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Two new ETFs on the block

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
VanEck and BetaShares have announced new ETFs, as product launches in the segment heat up. A new smart beta ETF from VanEck will invest in China A-shares, after the manager gained a licence to invest in the asset class independent of the China Stock ...

Robo-advice not dead: GlobalData

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
Despite the recent closure of UBS' robo-advice offering in the United Kingdom, robo-advice is here to stay. According to GlobalData wealth management analyst Sergel Woldemichael, the high-profile shuttering of the giant's UK robo platform means little ...

Aussie super asset allocation "riskier": Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... was the lowest of the nations analysed for its report - Australia, Denmark, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The asset manager said this demonstrated Australia's appetite for "riskier assets", however tempered ...

Chief economist update: Let's talk about oil baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
The Middle Kingdom's supremo, Chinese President Xi Jinpeng, sent equity markets on the up and up. Instead of talking tough and raising the ante on the brewing trade war with the US, Xi announced the opposite. In his speech at the Boao Forum for Asia ...

Government increases market manipulation penalties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... "Furthermore, they will align our regulatory regime with international best practice, including regimes in the United Kingdom, the European Union, Japan, Singapore and Canada."

Chief economist update: It's not just the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... swift but modest. It announced just US$3 billion worth of US imports into Beijing, although media reports noted the Middle Kingdom is merely keeping its powder dry to give it more room to escalate the war on trade and/or give it scope for an expected ...

Chief economist update: One hike this year, one hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... days and just a single monthly data point, the latest consumer price data provide indication that inflation in the United Kingdom might be starting to come down. UK overall inflation eased to an annual rate of 3.0% in the year to December from a five-year ...

Colonial First State awards $168 million mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
... Management was awarded a 10-year $18 billion passive mandate from a pool of local government pension schemes in the United Kingdom. The Local Government Pension Schemes ACCESS (A Collaboration of Central, Eastern and Southern Shires) pool - the combined ...

Lowy hands over keys to the Westfield kingdom

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
Australian retail magnate and pre-eminent philanthropic figure Sir Frank Lowy is selling the Westfield retail empire he co-founded to a Parisian commercial property company. Under the terms of the agreement, Unibail-Rodamco will acquire Westfield for ...

Aussie fintech usage surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... expanding overseas or growing existing overseas operations as a priority for the next 12 months. Many are targeting the United Kingdom (49%), Singapore (40%), United States (38%), New Zealand (27%) and Hong Kong and Canada (22%) to expand. Fintech Australia ...