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New Vanguard modelling tool picks global equities to win

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... investment outlook and asset allocation insights. Jeffrey Johnson, head of Vanguard's investment strategy group, Asia Pacific, said: "The insights provided by the capital markets model have long been leveraged internally in the research and development ...

Inflows from overseas double in four years

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA). New Zealand and South Korea were also prominent investment sources in the Asia Pacific region contributing 14% ($4.3 billion) and 3% ($1.0 billion) to fund inflows respectively. "We are highly encouraged by the ...

ASX and Bank of China sign major agreement

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... China as the RMB clearing bank for Australia supports the development of Australia as a financial hub for RMB in the Asia Pacific and deepens the Australia-China economic relationship. ASX congratulates the Reserve Bank of Australia and the People's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... Thorn Group is due to release half year results and Patties Foods has its annual general meeting in Melbourne. The Asia Pacific Resources Conference is on in Brisbane. In Australia, the market on Monday closed weaker as a rising US dollar, sputtering ...

Global dividends reach record high

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... for currency movements and one-offs, underlying growth was 9.7% year on year. The US, Europe, Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific all achieved impressive double digit dividend increases, while the UK, Canada and Japan lagged behind. The Henderson Global ...

State Street partners with wealth management tech provider

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... who have increasingly complex global investments," Taylor added. Marshall Stephen, chief executive officer of FNZ Asia Pacific, said: "The combination of our technology with State Street's strong administration and servicing capabilities is unique in ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... Australia, as the weakest iron ore prices in five years hits the resource stocks, City Index head of dealing for the Asia Pacific region Biyi Cheng says. "The materials sector is holding down our market at the moment, especially from BHP," he said, adding ...

Zurich promotes Australian CEO, names new local head

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... its life and investments business, Colin Morgan, the role of chief executive of its global life division for the Asia Pacific region. In this role Morgan will assume responsibility for delivering Zurich's global life strategic priorities and initiatives ...

SMEs embracing accounting in the cloud

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... return to out-dated business models. Cloud is the business model of the future across all sectors," Wolters Kluwer Asia Pacific chief executive Russell Evans said. The survey also showed that seven out of 10 accounting firms use a cloud-based application ...

Henderson appoints emerging markets portfolio manager

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... was a senior portfolio manager at First State Stewart (formerly First State Investments Global Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific equities' team) covering global emerging market all cap strategies. He managed US$3 billion as lead manager and was co-lead ...