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SMSF home bias drags returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... the gap (See Graph 1). February saw a dramatic decline in most global equities markets with the exception of Australia; China A Shares fell nearly 6%, although remained positive over the 12 months with a return of 9.2%. The threat of trade wars also ...

Chief economist update: Japan's other war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." This dictum is attributed to a list of known knowns such as Sun Tzu ("The Art of War"), Machiavelli (known as the father of modern political science) or "Michael Corleone" (of the Godfather film trilogy) ...

Kim Ivey launches new boutique

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
The founder of one of Australia's first hedge funds, Kim Ivey, is launching a new boutique and building out its investment team. LSL Partners will develop alternative investment products focusing on the Asian region. Its first product, the Fury Fund ...

HNWIs give a boost to resurgent art market: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
High-net-worth investors, particularly the growing Asian cohort, have boosted the global art market by 12% after two years of decline. UBS, in partnership with Art Basel, published a report containing macro-level analysis of global art-buying habits ...

China A-shares to disrupt emerging markets strategies: Robeco

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
The sheer size of the China A-share equity market, along with China's shifting economic profile, will have a tremendous impact on emerging markets indices - the inclusion of the whole A-shares market will push China's weight in the MSCI Emerging Markets ...

Acadian talks big data 2.0, launches A-shares strategy

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... tougher to test it and that's where quant managers are best placed, she adds. In the past fortnight Acadian launched its China A-shares strategy. China A-shares have historically been reserved for domestic investors but are now being granted foreign ...

WisdomTree expands to Asia Pacific

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... "Last October in collaboration with [Chinese Securities Index] and Caixin Rayliant, we launched the first multi-factor China A-shares smart beta ETFs for bedrock and new economy exposure." The two smart beta products track the CSI smart beta indices ...

Go your own way: AXA IM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
Investors should not be afraid to run against the pack in 2018, with recent history demonstrating that taking a contrarian view can pay off. That was a key takeaway from AXA Investment Managers' head of Framlington Equities - Asia, Mark Tinker, when ...

Asset management services provider expands to Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... London-based Blackwell Global group. Separately, in mid-2017, global equity index provider MSCI announced it will add China A shares to two of its indices starting June 2018. MSCI said the move follows broad support from international institutional investors ...

Insurtech associations form global alliance

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
A group of associations representing insurance technology have co-founded a new Global InsurTech Alliance (GITA). Insurtech Australia, along with Insurtech London, Insurtech Asia and FinTechNZ are co-founders, along with future partners in Europe and ...