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NZ Super Fund delivers 12.4pct, braces for future

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018

... environment appears challenging. Global growth is beginning to decelerate, inflation is starting to rise in some developed markets, and financial conditions are tightening with the withdrawal of central bank liquidity. While trade tensions have been ...

Australia's weekus horribilis

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018

... August down 1.1% when most other equity markets around the world registered gains - the MSCI equity index for developed markets rose by 0.8% and that for emerging markets increased by 2.4%. While the Australian dollar's exchange rate versus the US dollar ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018

Emerging markets had been rallying even before 2017 turned into 2018, outperforming developed markets - 27.8% versus 16.3% - at the end of last year. Those were the days of synchronised growth upswing, given more oomph by Trump's declared corporate ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018

... supported by Factset's data that showed the MSCI Emerging Markets index underperforming (down 1%) the MSCI Developed Markets index (up 1.9%) this year to date. This is a reversal of 2017's tally when emerging markets rallied by 27.8% and 16.1%. ...

BAT stocks worse than FANGs: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD | WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018

... semiconductor manufacturers have better operational probability and look much less expensive, the duo said. In developed markets, auto and technology hardware companies are more attractive than BATs and FANGs on growth and valuation counts. BAT stocks ...

Robeco wins two mandates worth $500m

ALEX BURKE | MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018

... strategy is unconstrained and invests across the corporate bond market, including investment grade bonds in developed markets, high-yield and emerging market debt. "As we continue to broaden out our investment offerings to the Australian market, we are ...

SMSF home bias drags returns

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018

... the 12 months with a return of 9.2%. The threat of trade wars also brought a volatile start to 2018. The major developed markets all saw large falls with the S&P500 Accumulation Index posting a negative 3.7%, while the FTSE Euro 100 fell 4% and MSCI ...

Instos chasing EM debt for value

ALEX BURKE | WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018

... under the asset class. Obviously, on top of that, there's a general lack of compelling value propositions in developed markets," he said. "Finally, the fundamentals are supporting EM for the first time in a while: synchronised global growth. In EM, there's ...

RARE wins mandate from $182bn US manager

ALEX BURKE | WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018

... need for both new assets and renewal of existing assets in developed and developing economies alike. "Growth in developed markets will likely be driven by refurbishing existing infrastructure, while demographic factors such as urbanization and population ...

BetaShares launches Australian ESG fund

ALEX BURKE | WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017

... the BetaShares Global Sustainability Leader ETF (ETHI). Investing in 100 global climate change leaders across developed markets, excluding Australia, the ETHI only invests in companies that are more than 60% more carbon efficient than its industry's ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI | 12:42PM

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI | 12:34PM

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI | 12:17PM

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA | 12:29PM

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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