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International investors chase Australian real assets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... real assets industry is growing, and investors overseas are turning towards the region. The tax incentives for foreign investors, the depreciating Australian dollar and the privatization wave in the infrastructure industry have awakened investors' appetite ...

QIC launches China bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... the second largest in the world and was traditionally limited to locals before Bond Connect opened access to foreign investors in July, 2017. The two companies first signed a memorandum of understanding in November 2016, making it QIC's first relationship ...

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... most gains of any other major region since 2017, following China's decision to open up its equities markets to foreign investors through China A-shares and bond markets through Bond Connect. Renminbi emerged as the most favoured currency for the year ...

Australia appeals holistically to foreign investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
Foreign investors tend to look at Australia holistically before investing in the local share market, Financial Standard 's latest spot poll shows. About 45% of participants said numerous factors contribute to making Australia an attractive place ...

Negative gearing reforms not a panacea: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... informed decision at the ballot box," he said. This week we ask: What makes Australian equities attractive to foreign investors?

MSCI ups China A-shares, managers respond

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... consider shareholders' interest, as companies with better corporate governance are more likely to be owned by foreign investors. Many companies with good corporate governance practices in the market tend to have a strong foreign institutional investor ...

Saxo launches digital access to Chinese bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... get simple, efficient automated access to a market that has historically been complicated and cumbersome for foreign investors to access," Saxo said. The Chinese bond market has an estimated worth of $12 trillion, with Chinese bonds being increasingly ...

China A-shares to shake up EM funds

KARREN VERGARA AND DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... handful of stocks." When the A-shares inclusion was announced a year ago, it immediately triggered interest from foreign investors wanting exposure to internet stock giants such as Baidu and Alibaba. But as China's emerging market index concentration ...

FIIG Securities goes global, appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... our counterparties based in Europe, the UK and the US, but also provides us with the opportunity to introduce foreign investors to the emerging Australian corporate bond market," Stening said. "We have experienced strong growth servicing our investor ...

Offshore investment vehicles await passport arrival

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... Investment Vehicles (CCIVs), which complement the Passport, are also due to operate sometime this year. CCIVs enable foreign investors to pool funds to be managed by Australian fund managers via a corporate structure rather than a trust structure. In ...