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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower after US markets fell on disappointing company earnings reports. The weak lead from the US had set a soft tone for Monday morning, CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said. The US Dow Jones Industrial ...

Portfolio disclosure's unintended consequences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... commercial sensitivity of underlying assets held in their portfolios. Oliver Johnson, managing director for eFront in South East Asia, a global portfolio management solutions software provider servicing alternative investment managers, said the problem ...

JPM appoints Australian insto head

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... Management Australia. He will report to Rachel Farrell who is the group's head of sovereign and institutional for South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand and is based in Singapore. "We are focused on building our business in Australia and delivering ...

More to Asia than just Chindia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... focusing their Asia interest on just China and India are missing a strategic opportunity to get involved with South East Asia (SEA), a region that is just as big and growing at a similar rate. SEA comprises 14 countries located between Australia and ...

Aussie investors should have 90% of equity portfolio overseas

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... overseas investment. Bedlam managing director Jonathan Compton said that while the long-term investment potential of South East Asia remained attractive, Australia's sensitivity to commodity demand meant that the region offered less diversification than ...

AIOFP to provide Instreet structured products

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) has partnered with Instreet Investment to offer structured products to its members. The partnership is a response to the growing investor demand for tailored financial products that ...

Peer-to-peer portfolio benchmarking gains appeal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... national sales manager for Austock Group and with St George Bank in Melbourne. In the late 90s, he was based in South East Asia and worked for a US-based funds management consulting firm.

Ex-drug dealers now hitting-up SMSFs: ACC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... Professionals' association of Australia (SPAA) national conference yesterday that criminal groups, mostly based in South East Asia, are running sophisticated investment fraud schemes aimed at robbing Australians' of their life savings. This is usually ...

Water fund recommended

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... their economic value, but it is now approaching an "inflexion point" for re-rating, Zenith said. Food shortages in South East Asia and other developing nations mean that the industry's pricing power is accelerating, Zenith explained. "In Zenith's opinion ...

J.P. Morgan buys into online shopping

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has taken a stake in one of South East Asia's fastest growing e-tailer, Lazada. The investment for an undisclosed amount was made via Lazada's controversial German owner, Rocket Internet. Rocket Internet GmbH is an online ...