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Big tech, interest rates dominate reporting season

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... electronic payments. "Meanwhile, we see a number of themes related to the growth of the middle-class consumer in emerging markets, such as the increase in financial penetration, rising demand for products and services, and healthcare products," he said. ...

Investment strategy lead joins Firetrail fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... fund. The Firetrail S3 Global Opportunities Fund was launched in November 2021 and invests in both developed and emerging markets. Doyle is set to join the fund in the coming weeks, having has just wrapped up as cross-asset investment specialist at Fidelity. ...

UK wealth firm eyes Aussie expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... growth". "Around 50% of the firm's wealth management clients are outside of Europe and the UK, mainly from emerging markets, and the firm sees growth coming out of all of those areas," he said. "The reason we think the wealth management business ...

Inflation to persist in 2022: Aviva

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
... happen faster than markets currently believe and expected terminal rates look potentially under-priced," he said. Emerging markets meanwhile, are expected to underperform developed markets in both currencies and equities. "EM headwinds include modestly ...

Sustainability will send some broke: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... reliant on their use face extreme hurdles. "Many in the oil industry are banking on a growing middle class in emerging markets to underpin demand and help maintain the status quo," Almeida and Wilson said. "However, over two thirds of oil demand is tied ...

SSGA creates regional ESG role

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... SPDR S&P World ex Australia Fund (WXOZ), the SPDR S&P World ex Australia Fund (Hedged) (WXHG) and the SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Fund (WEMG) will all track new indices to improve their ESG profiles.

Do inflows follow performance?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
... According to the research, the impact of returns is greater in small discretionary subsectors like small caps, emerging markets, and infrastructure where there are less products on offer. "These effects are also more pronounced as these products are ...

ESG overhaul for SSGA ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
... process, give Australian investors access to an ESG-focused global real estate ETF and reduced carbon emissions emerging markets ETF for the first time. From February 2022, the SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate Fund (DJRE), the SPDR S&P World ex Australia ...

GQG Partners launches income strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
... with attractively priced future growth prospects, primarily focusing on large-cap securities in developed and emerging markets. "Utilising our forward-looking quality approach, we saw an opportunity to provide a differentiated income product. Our focus ...

Maple-Brown Abbott adds distribution role

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... financial advisers, dealer groups, platforms and key accounts for its Australian equity, Asian equity and global emerging markets equity capabilities. Srinivasan, who has more than 20 years' experience in wealth management, was most recently head of ...