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Multi-asset emerging market approach halves volatility

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... trajectory of returns. Capital Group's Emerging Markets Total Opportunities (ETOP) strategy is designed with this approach in mind. It has a proven track record of capturing the growth in emerging markets but at less than half the volatility of emerging ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... Parliament Clive Palmer's tirade about our biggest trading partner on national television where he let loose saying, "I don't mind standing up against the Chinese bastards and stopping them from doing it." "I'm saying that because they're communist ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... relative complacency do we not? It's the central banks and their commitment to benevolence towards financial markets. Never mind the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan that are expected to shower the people with more love sooner rather than ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... don't you think Virginia? "Happy" is particularly apropros today because in spite of all the bad economic reports - never mind geopolitics, markets see them as positive now (even Putin's turned humanitarian) - in Japan, in Europe and in Obamaville, investors ...

Bowen supports lump sum status quo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... opinion on the question of whether the awards system should be opened to competition, telling media the issue was "not front of mind." On a more positive note, Bowen expressed strong support for initiatives like the Asia Region Funds Passport, and said ...

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... for if they misjudge the slack, they'll be the ones accused of slacking. Yes Virginia, slack would be on every MPC member's mind. It certainly is on BOE deputy governor of monetary policy Ben Broadbent who, in his recent interview with Bloomberg, stated ...

In the throes of change

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... Finance, Senator Mathias Corman and Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen MP both speaking at the conference. With regulation front of mind for an advocacy organisation, one panel session will feature the country's key regulators - ASIC's deputy chair Peter Kell,A ...

ASIC puts an end to PIS monitoring program

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
The adviser monitoring program for Professional Investment Services (PIS) has concluded with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) reporting "a significant improvement in its compliance and audit functions." The Centrepoint-owned ...

ASX200 companies 'poor' on gender diversity disclosure

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
Most ASX200 companies do not meet gender diversity reporting recommendations, a BlackRock review has found. BlackRock looked at the 2013 annual reports of companies included in the ASX200 stockmarket index and found that gender diversity reporting is ...

Labor, Greens will "keep fighting" after FoFA backflip

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... not help Australians." He added that "it's too early to say" what would happen if PUP senators and Muir didn't change their mind. Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson told media yesterday that both the Greens and the opposition "would now go back to the ...