Asset Managers Highlights
(Wednesday - February 22, 2012) Associated Profiles : Amundi
Source: BusinessWeek - Ukraine's efforts to seek cheaper natural gas from Russia rather than comply with the terms of a bailout have alarmed investors, propelling the former Soviet republic's credit risk above Argentina's for the first time in two...
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(Wednesday - February 22, 2012) Associated Profiles : TIAA-CREF (“T-C”)
Source: PR Newswire - NEW YORK and BEIJING - CCG Investor Relations (CCG), a leading US-headquartered global investor relations and strategic communications agency, today announced ...
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(Wednesday - February 22, 2012) Associated Profiles : UBS
Source: PR Newswire - LONDON --As followers of the news agenda over the past year will recognise, company relations are at a critical juncture. As a result of the executive decisions of certain ...
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(Wednesday - February 22, 2012) Associated Profiles : Abraaj Capital
Source: CNBC - The CEO of the Middle East’s biggest private equity firm, Dubai-based Abraaj Capital, told CNBC the Arab Spring uprising has created a market dislocation that is ripe for deal-making.
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(Tuesday - February 21, 2012) Associated Profiles : MSCI Group (NYSE: MDX)
Source: Reuters - BRUSSELS - Greece's second bailout program could easily go off the rails and send the nation's debt rocketing back to today's unmanageable levels, a confidential study by its international lenders shows. The ...
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(Tuesday - February 21, 2012) Associated Profiles : Credit Suisse Group AG
Source: BusinessWeek - Daiwa SB Investments Ltd.'s Australian bond fund is poised to overtake Kokusai Global Sovereign Open as Asia's biggest mutual fund this year, bolstered by demand for the nation’s short-term yields that are higher than those...
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(Monday - February 20, 2012) Associated Profiles : Amundi
Source: Reuters - DUBAI - Abraaj Capital, the Middle East's largest private equity firm, sharpened its emerging market focus on Monday with a deal to buy UK-based specialist fund manager Aureos Capital, creating an entity with $7.5 billion in...
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(Monday - February 20, 2012) Associated Profiles : The Blackstone Group
Source: Globes Online - Private equity fund Blackstone will set up a joint venture with Markstone to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Israel.
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(Sunday - February 19, 2012) Associated Profiles : MSCI Group (NYSE: MDX)
Source: Reuters - BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers are expected to approve a second rescue package for Greece at a meeting on Monday, a move officials hope will draw a line under four months of social unrest and financial market turmoil that...
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(Friday - February 17, 2012) Associated Profiles : Schroders
Source: Reuters - Britain's top share index nudged higher on Friday as investors responded to bullish newsflow out of Greece, which suggested the embattled euro zone periphery, after weeks of delays, might now be on the verge of securing its...
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