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Tech "arms race" to spur banking competition

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... eventually enable customers to issue their own cards at home - if cards have not been usurped by mobile wallets." In emerging markets, mobile wallets with enhanced biometric security could become the norm, which would result into the cost of obtaining ...

I'm with Bill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... market economies. Worryingly, the weak recovery in many high-income economies and slowdowns in several large emerging markets may be a symptom of deeper structural weaknesses." Oh-em-gee! We're in trouble now Virginia, big trouble. That's if - and it's ...

The Grinch is stealing Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... dead people (apologies for mixing my movie themes). Wall Street's down, Europe's down and to quote Bloomberg, "emerging markets currencies tumble to decade-low..." To be sure, at a reading of 14.21, the "fear gauge" - the VIX index - is not even half ...

Investors blind to arbitrage opportunity in emerging market debt

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
Investors can get better yields on BBB investment grade bonds in emerging markets that they can on junk bonds in the developed world but investors' prejudice means most are missing out, according to Loomis Sayles head of emerging markets investments ...

Capital Group expands retail sales team

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... three to five years. These will be in addition to its current institutional global equity funds and the Capital Emerging Markets Total Opportunities Fund which was introduced to Australian retail and institutional investors in 2012. Capital Group is ...

Lazard AM grows global multi asset team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... decisions," Jai Jacob, head of the multi asset investment team, said. "His expertise in, and perspectives on emerging markets will help us continue to deliver comprehensive client solutions." Lazard AM is an indirect subsidiary of Lazard Ltd. It offers ...

Standard Life Inv strengthens strategy team

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... appointment of two executives. Chris Faulkner-MacDonagh joins as market strategist and Alex Wolf has been appointed as emerging markets economist. Both will contribute to Standard Life Investments' house view and generate research ideas for the wider ...

Global dividends reach record high

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... After adjusting for currency movements and one-offs, underlying growth was 9.7% year on year. The US, Europe, Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific all achieved impressive double digit dividend increases, while the UK, Canada and Japan lagged behind. The ...

Henderson appoints emerging markets portfolio manager

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... recently Finegan was a senior portfolio manager at First State Stewart (formerly First State Investments Global Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific equities' team) covering global emerging market all cap strategies. He managed US$3 billion as lead manager ...

Caterpillar economy turns into a butterfly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... it's running out of engines. "Japan and the euro area are throwing up fresh signs of weakness by the day and emerging markets such as China are dragging instead of driving growth. The sense of tumult is being exacerbated by war in the Middle East, the ...