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Vanguard enters ETFs fray

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... ex-US Share Index ETF and the firm's US Total Market Shares Index ETF are also cross-listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Vanguard's ETF approach will be somewhat different to iShares, which targets countries and specific industries. "The products ...

Barclays emits carbon trading ETN

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
Barclays Bank PLC launched the iPath Global Carbon Exchange Traded Note (ETN) on the NYSE Arca stock exchange to provide investors with exposure to greenhouse gas emission trading schemes. The iPath ETN is linked to Barclay's Capital Global Carbon Index ...

Franklin Templeton allies with Vietcombank

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
NYSE-listed global asset manager Franklin Templeton Investments has acquired a 49 per cent stake in Vietcombank Fund Management (VCBF), an investment management firm focused on private equity in Vietnam. The remaining 51 per cent of VCBF will continue ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

... markets, another consequence of globalisation. Regulators are taking notice. In the US last year, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) fined three banks US$1.4 million for failing to process the voting instructions of their clients. In Europe, the European ...

US giant targets local mortgage insurance market

The NYSE listed MGIC Investment Corporation, the largest provider of mortgage insurance in the US, has earmarked Australia as the first target in its international push. This month Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC) Australia received an ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... companies, including cosmetics maker Avon Products Inc. Shares in Avon gained 10.3 per cent to $US38.19, making it one of the NYSE's biggest percentage gainers after its earnings topped Wall Street's estimates. LONDON - Britain's benchmark FTSE 100 index ...

Aon buys private insurance broker Freeman McMurrick

... Freeman filling the role of managing director. Aon Australia is backed by its parent company, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listed insurance giant Aon Corporation. Last year, the global company saw earnings jump by 33 per cent, equivalent to 2005 ...

S&P changes its indices

... able to refer to a day-end parallel S&P/ASX index specially calculated by Standard & Poor's. Finally News Corporation - B (NYSE: NWS) and News Corporation A - (NYSE: NWS.A) will both be removed from the S&P ADR index after the close of trading on Friday ...

News Corp agrees to strengthen US corporate governance

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2004
... be governed by one of the strongest regimes of any company in the world in complying with the combined requirements of the NYSE, the ASX, the SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley," said Mr Murdoch

Macquarie setting up US infrastructure fund

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2004
... register the new vehicle, which would buy assets from existing Macquarie-managed funds and list on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or Nasdaq. Macquarie Infrastructure Assets Trust (MIAT) would be Macquarie Bank's fourth infrastructure fund in North ...