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China millennials dictate future of emerging-market investment

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... quarter have undergone some form of tertiary education. It is for these reasons, AB portfolio manager - strategic core equities Sammy Suzuki says, that Chinese millennials' spending patterns will be very influential on emerging-market investment. "It ...

A win-win currency war?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... to new heights. Or is this time different? The "taper tantrum" of mid-2013 sent yields on 10-year US Treasuries up, US equities lower and the VIX index rising... and then the tantrum tapered. Financial markets learned to live with it. Yields on 10-year ...

"Patient" is the (key)word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... that crude oil prices went for another leg down. What ever happened to the headlines of not so long ago that went, "US equities sell off as oil prices tumbles" or something like that? Last night's numbers show both WTI and Brent oil prices dropping by ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... confidence survey is due out and the Australia, Japan and International Economic Outlook seminar is on in Sydney. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Monday closed lower, dragged down by energy and mining stocks following ...

FEATURE: How ETFs are changing adviser asset allocation thinking

LAURA MILLAN, ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... flows in the market." At this stage, the most popular ETFs tend to either provide significant exposure to international equities (particularly US equities), Australian high-yield equities (which provide income as capital growth has slowed) or high-interest ...

Meat industry super hands mandate to AB

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
The Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund has selected AllianceBernstein's Managed Volatility Equities Fund to reduce member portfolio volatility. MEIST chose the AB fund because it invests primarily in Australian equities and aims to reduce ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... releases new motor vehicles sales for February while the Women on Boards 2015 Boardroom Diversity Index is also due out. In equities news, Retail Food Group has an extraordinary general meeting to vote on the acquisitions of Di Bella Coffee and Gloria ...

Henderson to launch Australian global equity income fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... when yields were higher for term deposits. "One of our key strengths is income and we have great long-term products - equities income-based products," he said. "And we said, 'We're selling this everywhere else; why not Australia?' But 18 months ago ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... 5,859. In local economic news on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases lending finance data. No major equities news is expected. Meanwhile, in Perth, the Global Iron Ore and Steel Forecast Conference continues. In Australia, the market ...

Perennial to raise capital for Aussie equities LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
Perennial Value Management is set to launch its Wealth Defender Equities to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) as a listed investment company (LIC). The fund follows Perennial's Wealth Defender investment strategy, based on a diversified portfolio ...