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BlackRock opens global fixed income fund to local investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... achieve a positive total return. While the fund is not tied to a benchmark, it is managed to a target return of 4-6% per annum above the UBS Bank Bill Index, net of fees, over rolling three-year periods. The fund invests in a mix of traditional and non-traditional ...

Global re-regulation takes shine off investment banks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... risk-averse culture and enact more far-reaching change to their control functions and governance structures, the chance of rising above the wave of regulation is slim." Carnegie Asset Management (CAM), represented in Australia through BNP Paribas Investment ...

Family offices returned 9% in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... The report also showed family offices of developed countries outsourcing specialised services, such as tax planning. The above market average return was attributed to substantial holdings of developed-market equities and real estate, which comprised ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... purchasing managers' index (PMI) of manufacturing activity for September came in at 50.5, up from 50.2 in August. Anything above 50 indicates growth and anything below means a contraction. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 5.151 points, or 0.1 per cent ...

The ECB can't make the horse drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... for the Australian equity market to get into what the financial presses call the "Beijing bounce". Two percentage points above the previous month and five percentage points more than consensus expectations to be exact. These numbers were enough to send ...

Tight regulation getting in the way of digital advice: Minter Ellison

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... easier to distribute." It suggested that "amending or removing the statement of advice requirements in the manner suggested above would assist." Read all Financial Standard coverage of the FSIA here

Global investors call for action on climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... year, the International Energy Agency has estimated that limiting the increase in global temperature to two degrees Celsius above pre- industrial levels requires average additional investments in clean energy of at least $1 trillion per year between ...

Thrills, spills and chills

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... which pledged over the weekend "to develop new measures that aim to lift our collective GDP by more than 2 per cent by 2018 above the trajectory implied by policies in place at the time of the St Petersburg Summit in 2013". The full list of promises ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... reports that the Topix index has climbed to its highest level since July 2008 yesterday and the Nikkei-225 index closed above 16,000 points - the first since January this year. But, but... but despite the "feel good" day performance reports, the Topix ...

HESTA takes stand against thermal coal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... long-term interest of members, to invest in the expansion of these assets." In addition to the screening policies listed above, HESTA said it "would not participate in the provision of direct funding via rights issues or share placements to already listed ...