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A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... monetary policy between the Fed - expected to raise interest rates sometime this year - and quantitative easing by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank (ECB) leaves markets no other option but to catch a ride with greenback. Financial ...

Reasons to cheer amid gloomy predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
Low inflation, low returns and high volatility are set to be the new normal in 2015. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirmed the trend when it downgraded its growth forecast for the global economy from 3.8% for 2015 in October to a lower 3.5% ...

Multi asset and income in favour: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
Multi-asset and income-oriented solutions are demanding the most attention from investors in the Asia Pacific, according to PIMCO's managing director for the region Eric Mogelof. Over several months, Mogelof visited clients in Australia, New Zealand ...

AMP Capital issues deflation warning

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
AMP Capital head of investment strategy and chief economist Shane Oliver has warned investors to be wary of deflation but is optimistic that any ill effects will be short-lived. "In the current environment sustained deflation could cause problems. Falling ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
Surprises, surprises, and more surprises. We're yet to complete the first month of 2015 and thus far, we've gotten central bank surprises a-plenty... and they're not kinder surprises either. We've seen the Swiss National Bank (SNB) stomp the CHF1.20/euro ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after strong gains on overseas markets overnight and rises in commodity prices. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 41 points at 5,384. Euro zone stocks have been ...

J.P. Morgan acquires Asia REIT platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has acquired Aviva Investors Asia Pacific real estate platform, a direct real estate investment management platform operating in Australia, Japan and Singapore. Through this acquisition, J.P. Morgan Asset Management has ...

I'm with Bill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... Global growth turned out to be 2.6% in 2014 - while it got the US right, it was wide off the mark on Europe and more so, Japan (now in recession). This time in 2013, the same WEP report printed that, "The world economy is on the brink of another major ...

Oracle & OneVue develop Asia Pacific fund solution

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
OneVue has teamed up with Oracle to produce an end-to-end fund services offering to global investment managers. The relationship is designed to take OneVue global with Oracle's FLEXCUBE product leadership and investment. OneVue chief executive Connie ...

Oil slide, CEO pay and that "income recession"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
Oil! Oil! Oil! It's on the slide again! Just when we thought, the price of that black gold has found its footing, fresh news of higher supply and inventories and predictions of lesser demand next year took the floor from under it. While I still maintain ...