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Top global trends impacting portfolio construction

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
... to reassess." Factor in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, along with the increasing challenges between the US and China, and it results in a changed global landscape for investors. "It's also impacting the way chief executives think about ...

Barings expands APAC team

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
... president of its institutional business. Meantime, Singapore-based Kwek will report to head of distribution for greater China and Southeast Asia Lydia Wu. Kwek boasts over 20 years of experience in asset management, having previously served as Allianz ...

Major economies buoyed by tight jobs market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... restrictions. Furthermore, though China's reopening might not have propped up commodity prices, fiscal stimulus, if deployed in China, could provide some support in 2023," Smith said. "Energy prices have fallen 45% from their peak in mid-2022 and ...

TelstraSuper MySuper delivers 9.34%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... "We're also wary of the geopolitical tensions that we see between Russia and Ukraine, and between the United States and China. There'll be a presidential election in the US towards the end of 2024, so we're also watching for any market uncertainty as ...

Equity managed funds in record outflows: Calastone

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
Investors abandoned unlisted managed equity funds in record amounts in the June quarter, data from Calastone reveals, as they look to cash and fixed interest for security. Some $2.8 billion is the largest outflow Calastone has recorded in the last five ...

ASIC flags AI regulation remit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023
... prohibiting some particular forms of AI, he said. In the UK a "pro-innovation devolved regulatory model" has been floated, while China and Canada are proposing laws directed at regulating uses of AI. A study by McKinsey estimated that generative AI could ...

Australia to see strong flow of HNWs

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
... 5200. This is the most of any country, and is followed by the UAE, Singapore and the US. Many are expected to come from China, which is forecast to see about 13,500 HNWs leave this year. India, the UK, and Russia are also expected to see their HNW populations ...

SWFs double in size, eye alternatives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
... funds in Asia which have primarily driven the overall growth with their total AUM rising 31% since the end of December 2021. China is also now home to the largest SWF, with the China Investment Corporation now at US$1.4 trillion, largely due to its investment ...

APAC now most active region for VC: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... risen, from 23% to 32%. "As our investor survey shows, recent interest in emerging markets has mainly been shifting between China, India, and Southeast Asia," it said. The report explained further, APAC emerging markets are especially "plentiful" in ...

Growth, quality stocks to outperform: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... defensively for some kind of recession with the Fed continuing to raise interest rates." But if things start to look peachier and China continues to rebound, inflation comes down and recessions are avoided, then there will be a rotation back to value. ...