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Nikko sets up new multi-asset desk in Singapore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... "Multi-Asset is gaining a lot of attention from investors, and we are taking this action to serve growing demand across the globe," Nikko global head of investment Yu-Ming Wang said. "Clients are demanding multi-asset funds as well as tailored solutions ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... well supported. "Almost every sector, barring materials and energy is in the green." "There's a bit more comfort around the globe but nobody's getting carried away." At 1210 AEST the banking sector was performing well, with Commonwealth Bank gaining ...

Record profits for Standard Life Investments

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... 10 years." Headquartered in Edinburgh, Standard Life Investments' maintains offices in a number of locations around the globe including Boston, Hong Kong, London, Beijing, Montreal, Sydney, Dublin, Paris and Seoul.

Regulators relaxed about social media: IOSCO

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... governing it. In a statement, IOSCO said; "The use of social media by intermediaries is in its nascent stage but, across the globe, firms permitting its use prohibit their staff from making recommendations or providing investment advice. The most commonly ...

Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... investors whimpering at the 6.9% loss it posted on the six-month mark. Not what one would expect from a market that led the globe last year with its stupendous 56.7% return... and certainly not with interest rates at bargain basement rates and the Bank ...

Sovereign wealth funds ramp up alternatives exposure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... Sovereign Asset Management Study show. The study was conducted amongst more than 50 individual sovereign investors across the globe, representing US$5.7 trillion of assets. Alternative investments remain the clear asset class winners in terms of new ...

Russell reshuffles implementation business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... Pacific John R Moore said. Moore explained that growth is being driven by a massive trend in the region - and around the globe - towards pure agency models. It follows years of more and more cases being made public, highlighting issues of revenue transparency ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... Europe's main stock markets rose as traders digested central bank updates for clues on interest rate movements from across the globe. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies climbed 0.28 per cent to close at 6,821.04 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 tacked ...

Insurers upping risk to combat low yields

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... senior insurance professionals between mid-February and early March 2014 The respondent base represents insurers across the globe and across sectors which together represent more than US$6 trillion in global balance sheet assets. In a departure from ...

Big obstacles for funds going it alone on PE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... McKinsey & Company. The global management consultant has just produced a report that found private equity investing around the globe is undergoing structural change due to perceptions that achieving the outperformance expected of private equity is more ...