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Asset manager shutters two funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... financials, materials and energy stocks. The latest fund update showed ANZ, NAB, Woodside, Westpac, Iluka Resources, Wesfarmers and Oil Search were among its top holdings. The fund was $17.52 million in size. It charged management fees of 1.99% per annum. ...

Investors unfazed by market volatility: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... chemicals, semi-conductors, luxury goods and even packaging and cloud computing. The global growth slowdown, higher bond yields and oil prices is a challenging backdrop for many asset classes," she said. The most recent spike in the US 10-year yields ...

Chief economist update: Bull markets don't die of old age

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... dollars. Worse, rising emerging market inflation brought on by their depreciating currencies is being compounded by rising oil prices. It appears that the Fed - and the risk of it making a policy mistake - is becoming a bigger worry than Trump's ...

Chief economist update: When QE turns to QT

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... emerging market rout, US equity market overvaluation, expectations of lower Q3 corporate profits, negative technicals, rising oil prices, etcetera - explaining the whys and wherefores of the current malaise in US stocks. But aren't these "challenges" ...

The top-performing ETFs in September are...

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... ETF's currency hedged version (HJPN), which delivered close to 6% in the month. ETPMPD and HJPN were followed by crude oil ASX-listed ETFs, as the BetaShares Crude Oil Index ETF currency hedged version (OOO) delivered in the 5-6% range in September. ...

Chief economist update: An Indian surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... this year to date. The rupee's depreciation would aggravate the upward push in India's inflation caused by rising oil prices - the price of Brent oil has risen by 24% between January and September this year - because of the country's dependence ...

Diversity a material economic indicator: AXA IM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... efficient, but that is not necessarily what we are seeing," Smith said. Smith said data generally should be viewed as "the new oil" not just because of its value as a resource, but due to the need to refine data to extract value. "The secret to extracting ...

OPEC is not to blame

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
Saudi Arabia and Russia weren't pleased with US President Trump when they announced no immediate increase in oil production following the OPEC and non-OPEC nations meeting in Algiers on September 23. The decision sent oil prices soaring - Brent ...

Confidence remains in face of regulatory headwinds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... 27% of asset managers expect their greatest investment over the next 12 months to be in data analytics. "Data is the 'new oil' for financial services. The industry has seen the escalation of roles such as data engineers and data scientists as firms examine ...

Chief economist update: A new currency is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... August 20. The sovereign bolivar's exchange rate would, in turn, be anchored to the "Petro" - a cryptocurrency backed by oil. According to aljazeera.com, "each petro will be worth about $60, based on the price of a barrel of Venezuelan oil. In the ...