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Yuan stable (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... the yuan. That statement was immediately followed with action yesterday when the PBOC issued a circular commanding the country's banks to set aside US dollar reserves when selling foreign currency in the forwards market. China Money also reported that ...

The $17trn infra opportunity investors have overlooked

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... component during more turbulent markets. "Water has been a good investment from a return perspective, beating the MSCI All Country World Index by an annualised 4.2% since we launched our strategy 14 years ago," explained Kleinwort Benson Investors chief ...

Super funds need to compete globally

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... formation. I think for Australian companies there is a very high barrier for that growth strategy." She said the strong home country bias towards equities was not helped by a concentrated market and a part of members' contributions will always likely ...

HESTA and SVA launch impact investment fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
HESTA has partnered with Social Ventures Australia to launch one of the country's biggest impact investment funds. The $32 billion health and community services industry fund has committed $30 million - the largest single commitment to the local impact ...

Highest paid industry CEOs revealed

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... that she stepped down from her role and was replaced by Brian Hartzer means that there are currently no women among the country's highest paid chief executives. ACSI found that the average cash bonus for ASX100 chief execs was $1.35 million for the year ...

British Airways to clash in court with pension trustee

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... holding the risk. While there are few defined benefit funds left in Australia, it may have relevance to investors in this country. Rainmaker reports there is $312.7 billion in funds under management in defined benefit funds in Australia, or roughly 25% ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... they want exposure to Asia," James says. "At the end of the day, you're investing in a company, not in a story, not in a country." This is why investors need to understand the risks: "There might be a great story in a country or in a trend, but if you ...

Fintech start-ups painted as future heroes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... Australia's entrepreneurs, technologists, scientists and mathematicians to receive the same status and respect as the country's sporting heroes. At the colourful Stone and Chalk official opening last night, chairman Craig Dunn said if Australia did not ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... the U.S. currency and Treasuries in the third quarter, dragging equity markets in 37 of the 45 countries in the MSCI All-Country World Index into bear markets, or declines of 20 percent from a peak." Woe is us for there are much more to worry about this ...

Below benchmark performance hurts Platinum

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... Platinum International Fund (PIF) delivered returns of 21.8% for the year to 31 July 2015, underperforming the MSCI All Country World Net Index, which delivered 30.2% during the same period. While flows for Platinum Trust Funds and the Platinum Global ...