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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 ...

Unexpected impact of tech on US monetary policy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... Yellen and her Federal Open Market Committee. Gerardo Rodriguez, senior investment strategist in BlackRock's emerging markets team said that China and other developing economies may lose out as a result of the West's access to cheap technology. "Automation ...

Seesaw on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... mantra about a year ago when it was telegraphing taper. Rewind back to late 2013 when taper talks were roiling emerging markets because most expected the Fed to start taper in September that year. And why shouldn't most? The Fed gave all and sundry the ...

Bespoke approach key to keeping mandates: Acadian

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... funds just won't want to do it, whether for costs or philosophical reasons. They might not be bothered having an emerging markets small caps strategy, for example." Walsh said Acadian's quantitative approach to investment - what he calls the 'systematic ...

How to understand emerging markets

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
The emerging markets investment landscape is best understood in terms of country blocs that perform similarly as the macro environment evolves, according to Investec Asset Management Global Strategist, Dr Michael Power. Power presented an analogy where ...

BNP Paribas granted on-shore renminbi licence

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... significant growth of China." BNP Paribas Investment Partners has a presence in 17 countries in the Asia Pacific and emerging markets region.

Crisis deepens for van Eyk Blueprint funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... Shares Fund, Absolute Australian Shares Fund, Smaller Companies Fund, Absolute International Shares Fund, Global Emerging Markets Fund, Listed Property and Infrastructure Fund, Diversified Income Fund, Gold Bullion Fund and the Volatility Buffer Fund. ...

Hold fire: Emerging market debt set for correction

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... will bring a more attractive risk-reward trade-off. That is the view of HSBC Global Asset Management head of emerging markets debt portfolio management Guillermo Osses. He has positioned the group's funds for a correction and even told existing clients ...

EQT adds Dundas Global Equity to mFund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... co-branded funds distributed though EQT to 15. EQT Dundas Global Equity invests in 60-80 companies from developed and emerging markets with a minimum stock capitation of US$1 billion. The objective is to invest in stocks with high real book value growth ...