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Service consumption bucks downward trend in EM equities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
As emerging markets (EMs) shift emphasis from exports to consumption, some of the highest yields may come from the provision of services, according to Niall Paul, a UK-based partner at high alpha specialist wealth manager TT International (TT). "As ...

BNP Paribas launches dealing services in Australia

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... managers and asset owners with in-house fund management capabilities. The solution can be implemented for a specific asset class or market only, and is offered stand-alone or within a suite of custody services. "Previously, alternative outsourced solutions ...

PGI updates fixed income fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
Principal Global Investors (PGI) is looking at the next generation of fixed income products and has adapted its Global Credit Opportunities Fund to make it more flexible for Australian investors. "Investors are rotating out of a more traditional type ...

IOOF invests $75m in syndicated loan market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... and credit opportunities until now, and IOOF Multimix is a first mover in non-bank participation in this attractive asset class which will ultimately benefit their investors."

Women in Super raise $5m for breast cancer research

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
Women in Super raised a record $5 million at the 2013 Mother's Day Classic, which will be used to fund breast cancer research. Since 1998, the advocacy group has raised $19.8 million since it started to collect funds for cancer research. The Mother's ...

The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... really in trouble now Virginia. We're about to re-live the nightmare again. The problem this time is that the 'go to' asset class - US Treasuries -- during times like these are the very ones that are being hammered more and their volatility spiking way ...

State Street appoints head of active investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has rejigged its leadership team, bringing it in line with changes in investment strategy. Current CIO head of cash Steve Meier will become CIO of fixed income, currency and cash. This reflects a move to bring all ...

The Big Benny sings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
I beg your pardon, but was that it? Was that the song we've waited all this time for Big Benny to sing? The song remains the same to me. The same tune Ben Bernanke sang on the 22nd of May. The June FOMC statement was practically a rehash of the one ...

New Bloomberg tool a 'game changer'

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... complex markets." The Bloomberg Professional service now offers corporate and investor relations executives, cross-asset class views of the markets to monitor and analyse key industry trends impacting company stock prices. Company-specific information ...

Big banks move into SBB space

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... Director and Head of Structured and Asset Finance. Westpac hopes to play a role in establishing the SBB as a genuine asset class in Australia by proving that there is a market. If the $7 million Newpin SBB is any indicator, there will not be any lack ...