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Doom(ed) rebound?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
When the going gets tough...... the tough promises to get going. For a change, a number of equity markets around the globe finished flashing green numbers last week. The All Ordinaries index, for one, closed 0.4% in the plus - pitiful you might say ...

China's January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... Happy and Prosperous New Year!" the way financial markets have panned out at the start of 2016. Equity markets around the globe dropped -- big time -- at the start of the first trading week of this year. The S&P 500 index ended 6.0% lower; the Stoxx ...

Magellan prepping ASX-quoted version of infra fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... The strategy itself invests in a concentrated portfolio of around 30 listed infrastructure ideas sourced from around the globe. Stack and his team have an emphasis on quality and the universe is screened to rule out companies with high levels of debt ...

Zurich appoints political risk head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... Major political change is happening with more frequency and severity, and it is no longer confined to a few regions of the globe." "These moves will enhance Zurich's position in the marketplace and allow us to better serve customers in Australia and ...

FEATURE: The circle of life

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... adds the process of setting up lifecycle funds has made AMP think about things in new and different ways. AMP canvassed the globe for examples of lifecycle innovation, thought leadership and best practice. "I think we've created a world-class product ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... business. He was made responsible for flying out to sort out issues that arose in any of the family's interests across the globe. Whether it was dealing with a damaged shipment in Honduras or negotiating a contract in Bangladesh, Sowerby did it all. ...

China puts another one in the bag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... worldwide payments in the yuan, up 14 percent from a year earlier." With the expanding use of the Chinese currency across the globe, it's almost a certainty that the IMF would have no recourse but to grant China's application for the inclusion the yuan ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... who is also head of the global investment committee. The company's most senior investment professionals from around the globe forecast that US equities will underperform over the next six months to March 2016 and has given them an underweight stance. ...

Central banks of the world, coordinate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices hails ESG leaders

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... its broad reach, the results of the CSA are one of the leading sources of information on how listed companies around the globe are exercising financially material ESG practices."