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VicSuper awards $100 million mandate to AB

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... countries since 2011, including Mexico, Peru, Chile, West and South Africa, India, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and China. "Our grassroots research involves visiting emerging-market countries and talking to business owners on their premises and ...

PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... recall that monetary policy operates with a lag... of around 12 months (more or less). Here are the flashes: The HSBC flash China manufacturing PMI (compiled by Markit) confirms the on-going slowdown in the Chinese economy with the flash index dropping ...

Global dividend growers suit retirement income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... invests in a portfolio of around 70 stocks from a variety of developed and emerging markets including the US, Japan and China. In the portfolio are highly regarded global franchises such as Nestle, Microsoft and Emerson Electric. The fund has an investment ...

Investment professionals depressed over future employment

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... president Anthony Serhan said. The cheerier end of the spectrum shows that major developing economies such as India and China "have more to smile about with their employment prospects than their global counterparts, with 77% and 60% of respondents respectively ...

China millennials dictate future of emerging-market investment

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... The rise of affluent Chinese "millennials" is driving changes in the emerging-market investment space, according to AB. China has an estimated 300 million people born between 1980 and 2000, and this generation is distinct from those previous in that ...

Platinum AM appoints independent director

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... firm last year and until his retirement was consistently ranked as one of Australia's leading corporate lawyers. As head of China practice for Ashurst, he oversaw the Shanghai and Beijing offices of that firm and as a senior lawyer he managed legal work ...

It might just be a matter of time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... Thailand and South Korea since - and this doesn't track those that have already double-dipped like the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Competitive devaluation is a zero sum game... unless, of course, we find life on ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... energy players. IG chief market strategist Chris Weston said various push-and-pull factors in world economies, such as weak China growth targets dampening the confidence provided by a falling Australian dollar, are ensuring market uncertainty. Mr Weston ...

PBOC to QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... will be victorious." - Lao Tzu, 'The Art of War' That "when" to fight must be nigh. Rumour has it that the People's Bank of China (PBOC) is preparing its own QE programme - prompted by the PBOC's recent approval allowing regional governments to swap ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... expectations the US Federal Reserve will hike interest rates. Traders were also left disappointed by more weak data from China. The likelihood of a Fed hike, coupled with the European Central Bank's new bond-buying stimulus program and fears over Greece ...