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Global equity managers defy falling index
The global equity story in recent months has ... Figures collated by data provider Camradata show none ... While the highest-ranking manager declined to allow the ... A spokesman said: “We have found it very ... Investec’s Global Dynamic Fund lost only 5.14% in ... Breedon said: “We saw some pounding performance by...
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Compensation consultant predicts pay boost for traders
Bankers working in equity and fixed income will ... According to compensation consultants Johnson Associates, equities and ... However, it said the improvement in market conditions ... Nevertheless, Johnson Associates' sample of seven major investment ... In contrast, its analysis of eight public asset...
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Financial stocks lift fund returns
“It’s time for us to put this period ... Hedge fund managers focusing on financials stocks have ... These returns are reported in US dollars, and ... Investors in Barclays enjoyed a further boost on ... As markets have started to climb in recent ... Banking stocks have done well from the rally...
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League tables should focus on fees not status
Equity issuance in 2009, at least in Europe, ... Historically, it has always been league table position ... ECM in Europe has welcomed in 2009 the ... Several issues have adopted this approach and for ... The co-bookrunner title has been resisted with gusto, ... What this means is that while as a...
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Top executive remuneration drops 91% at Macquarie
Top executives at Macquarie Group, the Australian financial ... Macquarie Group's top two executive directors, along with ... Including earnings from a restricted profit share programme, ... The company also announced that A$500m in deferred ... The company said in a statement today that...
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FSA to publish review of 'unbundling'
The UK's Financial Services Authority is due to ... The aim of the unbundling, which was introduced ... It also promised to give fund managers the ... One indication that unbundling has been slow to ... The 2008 Financial News Buyside Trading Poll showed ... The poll, which was based on a survey...
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Global equity fund performance gap widens
The gap between top and bottom performing global ... Pictet’s global growth biotech portfolios generated 19.1% last ... Tim Scholefield, head of equities at Barings, said: ... The gap between the top and bottom performers ... Consultant Watson Wyatt said it conducted 56 global...
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McKinsey survey finds restructuring plans on the rise
The issue of restructuring of companies during the ... The proportion of executives that said their companies ... The trend was identified by a survey ... The results come as boutique advisory firms expand ... The proportion of executives surveyed by McKinsey that ... However, the most common strategies adopted by executives...
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Citi forecasts 41% dive in financials' future earnings
Earnings from global financial companies will collapse by ... The Citigroup strategists have argued in the report, ... It predicted that equity returns for global financials ... It has based its analysis on the depth ... Earnings by global financials have already declined by...
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Oriel hires UBS listed funds team
UK broker Oriel Securities has continued to expand ... The UBS investment funds team has had conversations ... Simon Bragg, chief executive at Oriel Securities, said: ... “The individuals wanted to stick together and join ... He added that every new starter at Oriel ... Iain Scouller has been appointed a partner in...
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Global bank recapitalisations could top half a trillion dollars
Banks in the US and Europe face a ... In a normal banking crisis, Credit Suisse predicts ... In addition, the Swiss bank's strategists forecast that ... Banks in France are preparing for a second ... The government recently pledged to invest a further ... Pebereau said the banks are working with the...
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'Gloomy' Goldman picks top trades for next year
Goldman Sachs has unveiled seven of its top ... In its global economics weekly report today, Goldman ... The trades range from going long on Chinese ... Trade number five is selling credit protection on ... Goldman said mounting concerns about Sweden’s banking sector’s...
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FSA proposes two-tier system for London listings
The Financial Services Authority has proposed the creation ... Under the proposals, UK listings would be clearly ... There were concerns that secondary or global depositary ... Sally Dewar, FSA managing director of wholesale and ... Premium listings will have to meet the UK’s...
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Marginal trading defies market logic
Here is one for historians. What was the ... The Somerset company’s share price started that day, ... But it turned out that the share price ... The lesson in how market prices are set ... One thing you can be sure of is ... So, it may be true, as Newton Investment ... Equally, as Investec Asset Management points out, the...
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