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UBS launches microcap fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... companies team. The microcap client mandate managed by the UBS small cap team has delivered an annualized return of 26.97% versus the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index 4.93% since its inception 18 months ago. The performance was mainly driven ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... is on wait mode - even the Japanese government and even the Bank of Japan (BOJ) - waiting to see how the "three arrows" versus the consumption tax hike (raised to 8% from 5% on 1 April 2014) plays out in the domestic economy. Japan's GDP dropped at annualised ...

Instant replay of the song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... after..." she blurted out last March was Freudian slip. Though to be fair (to me), I did type last week that I'm with Janet - versus the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) - and what she delivered at the Jackson Hole in August: This is what ...

Wealthy investors bullish thanks to advice

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... multiple regions in their portfolio," Certitude chief executive Craig Mowll said. "When we look at the split between advised versus non-advised investors, the disparity in levels of confidence is even more marked. Advised investors have maintained the ...

Strong rise in risk market inflows

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... increases. TAL's performance saw it take the top spot for market share from AIA Australia. The former now has 26% of the market versus 24.4% from AIA. Inflows into the Lump Sum sub-market grew by 7.2% with most companies reporting increases in business. ...

Activist Simon Sheikh launches fossil fuel free super fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... split between growth and income assets. Fees of 1.9% per annum are roughly in line with the average retail fund but high versus the 1.1% fee for the average directly distributed fund and the 1.3% retail MySuper average, according to soon to be released ...

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... unemployment rate steadied at 6.7% in August from July, the number of Germans out of work increased by 2,000 in the month versus expectations that there would be 5,000 less. The 0.2% contraction in Germany's economy in the second quarter suggests further ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... its QE policy in April last year. The Nikkei-225 index soared by 56.7% last year following the yen's 17.7% depreciation versus the greenback. However, the yen has appreciated by nearly 1.0% this year to around A¥104.1 per US dollar from A¥105.11 at ...

Stagflation is real in Brazil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... shows that it has gone nowhere since the middle of 2012. Worse, it's underperformed emerging market equities - minus 2.0% versus plus 8.7% -- since 2013 to date and trails its peers - 3.3% versus 23.8% -- since the start of 2012. No kinder surprises ...

Heads up to where Wall Street's heading

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... quotes Bloomberg compiled (thanks Bloomie) comparing the dotcom bubble to the now: ""If you look at the valuations then versus now, it's night and day," Walter Todd, who oversees about $1 billion as chief investment officer for Greenwood, South Carolina-based ...