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Henderson launches dividend-seeker fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... easier and safer way to analyse a company." The fund is currently invested in large technology companies based in the United States, such as Cisco. About 15% of the portfolio is allocated in pharmaceuticals, with a focus on "new treatments that could ...

PIMCO appoints Bernanke to advice role

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
PIMCO has appointed former chairman of the United States Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke as senior adviser. Bernanke will contribute his economic expertise and insights to the firm's investment process and periodically engage PIMCO's clients, the bond ...

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... Capital that flowed into emerging markets could flow out again, perhaps when interest rates begin to rise in the United States. That would probably occur alongside an appreciating US dollar. So the distribution of credit risk and foreign currency risk ...

Tempo finds beta growth in Europe, Asia

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
Boutique fund manager Tempo Asset Management is turning its global smart beta strategy away from the United States and Canada and finding growth in Europe and Asia. Tempo principal Joe Bracken told Financial Standard that the Tempo Global Equity Fund ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index shed 3.23 (0.06 per cent) at 5,007.79. New construction of homes in the United States rose 2.0 per cent to an annual rate of 926,000 units, the Commerce Department said, a smaller increase than expected. Initial ...

Now for Australia's debt surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... at the end of 2014..." "Australia's increase will also be more than 10 times the 3 per cent rise expected in the United States... Germany's debt-to-GDP will fall 25 per cent to 37.1 per cent." It couldn't get any gloomier than this, could it? But by ...

Decimal Software partners with US fintech giant

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
ASX-listed Decimal Software has partnered with United States fintech company Yodlee to enter the US market for the first time. Decimal confirmed it has already opened an office in the country and expects to benefit from Yodlee's platform, which counts ...

Nikko partners geopolitical risk specialist

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... political analysis on 100+ countries covering Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States. Investment products serving both institutional and retail clients will be made available later in 2015, and the two companies ...

Even simple funds pose risks: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... funds - possibly triggered by an external event, such as a faster-than-anticipated rise in interest rates in the United States - may have a widespread market impact, especially if banks are unable or unwilling to step in to provide liquidity in such ...

Go-it-alone investment culture taking hold in Europe

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... director at Cerulli added: "There's a global trend toward robo-advice that should not go unnoticed. It started in the United States, with companies like Wealthfront gaining traction and it is spreading in Europe--Nutmeg in the United Kingdom and MoneyFarm ...