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Floating in money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
What lifts all boats? Nah, Virginia, it's no longer "a rising tide" - not if you believe the IMF's latest annual World Economic Outlook (WEO) report published this month where it printed, "Output across advanced and emerging market economies remains ...

Nikko partners geopolitical risk specialist

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
Nikko Asset Management has partnered with Eurasia Group to bring the global political risk research and consulting firm's geopolitical risk indicators within Nikko's multi-asset investment management process. Eurasia Group will provide the global investment ...

Even simple funds pose risks: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
Even simple investment funds, including long only mutual funds, can pose financial stability risks, warns the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The international body's recent update to its Global Financial Stability Report offered five policy messages ...

Hockey sounds tax alarm bells

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
Following the release of the Tax Discussion Paper, Treasurer Joe Hockey has restated the dangers of an outdated taxation system. In a statement, he noted that Australia's current tax system was "built before the 1950s, before black-and-white televisions ...

Global property securities growth to continue

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
Most investment managers predict the global property securities sector will continue delivering strong returns throughout 2015, according to the Lonsec 2014/15 Global Property Securities Sector Review. The Lonsec research, which examined 23 global property ...

Go-it-alone investment culture taking hold in Europe

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
Direct-to-consumer retail distribution via platforms is on the rise in the UK and the rest of Europe looks set to follow, according to new research by global analytics firm Cerulli. In the United Kingdom the low-margin business of fund distribution ...

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
Maybe June. Perhaps one of the 'ber' months of 2015. Could be early 2016 or later that year. Or... until the twelfth of never? This, as much, is what the much-awaited minutes of the 17-18 March FOMC meeting told us. That Yellen & Co, themselves, aren't ...

Invesco launches multi-asset targeted return fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
Invesco has launched its multi-asset Global Targeted Returns Strategy to the local market. The Fund, which opened on 27 February, targets a gross return of 5% over the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index (cash +5%) over a rolling, three-year period. Crucially ...

Emerging markets a no go in 2015

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
Investors are planning to sell their emerging market exposure in 2015 according to the latest survey by global asset manager Legg Mason. The survey, which sought investment habits and expectations from more than 4,200 high net worth investors across ...

Regional banks call for FSI reforms without delay

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
Australia's four leading regional banks raised three key issues in their submission to the federal government's Financial System Inquiry Final Report recently. Regional banks including Suncorp Bank, ME Bank, Bank of Queensland and Bendigo and Adelaide ...