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iShares to launch global fixed income ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... which is composed of liquid, global developed, high yield corporate bonds. The iShares J.P. Morgan US Dollar Emerging Markets Bond ETF will be benchmarked against the J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Core Index, which includes US dollar denominated emerging market ...

Oil price fall forces sovereign funds to switch gears

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... longer-term mandates are investing in higher return, riskier strategies such as increasing their allocation to emerging markets, alternative assets, infrastructure and private equity.

Paris adds to the "why nots" for a December lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... the second) and Japan (forecast to fall into another recession when its third quarter growth is released) and emerging markets. In its latest report, the OECD again downgraded its global growth forecasts - down to 2.9% this year from the 3.0% it predicted ...

Zurich appoints political risk head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... will enhance Zurich's position in the marketplace and allow us to better serve customers in Australia and in emerging markets." Zurich Global Corporate's executive general manager for Australia and New Zealand Giles Crowley added, "As the pace of globalisation ...

Goldman Sachs calls time on BRICs

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... Sachs Asset Management has closed its BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) Fund and integrated it into a wider emerging markets fund. After the firm first coined the term in 2001, the move effectively brings the BRIC era to an end. GSAM notified the ...

Super funds predict Aussie dollar fall

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... swaps and FX options. Meanwhile there has been a significant rise in FX exposure to international equities and emerging markets. NAB executive general manager fixed income, currencies and commodities, Drew Bradford, said the decline in the Australian ...

GBST partners with MSCI for after-tax services

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... solution to the benefit of the many MSCI-benchmarked investors in Australia. MSCI Indices, such as MSCI World, MSCI Emerging Markets, MSCI Asia and MSCI Europe are widely used indices for global equities benchmarks by Australian superannuation funds ...

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... target). A strong dollar would bomb commodity prices that would lower growth in commodity producing countries and emerging markets that would return to bite Uncle Sam's behind. The problem is a dovish statement from the Fed could weaken the US dollar ...

Future Fund issues return warning

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... reveal that the fund's allocation to Australian equities has fallen to just 6.4%, less than the 7.9% it holds in emerging markets. Almost a fifth of the fund (18.8%) is invested in developed markets outside of Australia. It also has 13.1% in alternatives ...

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... clarity that everyone wants of the market; not just investors, but you hear a growing course of central bankers in emerging markets asking for the Fed to raise rates so they can judge what the response is going to be like." In his opinion, the US "is ...