Institutional investors

John Wasik: Ways to hedge your bets in the bond market smackdown

According John Wasik, the past week has been an abject lesson for investors who piled into bond funds this year.


PIMCO Total Return Fund Falls in June

According to a data shown by fund research firm Morningstar, PIMCO Total Return Fund marked its weakest monthly performance last June.

Dell Shares Fall As Investors Grew Skeptical

Dell Inc’s shares fell more than 3% on Friday after investors grew skeptical if Michael Della and Silver Lake Partners could raise their buyout bid of US$13.65 per share piece.

Deals of The Day

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Friday The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Friday:- Italy's biggest bank UniCredit may consider a partnership for its business that manages 42 billion euros ($54.


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Accoriding to an ammendment, Amarc can increase controlling interest in the joint venture. An amendment to the ZNT and Galaxie joint venture was announced by Amarc Resources Ltd.
Glencore acquired 11.6% stake in PolyMet. Glencore Xstrata plc announced the acquisition of 31,756,979 common shares of PolyMet Mining Corp. by Glencore AG, a wholly-owned subsidiary.
RBC Global Asset Management Inc.'s sales of funds increase in June. RBC Global Asset Management Inc. announced on Friday that June net sales were Can$318 million, comprising of Can$268 million for long-term funds and Can$50 million for money market funds.
Bell Media acquired Astral and appointed new top executives. Bell Media officially acquired Astral Media Inc. for Can$3. 2 billion. The acquisition included two over-the-air TV stations, 77 radio stations, eight pay and specialty TV services, and last but not least, the Astral's out-of-home division.
Mark Mobius, CEO of Templeton Emerging Markets Group said that he has considered tapping growth in African emerging markets through private equity investments.
CleanTech will be changing its name to EQCO2 to better reflect its objectives and operations. CleanTech Transit, Inc. announced that it would change its name to EQCO2, Inc.
Banks computed risks differently, according to Basel Committee. The Basel Committee said that results of its study show variations in how 100 banks compute risk.
Higher US bond yields were good news for investors. According to Mike Howell of CrossBorder Capital's managing director, "A steepening yield curve in almost every occasion is a response to improved economic times.
Azimuth changed its board members prior to Troy Resources' takeover. Azimuth Resources Limited, a company involved in the exploration of gold and uranium in Guyana, announced that there would changes its board members prior to Troy Resources Limited's takeover of the company.
1Malaysia Development Bhd acquired a local power plant for US$380 million. 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), a state-owned company, announced that it would pay an estimated US$380 million for the acquisition of a local coal power plant.
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