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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... index futures contract shed 41 points to 3,952 on a volume of 12,228 contracts. ABN Ambro Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell said the local market was once again following the lead of a weaker Wall Street but there were also concerns about Australian ...

Mercer clients gain carbon tool

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... can be used by investment managers and trustees to compare against a benchmark such as the FTSE All-Share, S&P 500 or Russell 1000. Helga Birgden, Mercer head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific, said the tool would help clients understand the ...

Changing of the guard at Russell

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
Chris Corneil is the new head of Russell's Australian and New Zealand businesses after Alan Schoenheimer was promoted to lead the firm's international business operations. Russell's long-time chief executive of the Asia Pacific region, Alan Schoenheimer ...

Lonsec approves iShares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... quality of BGI investment personnel to be very high," the report said. The approved rating extends to BGI's S&P Global 100, Russell 2000, S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, SmallCap 600, Europe 350, MSCI EAFE, MSCI Japan, MSCI Hong Kong and MSCI Singapore iShares. ...

Blame planners, not me: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... incomes" that might have inadvertently lead to the NINJA-loan induced housing-credit bubble that has now exploded. Actor Russell Crowe yesterday said the easiest way to solve the crisis would be for the US government to give US$1 million to every American ...

Managers hit back on shorting ban

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... 2nd October and account for 3 per cent of our position," said the fund manager. The bulk of Platinum's shorts are in the Russell 2000 futures (9.6 per cent) and US small cap ETF (3 per cent). Around 5.3 per cent are made up of individual US names that ...

Nestle shuffles asset allocations

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... cash from a previous 10 per cent. The fund also axed its 4 per cent direct property stake and pumped 30 per cent into the Russell Australian Enhanced Cash Fund. Meanwhile the fund's high growth option's emerging markets and direct property exposure have ...

Getting the right mix

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... product holds a very strong competitive advantage over the rest, said Geoff Warren, director capital markets research at Russell Investments. "They can be things like information and the ability to access the desirable assets, [managers with] first call ...

Boutique incubators work best: Russell

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... early and fast" is the winning formula when it comes to adding star boutique investment managers to a firm's funds, says Russell Investments. Speaking at the 2008 Russell Australasian Investment Summit in Melbourne last week, Jon Eggins, research analyst ...

Saving Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... would cause cataclysmic effects not just in the US but the rest of the world, including Australia. Speaking at the 2008 Russell Australasian Investment Summit in Melbourne yesterday, David Frazer, client services and marketing manager at Western Asset ...