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Nikko returns global equities to overweight stance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... the United States should underperform on a relative basis, leading the committee to adopt an underweight stance on US equities. Eurozone equity prices in US dollar terms should rebound after three quarters of weakness due to the euro's fall, with corporate ...

Australia back on the radar for international capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... When the Federal Reserve raised rates in February 1994, after a long period of easing, there was a 9% correction in US equities. Following the June 2004 rate hike there was an 8% correction. In a media briefing at AMP's headquarters in Sydney, Oliver ...

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... to risky assets over the last few months in a bid to secure returns in a low growth environment. "We used to like US equities, European and Japanese equities. But we like them a bit less now because they come with the uncertainty around the Fed's decision ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... global investment committee. The company's most senior investment professionals from around the globe forecast that US equities will underperform over the next six months to March 2016 and has given them an underweight stance. The committee noted that ...

BetaShares launches two new funds

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
BetaShares has launched two new exchange-traded funds, both targeted at US equities. According to BetaShares' statement, the BetaShares Geared US Equity Fund - Currency Hedged fund will "maintain exposure to "the 500 largest securities listed in the ...

Fedcident waiting to happen?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... October 2014 (the same month and year the Fed was all tapered out) - more so now that considered already overvalued US equities are higher and hence, more overvalued. Cast your minds back to 6 May 2015 - the time when Yellen said that, "I would highlight ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... and forth and is basically an excuse for the market." Cardillo said there are other factors behind the pullback in US equities, including next week's Federal Reserve policy meeting that will update the Fed's plan to hike interest rates in the coming ...

BetaShares launch NASDAQ ETF

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... international equities products in the Australian ETF market during the first four months of 2015. "Investor appetite for US equities remains strong and we have built out a range of funds to reflect that across income and growth-focused strategies" ...

End heavy weighting in US equities: Tempo AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Tempo Asset Management joined the ranks of global equities managers who are forecasting the end of the United States bull market. The third largest bull market in the US history has delivered "a remarkable performance but it's also very unusual," Tempo ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... the local market reached a two-week high. Australian Stock Report head of research Chris Conway said the overnight US equities decline had encouraged local investors to take profits. "That would 100 per cent be the reason why our market is down this ...