium as a preferred tender in November last year, however the firm said it will ...

Deutsche extends MENA services

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... adding trading, sales trading and equity capital markets services to its platform and hiring two senior executives. Former UBS executives, Ahmed Beydoun and Michael Majdalany were appointed head of equities for MENA and director in the MENA equities ...

Sentiment seesaw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... that might be considered cheap and healthy today could announce it is seeking relief tomorrow. Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, UBS comes to mind. The current financial turmoil and the global recession will result in a kind of Darwinian corporate natural ...

Perennial bears the bear

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... in a position to continue to pay dividends in the future. As of September, Australian shares (ASX200) have been forecast by UBS to be paying a dividend yield of 5.02 per cent over the next year. Finally, Perennial's research also shows that investing ...

Time to buy Aus shares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... voted against, was passed. GPT Group's share price fell roughly $2.65 to $1.10 between February and mid October. After leaving UBS, Fiani set up Integrity Investment Management and developed an Australian equities fund that has since received positive ...