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BAT stocks worse than FANGs: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, the emerging-market equivalents of FANG stocks are even more expensive, higher risk and lower quality than their US counterparts, according to State Street Global Advisors. A May strategy highlights note written by SSGA chief ...

Amazon still an early-stage company: Fundie

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... beginning of the S curve or the steep part of the growth curve," she said. "In China, online retail makes up 15% of retail. Alibaba, Tencent, JD.com - they are in the sweet spot of an S curve and are growing rapidly." What happens in this period is that ...

Financial Standard journalist recognised in press awards

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... China's Ping An Insurance; and a story on the views of several institutional investors about the rise of retail giant Alibaba. Cheng scooped this year's awards, also winning Journalist of the Year - Investment. Financial Standard's Williamson was one ...

BigTech: The next frontier for high-net-worth investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... only a few BigTech firms have forayed into wealth management in a significant way. Yu'e Bao, an investment product of Alibaba's payment affiliate Ant Financial, became the world's largest money market fund in April, surpassing JPMorgan Chase's US government ...

The rise and impact of insurtech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... acquisition and in-house development." Such collaboration is already occurring with the likes of partnerships between AXA and Alibaba, and in-house incubator models such as MetLife's LumenLab. "Increasingly, partnerships are being viewed as a welcome ...

Young Aussies driving sharemarket

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... and e-commerce stocks proved most popular across all demographics with Apple, Tesla, Facebook, Tencent, Amazon, Snap and Alibaba among the top picks. "International shares offer a great diversification opportunity for Australian investors. It's interesting ...

Global disruption fund locks in former CEOs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... million for the soon to be ASX-listed Global Disruption Fund. The initial portfolio is expected to include Amazon, Facebook, Alibaba, Netflix, Apple, Microsoft and Visa. The fund will also invest in a selection of smaller companies that have the potential ...

Global SMA rated superior

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... Pollak said. "The S&P500 Index may be up over 20% in the past two years, but back out the performance of Apple, Amazon, Alibaba and the like, and that growth is significantly lower - maybe even negative. General Motors is flat relative to ten years ago. ...

CBA partners to capitalise on Chinese tourism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... largest mobile and online payment platform - to make it easier for Australian consumers to pay for purchases made through Alibaba Group's e-commerce websites, including a platform for Chinese merchants to sell to global consumers named AliExpress. CBA ...

Appetite for international shares up 50% with major broker

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... see a lot of customers dipping their feet into international trading around the time of high profile IPOs, such as the Alibaba listing last year," Rayson added. CommSec has also seen growth in the number of individuals investing in internationally based ...