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It is now almost received wisdom that there is a bubble in commodity markets. The evidence from institutional investor behaviour is mixed. They have begun to sell the Materials sector and flows into commodity producing countries have not risen as fast as those into developed markets in the last month. This spells uncertainty and trepidation rather than a conviction that commodities are destined for a nasty correction. However, the stronger dollar may put commodity prices under pressure and that could yet spell bad news for broader markets.
London, 26 June 2008 - State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), today announced two new senior appointments to its international business. Bernard Reilly, senior managing director, overseeing the Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) region, will expand his role to also include Japan, and Greg Ehret, senior managing director, and head of European sales and distribution, has been named head of SSgA's business in Europe, the Middle East and South Africa.
Citifocus is a highly successful recruitment consultancy specialising in the financial services sector. We focus on temporary and permanent recruitment in the front and middle office and operational areas of fund management, investment banking, custody and clearing, corporate and commercial banking, hedge funds and stockbroking. We service vacancies at all levels ranging from junior clerical, up to and including, senior executive personnel.
FCA Recruitment was established as a specialist financial recruitment consultancy. Since inception our company has expanded its focus and today has access to over 20 years of experience in various fields of expertise. As a result, this enables us to boast an expansive database of both local and internationally based highly skilled professionals, available for permanent and contract employment.
Established in 1997, Mason Blake is dedicated to servicing Asset Management and Alternative Investments and has built its success on providing honest, level-headed advice to both clients and candidates.
The creation of NJF BlackSheep enables the extension of the NJF service portfolio, including: equity research, corporate finance and specialist sales areas of boutique/medium sized natural resources focused banks and brokers.
NJF Search International is a niche search firm that specialises in the recruitment of Front Office Quants, Traders and Technologists within the Investment Industry. Our core business is identifying and assessing outstanding Front Office Executives and recruiting them into often complicated and specialised roles in some of the highest profile and most profitable Hedge Funds and Investment Banks in the world.
Selby Jennings recruits throughout Europe, the US and Asia for Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, Fund Management, Brokerages, Corporate Finance Boutiques, Energy Trading Houses and Financial Consultancies into the following areas across all asset classes: Analysis, Development, Marketing, Origination, Quant Analysis, Quant Development, Research Analysis, Risk Analysis, Risk Control, Risk Management, Sales, Structuring, Trading.
ABN AMRO begun a new future with the consortium of Fortis, RBS and
Santander in October 2007. The combination of consortium businesses
with ABN AMRO will result in an enhanced market presence, strengthened
products and growth prospects. This will deliver benefits to customers,
who will gain from the increased scale and efficiency of the
businesses.
ANZ National is New Zealand’s largest and most diverse financial services group. Our goal is to be the financial strength behind New Zealand and New Zealanders. Through some of New Zealand’s best known and most respected brands, we help one in every two New Zealanders achieve their financial goals. We employ around 10,000 people throughout New Zealand. They are all resourced and ready to help New Zealand’s people, businesses and communities succeed.
Founded in 1997, Asset Technology is specialised in functional and IT consulting. The company exclusively steps in the field of financial markets. Positioned around twin competencies, technical and financial, it supports the projects of its clients, leading financial institutions.
BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) is one of the world’s leading inter-dealer brokers, providing integrated voice and electronic services to wholesale market participants across the globe. We are active in the global fixed income, rates, foreign exchange, equity derivatives, credit derivatives, futures and structured product markets, offering a full range of brokerage services including price discovery, trade execution, straight through processing and clearing, settlement and access to electronic trading services from eSpeed.
Aviva Investors is a global asset management business dedicated to
building and providing our clients with focused investment solutions.
We are wholly owned by Aviva plc, the world’s fifth largest insurance
group* with assets under management in excess of £235 billion across a
range of funds. Our client base ranges from among the largest financial
institutions to individuals investing for the future.
Bank of America is at the forefront of many of the industry's largest and complex deals, and we have more clients than any other financial services company in the world.
The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom. Sometimes known as the 'Old Lady' of Threadneedle Street, the Bank was founded in 1694, nationalised on 1 March 1946, and gained independence in 1997. Standing at the centre of the UK's financial system, the Bank is committed to promoting and maintaining monetary and financial stability as its contribution to a healthy economy.
Barclays Commercial Bank is at the heart of a new approach to commercial banking, delivering forward thinking that helps our customers succeed today and in the future. Whether you’re an aspiring or experienced professional, by working with us you’ll have the opportunity to shape the future landscape of commercial banking, whatever your role. What will you achieve tomorrow?
BGI is one of the world’s largest asset managers and a leading global
provider of investment management products and services. From inventing
the world’s first index fund in 1971 and the first quantitative active
strategy in 1978, we have pioneered change and led investment
innovation. Today we manage more than $1.86 trillion (£950 billion)
worth of assets, for over 2,900 clients throughout the world.
Citco Fund Services is the pre-eminent leader in hedge fund administration, offering a complete range of accounting, middle office administration, shareholder and corporate services to hedge funds and collective investment schemes. Beginning in 1999 with 5 employees and assets under administration of $500m, Citco has grown to 560 employees with assets under administration of over $125 billion.
Citi, the leading global financial services company, does business in more than 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services. With a presence in many countries dating back more than 100 years, Citi enables clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.
Credit Suisse is a world-leading financial services company, advising clients in all aspects of finance, around the world, around the clock.
Data Inc UK Ltd are an innovative IT solutions company offering a full range of software services to Fortune 500 clients primarily in the banking and financial services sectors throughout the UK, Europe and globally in a seamless manner through our group of companies in different geographies.
Dresdner Kleinwort operates an integrated business model, the elements of which are; leading capital markets expertise, an international cross-border advisory platform, innovative risk management solutions across all asset classes, strength in the home markets of Germany and the UK, with an international presence and capability in key product areas to support a global client base.
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is an onshore hub for global finance. It bridges the time gap between the financial centres of Hong Kong and London and services a region with the largest untapped emerging market for financial services. In just three years, over 600 firms have registered at the DIFC. They operate in an open environment complemented with world-class regulations and standards.
We are one of the UK’s leading integrated power and gas companies – generating and distributing electricity, and retailing power and gas – and are part of the E.ON group, the world's largest investor-owned power and gas company.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development was established in 1991 when communism was crumbling in central and eastern Europe and ex-soviet countries needed support to nurture a new private sector in a democratic environment. Today the EBRD uses the tools of investment to help build market economies and democracies in countries from central Europe to central Asia.
At Fitch Ratings we rely on the diverse skills and backgrounds of our staff to deliver solid credit opinions. Through Fitch Solutions, a division of the Fitch Group, we provide worldleading products and services to offer market participants greater insight into the growing complexity of the credit markets to enable them to make more timely and informed business decisions.
Fortis is an international provider of banking and insurance services to personal, business and institutional customers. We deliver a total package of financial products and services through our own high-performance channels and via intermediaries and other partners. Fortis ranks among Europe’s top 20 financial institutions, with a market capitalisation of EUR 23.9 billion (30/06/2008).
Fortress Investment Group is a leading global alternative asset manager with approximately $34.3 billion in assets under management (fee paying) as of September 30, 2008. Fortress is headquartered in New York and has affiliates with offices in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Frankfurt, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New Canaan, Rome, San Francisco, Shanghai, Sydney, Tokyo and Toronto.
FX Concepts is one of the world’s
oldest and most established independent currency managers. For more
than 20 years, we have been helping investors generate sustainable returns
while managing their currency risk. Our world-class research team provides
currency forecasts and market insights to institutional money managers
and investors on a subscription basis.
Established in 1934, we are a leading independent global asset management firm. Providing its institutional, retail and high net-worth clients access to skilled investment professionals representing a broad range of asset classes, including equities, fixed income, property and private capital. Headquartered in London, Henderson is one of Europe's largest investment managers, with £59.2 billion (at 31 December 2007) AUM.
Today, Houlihan Lokey is recognized as a leading provider of valuations and financial opinions, a national leader in middle-market M&A and financing, and one of the most active financial restructuring advisors of any investment bank in the world.
Introduction Capital specializes in brokering strategic business
relationships between sophisticated global investors and Canadian
alternative investment opportunities with a focus on Canadian hedge
funds
Ion Asset Architecture is a niche systematic hedge fund based in the City of London, UK. We're engaged in trading multiple asset classes (Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange and Equities) across the world. Our approach to trading systems discovery is heavily steeped in technology and the results have proven themselves in these volatile times.
NYSE-listed Janus Capital Group has managed money since 1969 and we’re proud to be able to say that investment is still our only business. Today, we manage assets of approximately $191 billion worldwide for pension funds, corporates, financial institutions, sovereign wealth pools and retail investors.
Jefferies, a global investment bank and institutional securities firm, has served growing and mid-sized companies and their investors for over 40 years. Headquartered in New York with more than 20 offices around the world, Jefferies provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage, securities research and asset management.
Jones Lang LaSalle is a globally integrated real estate services and money management firm, operating across more than 100 markets around the globe. The company provides comprehensive integrated expertise, including management, transaction, advisory and real estate money management services, to investors and occupiers locally, regionally and globally.
JPMorgan is a leading financial services firm with one of the largest client franchises in the world. We partner with our clients to offer the most complete and innovative solutions in the industry to help them achieve their goals. For more than 200 years, we have taken a long-term approach to our clients and to the way we conduct business.
Lab49 is a technology consulting firm that builds advanced solutions for the financial services industry. Our clients include many of the world's largest investment banks, hedge funds and exchanges. Lab49 designs and delivers some of the most sophisticated and forward-thinking financial applications in the industry today, and has an impeccable delivery record on mission critical systems.
Landsbanki Islands hf ("Landsbanki") is a European Corporate and Investment bank. The Bank focuses on serving mid-cap companies in Europe through the provision of dedicated debt finance, asset-based lending, trade finance, leverage finance and mezzanine finance.
Legg Mason Inc is one of the world’s largest asset managers, with a family of leading investment management subsidiaries, each with time-tested experience and investment independence. Legg Mason has a substantial US, European and International presence serving the institutional, mutual fund and wealth management markets.
Lime Brokerage International (Ireland) Limited (LBIIL) is a technologically advanced brokerage firm that caters to a diverse and sophisticated customer base. Lime integrates a rare combination of advanced electronic execution technology with clearing and reporting services for seamless support of even the most complex, automated, high-volume and electronic trading strategies.
With approximately £167 billion under management and a record of investment excellence stretching back over more than 75 years, M&G, the investment arm of the Prudential, is one of the UK’s leading and most respected fund management groups. M&G offers a broad range of funds and invests in a wide range of assets. These include UK and international equities and bonds, property, and other non-traditional assets.
Man is a world-leading alternative investment management business. With a broad range of fund products for institutional and private investors globally, it is known for its performance, innovative product design and investor service. Man manages approximately USD75 billion and employs about 1800 people in 13 countries worldwide.
Merrill Lynch is a leading wealth management, capital markets and advisory company, with offices on six continents. The company is a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a broad range of asset classes and serves as a strategic advisor to corporations, governments, institutions and individuals worldwide.
Nomura leads the Japanese securities market and we have established ourselves as a truly international global finance house. In a series of 'firsts' this has been a characteristic of our business since it was founded in 1925. Nomura was the first Japanese securities company to establish an overseas office in 1927. We created the first investment trust and were one of the first two foreign-owned members of the London Stock Exchange. Our services are structured to meet the needs of our clients. Orchestrated from four main centres of the world: Japan, Hong Kong, London and New York, with a web of offices in 30 countries, clients can count on a seamless service from Nomura.
Pershing Limited provides broker-dealers, asset managers, intermediary firms, and financial institutions across Europe with a comprehensive range of products, services, and solutions including retail clearing, fully disclosed institutional global clearing, broker services, and execution services. Established in London in 1987, Pershing Limited and its subsidiary, Pershing Securities Limited, are members of the London Stock Exchange and Euroclear UK & Ireland.
For 80 years, Pioneer Investments has been a leading innovator in the investment management industry. Our mission is to create sustainable value for our clients through growing and preserving their assets. Assets under management of €190.5 billion as at 31 March 2008. A presence in more than 25 countries worldwide. An experienced team of over 2,200 employees globally, of which almost 400 are investment professionals.
Ranked among the world's top 10 global custodians and headquartered in London, RBC Dexia Investor Services offers clients an integrated suite of products including global custody, fund and pension administration, securities lending, shareholder services and related investor services that meets the needs of institutional investors worldwide.
Renaissance Capital is the leading independent investment banking firm operating in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The Firm serves both domestic companies and international clients investing in the CIS. Since its inception in 1995, the Firm has raised more than USD 15 billion for its clients — more than any other financial institution in the region.
Richard Fleischman & Associates was established in 1990 and headquartered in New York City. RFA currently serves more than 300 hedge funds globally, offering both on-site and remote services year-round and around the clock. We provide turn-key IT and telecom solutions for Hedge Fund managers worldwide.
RBC is the 5th largest financial institution in North America and ranks among the top 25 banks in the world. With over 70,000 employees globally, the firm serves more than 15 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in 41 countries. RBC maintains one of the highest credit ratings of any financial institution – Moody’s Aaa, Standard & Poor’s AA-.
Santander is one of the largest banks in the world. Santander has more than 150 years experience in banking, and more branches worldwide than any other international bank. Headquartered in Spain, Santander has more than 66 million customers, just over 130,000 employees and has an international presence in over 40 countries.
Schroders is a global asset management company with £130.6 billion (€163.8 billion / $259.6 billion) under management as at 31 March 2008. Our clients include corporations, insurance companies, local and public authorities, charities, pension funds, high net worth individuals and retail investors. Our aim is to apply our specialist asset management skills in serving the needs of our clients worldwide and in delivering value to our shareholders.
Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SGCIB) is a leading player in over 45 countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. We combine expertise, advice and innovation to develop integrated financial solutions for our clients, based on our three areas of excellence: euro capital markets, derivatives, & structured finance. For issuers and investors alike, we offer high-performance, tailored investment and financing solutions.
Standard Bank Group is a global bank with African roots. It is South Africa's largest bank, distinguished by its extensive operations in 17 African countries. Outside the African continent, Standard Bank Group operations span to 16 countries, with an emerging market focus.
State Street is the world's leading provider of financial services to institutional investors including investment servicing, investment management and investment research and trading. With $14.045 trillion in assets under custody and $1.686 trillion in assets under management at September 2008, State Street operates in 26 countries and more than 100 geographic markets worldwide.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) was established in 2001 through the merger of Sakura and Sumitomo Banks. SMBC boasts a number of competitive advantages, including a strong customer base, the quick implementation of strategies and an extensive lineup of financial products benefitting from the expertise of specialist Group companies. SMBC has over 16,500 employees in 427 branches throughout the world.
With annual revenue exceeding $4 billion, SunGard is a global leader in software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also helps information- dependent enterprises of all types to ensure the continuity of their business. SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 50 countries, including the world’s 50 largest financial services companies.
Sunrise Brokers, founded in 1991, was the first London-based broker to focus on over the counter derivatives products. It has been established since then as a leader of most equity derivative listed and OTC products.
Sussex Partners represents a selection of the best alternative
investment funds. The Sussex Partners approach is a traditional one,
and the principals of the firm have extensive alternative investment
and fund management experience. Our contact with both managers and
investors is personal, attempting to match the most appropriate funds
to a given investment philosophy and outlook.
TwentyFour Asset Management LLP was founded in 2008 by the former partners and staff of Synapse Investment Management with the aim of providing investors with advisory services and forward-thinking investment products enabling them to meet both the challenges and opportunities presented by today's credit markets.