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Aging and deleveraging impact long-term growth: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... crisis where fewer workers must maintain a larger number of retirees and can have a dramatic impact on GDP growth. "The worldwide aging trend, coupled with higher government pension costs, will put significant pressure on public finances that are already ...

Certitude to access Threadneedle global income fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... new equity offering to the Australian market which derives its returns from a portfolio of dividend paying companies worldwide. The new Australian registered scheme will be called the Threadneedle Global Equity Income (Unhedged) fund and will invest ...

Franklin Templeton launches new global fixed income fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... Aggregate Bond fund invests principally in fixed or floating rate debt securities issued by governments and corporations worldwide and can have up to a 20% tactical allocation to high yield, bank loan and emerging market credits based on relative value ...

Uncertainty goes uncertainty comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... would cause $US20 billion ($19.38 billion) in damage and $10 billion to $30 billion in lost business. Another firm, AIR Worldwide, estimated losses up to $15 billion." "Hurricane Sandy may reduce economic output by $25 billion in the fourth quarter ...

Quality could replace China volume-play

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... manufacturing, demand for exports has declined in recent years, caused partly by economic slow downs and rising labour costs worldwide. While the volume story might be slowly winding down, companies that are concentrating on high-quality products that ...

Towers Watson appoints new director

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... Towers Watson is engaged in management consultancy, helping organisations improve performance. It has 14,000 associates worldwide. Dr Hall succeeds Lesley Brown who will now concentrate on her role as the regional leader of the practice. He joined Towers ...

Big data 'big headache' for super: J.P Morgan

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... a game-changer for customer information and engagement. William Fraser, Head of eSolutions Services for J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services Australia & New Zealand, says big data is a conversation superannuation and investment groups are having ...

Fidelity's Taylor kicks-off scholarship

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... next generation of fund managers. The London Business School and Paul Taylor, head of Australian equities at Fidelity Worldwide Investment, have established the Taylor Family Scholarship, which will allow recipients to further themselves through a Masters ...

Chris Ryan Joins MSCI

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, announced today that Chris Ryan has joined the firm as Head of Asia Pacific. In this newly created role, Ryan will work closely with all of MSCI's business units, functional ...

Fidelity launches Aust equity income fund in Japan

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... Asia-wide funds passport, one of the country's fund managers is already exporting its expertise into the region. Fidelity Worldwide Investment's local business has developed a fund for the Japanese market. The Australian equity income focused fund identifies ...