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Trump bigger than Brexit

ALEX BURKE, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... risk of financial asset price pressures from the unwinding of risk parity and volatility-targeting strategies. Emerging markets impact Columbia Threadneedle Investments chief investment officer EMEA and global head of equities, Mark Burgess said global ...

EM currencies potential alpha source

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
Debt denominated in local currencies in the emerging markets sector presents an interesting opportunity for Australian investors, according to Man GLG. Man GLG head of emerging market debt strategies, Guillermo Osses, believes that despite the recent ...

New IOOF funds receive 'recommended' rating

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... dynamic asset allocation. The series includes exposure to sub-sectors such as Australia equity small caps and emerging markets. IOOF chief investment officer, Stephen Merlicek said: "By the innovative mixing of active, passive and factor based strategies ...

PIMCO to take RE in-house

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... including the Australian Bond Fund, Australian Focus Fund, Capital Securities Fund, Diversified Fixed Interest Fund, Emerging Markets Bond Fund and Global Credit Fund. The current RE for these products is Equity Trustees (EQT). The move follows PIMCO ...

Global investment landscape needs rethink

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... fundamental shift in the make-up of global companies and that multinationals have found success developing products in emerging markets. "Unilever's Pureit water purifier was developed in India before being sold in Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia and Nigeria. ...

Zurich fund receives first rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
Zurich Financial Services Australia's Emerging Markets Equity Fund has received its first rating from Zenith. Rated 'Recommended', Zenith noted the fund's unique focus on companies with sustainable high dividend yield and its ability to outperform low ...

EM equities beating global indices: VanEck

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... indices over 2016's third quarter after several years of underperformance, according to VanEck research. VanEck emerging markets equity portfolio manager David Semple explained that while EM has "generally underperformed" over the past five years, "the ...

EAM Investors wins first Australian mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... Investors, has won its first Australian institutional mandate. IOOF Investments has added the fund manager's Emerging Markets Small Cap Strategy to its IOOF MultiMix global equities multi-manager structure. EAM said emerging markets small cap stocks ...

NZ Super Fund posts decent full-year return

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... environment. Global equity markets experienced negative returns over the year, with the MSCI developed markets and emerging markets indices returning a combined -1.88%. She added that the Guardians' Board remained focused on the long-term and therefore ...

New fund of funds taps Indian equity specialists

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
... consumption not export-led." "Whilst there is usually a specific allocation to India within any international or emerging markets fund, we'd contend and our correlation analysis proves that the risk-return outcomes for a portfolio are improved by a separate ...