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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 ...

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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 ...

PBOC to QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
"He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious." - Lao Tzu, 'The Art of War' That "when" to fight must be nigh. Rumour has it that the People's Bank of China (PBOC) is preparing its own QE programme - prompted by the PBOC's recent ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... markets mostly fell, dragged down by expectations the US could soon raise interest rates, while Tokyo took a hit from news Japan's economy grew slower than thought in the last quarter of 2014. Sydney skidded 1.31 per cent, or 77.56 points, to close at ...

Netwealth launches global stocks trading service

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... (United Kingdom), TSX (Canada), Euronext Paris (France), Deutsche Boerse (Germany), Euronext Amsterdam (Netherlands), TSE (Japan), KLCI (Malaysia) and HKE (Hong Kong).

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
And it's off and... running. Whoops, sorry Virginia, I've gotten ahead of myself. It won't be hitting Europe's pavements till Monday, 9 March 2015 - the first instalment of the ECB's QE worth a,-60 billion, and a,-60 billion monthly hereafter until ...

AMP Capital steps into Japanese infra market

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... first acquisition will be operating a 2MW solar power generation facility located in the Miyazaki prefecture in the south of Japan. The company is looking to invest in renewable energy infrastructure such as solar photovoltaic generation facilities across ...