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New director for Djerriwarrh Investments

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Djerriwarrh Investments, a listed investment company specialising in Australian equities, has appointed a new director to its board. Effective 1 July, Karen Wood will join the board bringing expertise from her legal and corporate governance background. ...

MSCI delays China A shares inclusion in indices

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Global index provider MSCI has delayed including mainland China-listed equities, known as A shares, in its MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Over recent months Chinese authorities have introduced significant improvements in the accessibility of the China ...

Brexit fears trigger UK fund exodus

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... billion) during the past 12 months, despite posting negative returns over that period. "UK investors have been moving out of equities and into targeted absolute return. It certainly paints a picture of concern about what is going on," Lipper head of ...

Societe Generale appoints director from Goldman Sachs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... roles at ANZ and Westpac. SocGen's cross asset solutions group operates within the global markets division, and combines equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities and funds capabilities.

Stammer steps down from QV Equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... economist Dr Don Stammer has stepped down from his non-executive director and chairman duties at listed investment company QV Equities. QV Equities, the listed investment company managed by Investors Mutual, said in a statement that after celebrating ...

EQT appoints former executive as senior manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... relationship and regulatory roles in the financial services industry both in Australia and overseas. O'Brien has experience with equities, fixed interest and structured finance. He has a breadth of experience through his work with J. P. Morgan, BNY Mellon ...

Sentiment recovers but cash still king

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... from -9.0 to -0.6, has been driven by an increase in investment intention and improved market expectations. The Investor Equities Sentiment Index improved considerably to -6.4 from -14.2 in Q1, while the Investor Property Index improved only marginally ...

US mulls borrowing limit on leveraged ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... ASX: the BetaShares Geared Australian Equity Fund, the BetaShares Geared US Equity Fund and the BetaShares Australian Equities Strong Bear Fund. The first two have gearing ratios ranging from around 50-65% while the latter, which shorts the Australian ...

Hyperion taps utilities provider for talent

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
Australian equities manager Hyperion Asset Management has appointed an equity dealer to its team. Justin Breen joins the firm from listed utilities company ERM Power where he was a derivatives trader on a $4 billion energy portfolio. His appointment ...

Concerns about EM unwarranted: William Blair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... cites the commodity boom story as an example. He said the "end of the commodity boom" and its impact on emerging markets equities has already played out. "The energy and materials sector weights in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index are now only at 13% ...