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ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... China investment or divestment? China's economic growth is at the heart of all discussions. To BlackRock's head of China equities Helen Zhu, "it is tough to get a handle on China's economic growth." Zhu says that if you ask officials why they think growth ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... share price index futures contract was down one point at 5,612. No major local economic news is expected on Monday. In equities news, Arrium is expected to release its fourth quarter production report, while Australian Foundation Investment Company is ...

Nikko AM brings global equity fund to Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... Nikko Asset Management has brought its Global Share Fund to Australia following an increase in appetite for international equities. The fund aims to deliver total returns before fees, expenses and taxes of 3% above the MSCI All Countries World ex Australia ...

Neuberger Berman appoints manager from JPM

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... at J.P Morgan Asset Management, where she managed relationships for institutional clients and asset consultants across equities, fixed income and alternatives. She was at J.P. Morgan for 14 years and has a total of 17 years' experience in the financial ...

Perpetual sheds $3 billion

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... fall ($1.6 billion) to depreciating markets and a further $1.6 billion to net outflows, especially from its Australian equities institutional channel, which accounted for $1.4 billion of outflows. Perpetual chief executive and managing director Geoff ...

Macquarie wrap adds AB fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
Macquarie Wrap adding the AllianceBernstein Managed Volatility Equities Fund is further evidence Australians nearing retirement are demanding investment products with more certainty while still participating in growth. The fund, which most recently ...

Australian alternatives assets top $250 billion

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... "Institutional investors continue to plough billions of dollars annually into investment opportunities other than bonds and equities, which are now increasingly seen as 'bread and butter' assets. At the same time, lines are blurring between individual ...

BNPP IP launches global fixed income fund

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... December 2014. The fund aims to deliver "highly diversified returns from independent alpha sources" with low bonds and equities correlation. "We are pleased to be introducing this capability from FFTW to the Australian and New Zealand markets and we ...

Hyperion eyes global equities

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... international stocks to improve its understanding of the Australian market and with the long term goal of launching a global equities fund. Hyperion managing director Tim Samway told Financial Standard : "We are increasing our capacity to research international ...

Zurich appoints investment specialist

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... research team. Charles Stodart joins Zurich from Five Oceans Asset Management, where he was an investment analyst for Asian equities and global telecom stocks. He has also held positions at Pengana Capital, Perennial and Murray Johnstone. "Charles brings ...