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Lazard AM launches global equities fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... sectors and they are the dominant companies of a particular industry." The fund invests in companies that have low valuations at a particular point in time and does it from an Australian perspective, taking currency into account. "We aim to reduce the ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... The manager was more positive in its assessment of the Australian equity market. "We calculated that global equity valuations are at reasonably fair levels and that stocks can rise in Europe, Japan and Australia, but because we are less optimistic on ...

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... superannuation. But it is also helping us understand them better." An economic context of low returns, low interest rates, high valuations and high volatility is challenging industry institutions that are willing to take action. "Focusing on the member ...

Private equity shift keeping investors busy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... (AIST) investment conference recently, Lipchin and fellow panelists were of the opinion that although private equity valuations are still challenging, there are opportunities for proper investment partnerships. QSuper head of investment strategy, Damian ...

Super funds act to reassure members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... markets," AustralianSuper said. Telstra Super said although it's anticipating a period of global slowdown, "domestic equity valuations are considered fairly valued or inexpensive against most measures, and we believe they are likely to remain supported ...

Pengana and PanAgora strike new deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... returns in the face of a highly uncertain investment environment, increasing volatility and stretched equity market valuations," Pillemer said. PanAgora chief investment officer and head of research, equity, George Mussalli, is in Australia this week ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... investment officer Rupal Bhansali says Ariel bought Japanese companies years ago, when no one was thinking about it and valuations were extremely low. "Three years ago people were very fearful of owning stocks in Japan, which was viewed as a submerging ...

Infrastructure deals fall as valuations skyrocket

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... expected to fall from $592 billion in 2014. The majority (56%) of infrastructure investors surveyed by Preqin cited valuations as their primary concern for the infrastructure sector; in the first half of 2014, only 13% listed this as a critical issue. ...

RBNZ tries to turn the turn in NZ economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... and was widely expected to breached parity because "...the NZ dollar genuinely looks like it is deserving of its high valuations" and... "there just doesn't seem to be the necessary economic momentum in the domestic economy to warrant a strong AUD". ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... volatility as more firms traded again after being suspended at the height of the latest stock crisis that wiped billions off valuations. Shanghai ended 0.88 per cent higher, advancing 34.76 points, to 3,992.11, while Sydney added 0.30 per cent, or 16.00 ...