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Europe and Japan becoming preferred equity markets

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... Standard Life Investments head of global strategy Andrew Milligan noted the company's house view had adjusted accordingly, with Japan and Europe being given "Heavy" equities allocations; US and UK markets have been shifted to "Neutral". "The Global Investment ...

All roads leading to China's "one road"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... Belgium, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, Taiwan, and Ukraine are under consideration of joining the AIIB. The United States and Japan have remained skeptical about the negotiation." The last sentence is now superseded by Financial Times' latest report ...

ESG becoming essential to insto alternative investment

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... Mercer and LGT Capital Partners. Based on a survey of 97 institutional investors across 22 countries - including Australia, Japan, Belgium, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the UK - the research showed that 75% of respondents incorporated ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
The Australian share market has rebounded after suffering its biggest fall in three months on Thursday. All sectors were higher, except gold. Quay Equities managing director David Reynolds said the recovery showed Thursday's sell-off had been over-done ...

PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... deterioration and at the same time ensure that PM Li gets his lowered growth target of 7.0%. All the money that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has thrown at its problem thus far appears to have been going to nought - like its zero percent interest rate - in ...

Global dividend growers suit retirement income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... history. The fund invests in a portfolio of around 70 stocks from a variety of developed and emerging markets including the US, Japan and China. In the portfolio are highly regarded global franchises such as Nestle, Microsoft and Emerson Electric. The ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... points, while Frankfurt's DAX 30 index lost 0.20 per cent to 11,899.40 points. HONG KONG - Most Asian equity markets outside Japan rallied after comments by the US Federal Reserve cooled expectations of an early rate hike, while the euro and yen retreated ...

Former Platinum deputy CIO sets up new boutique

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... for the Platinum Unhedged Fund (Jan 07 to May 14), achieving 6% per annum outperformance after fees and for the Platinum Japan Fund (Jan 08 to Nov 14), achieving 10% per annum outperformance after fees. Mitchell said the funds are likely to be more concentrated ...

A win-win currency war?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... for the American economy. But this morning's report from Bloomberg, "Beware the $300 Billion Shift Into Treasuries From Japan" made me think twice. According to Bloomberg, because of low yields on JGBs (0.41%), "Japanese investors may funnel $300 billion ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... the minutes of its March board meeting. The ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey is due out and the Australia, Japan and International Economic Outlook seminar is on in Sydney. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market ...