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Emerging markets exodus continues

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2006
... experiencing the greatest exodus. Net outflows for Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) funds totalled $5.29 billion, but Korea was hit hardest individually with $4.69 billion fleeing for the first half of the year amid continued political volatility ...

Committed to Asia: Fidelity

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2006
Fidelity kicked off its Asia focused roadshow yesterday, stressing it maintained its confidence in the Asian region in spite of recent geo-political tensions and global market corrections that have left some investors feeling gun shy. Fidelity global ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2006
... characterized by big swings on conflicting views over inflation and interest rates as well as political jitters after North Korea launched a number of missile tests. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 5681.85 points, down 13.62 or 0.24 percent on Friday. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2006
... The stock market is expected to open lower, following sharp falls on offshore markets overnight amid worries over North Korea's test-firing of missiles. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 41 points to 5051 ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2006
... with immediate effect. Both rates were last raised in January by a quarter percentage point. The central banks of South Korea and South Africa also lifted interest rates to 4.25 per cent and 7.5 per cent yesterday. More important, he European Central ...

CommSec product to tap into Chinese neighbours

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
... designed to ride off the China growth story, investing in the indices of China's neighbours, including Japan (Nikkei 225), Korea (Kospi 200), Singapore (MSCI Singapore Free), Taiwan (MSCI Taiwan) and Hong Kong (Hang Seng). CommSec's chief equities economist ...

Macq offers world hedge through Equinox

... focused in Asia but it can also invest elsewhere, such as Europe and the US. Among the funds within the trust are SPARX Korea Long-Short, Denali Offshore Partners and Japan Macro, all of which boast high compound annual returns of 32.25 per cent, 26.43 ...

Go overseas, but go carefully: LaSalle

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
... Europe, Australia and elsewhere the legislative environment is stable. But in Asia they can change the rules on you. In Korea, for example, they changed the rules on us." Levinson described the situation whereby the Korean government changed property ...

Ord Minnett launches focused international equities product

... hones in on the performance of four major indices: the Europe Eurostoxx 50, the UK's FTSE 100, the Japan's Nikkei 225 and Korea's S&P 500. He explained, "This isn't a managed fund but a structured product which gives a 90 percent principal protection ...

Fidelity doubles commitment to Australia

... The Services Centre will be a central hub of finance, accounting and business between Fidelity's other offices in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Australia. Fidelity's total invested assets in the region have grown to around $90 billion ...