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Global manager launches China A-shares fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... the MSCI China A index by 3-5% p.a. on a rolling three-year basis. The underlying fund, which launched in July, is a Luxembourg domiciled vehicle. Australian investors will have access through an AUD denominated share class, priced at 85bps per year ...

Schroders readies private assets offering

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... of the year. The Schroders Specialist Private Equity Fund (SSPEF) is an Australian-domiciled fund of an underlying Luxembourg vehicle that invests in companies across the word, including US, China and India, with a special focus on small to medium sized ...

BNP Paribas appoints APAC custody lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... held a number of positions over the years, including chief operating officer of BNP Paribas Securities Services in Luxembourg and global head of operations, asset and fund services. "With Franck's deep industry knowledge, we are confident that our ...

COVID-19 will bite into credit ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... rating agencies - Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch Ratings - namely: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, and Switzerland. Good call! Latest available information on each country's debt-to-GDP ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus infects oil market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... that Chinese tourists took 149 million trips in 2018, with total spending amounting to US$130 billion - or the size of Luxembourg, Iceland and Cambodia, together. Not surprising, OPEC+ is scrambling and considering additional production cuts of 500,000 ...

US reaches $1bn settlement over 1MDB scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... wealth fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and laundered that money through the US, Switzerland, Singapore and Luxembourg. The US has now settled to recover USD $700 million (over AUD $1 billion) in assets traceable to corruption involving the ...

Australia slips in global retirement ranks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... the rankings followed by Switzerland, Norway and Ireland with New Zealand in fifth place. Sweden, Denmark, Canada and Luxembourg round out the top 10. The United Kingdom and United States are ranked 17th and 18th in the world respectively. Retirees in ...

Natixis bets on thematic investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... manager on the water strategy. The team has launched four strategies so far - safety, water, meta and AI and robotics in Luxembourg-domiciled Natixis International Funds (Lux) I SICAV. It is looking to add more strategies, including one this year. The ...

Chief economist update: Time to pig out on China shares?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... that this would drive around US$67 billion worth of inflows into China's stock market this year - enough to buy Luxembourg and Greenland, plus change. These would provide extra underpinning to the recent bull market in Chinese equities - Shanghai ...

New fund to invest in low-carbon Aussie stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... Australian clients on a private placement basis (it is not directly registered in Australia) for investments to its Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS vehicle.