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Multi-asset emerging market approach halves volatility

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... Andy Budden. The investment specialist says sophisticated investors are well versed in the case for investing in emerging markets but now they fully understand the 'why', the more important question is the 'how?' "The unparalleled long term growth profile ...

Fund managers: Tide turning in emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... AllianceBernstein and Van Eck Global have joined a growing chorus of fund managers who say the worst is over in emerging markets and now is looking like a good entry point for long-term investors. According to Rainmaker data, the MSCI Emerging Markets ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... 21.44 hit on the 3rd of February. You've probably forgotten but this was the time when capital was flowing out of emerging markets, the Turkish lira dropped big time, the slowdown in US economic growth was being debated (polar vortex or not?) and the ...

Van Eck Global expands Australia team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... 1955 and is based in New York. It currently manages US$35.2 billion across investments in commodity equities, emerging markets, gold, fixed income, and other specialised asset classes.

BetaShares partners with fifth largest US ETF provider

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... exposures. The company manages active ETFs and fundamentally weighted ETFs through products such as the US-listed Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund, Japan Hedged Equity Fund and the Global Equity Income Fund. WisdomTree chief executive and president Jonathan ...

Super tax in firing line

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... we use for the economy is one of 'muddling through.'" Gleave's insight in the context of the wider Asian and emerging markets region might come as some comfort to investors, however. "Economic growth is not closely linked to equity performance, we've ...

Boost from Chinese stimulus to be short-lived

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
Goldman Sachs' investment management division has lowered its suggested allocation to emerging markets as the Chinese economy struggles to transition from a focus on exports to a focus on domestic consumption. Dr Jiming Ha, vice chairman and chief investment ...

Legg Mason acquires UK global equity manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... Legg Mason's capabilities in active global equity strategies, including global equity. Martin Currie's global emerging markets, Asian equity, European equity, Japanese equity and Chinese equity strategies give the US investment giant specific regional ...

Wall Street snubs the IMF

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... legacy of the weak first quarter, particularly in the United States, and a less optimistic outlook for several emerging markets. With somewhat stronger growth expected in some advanced economies next year, the global growth projection for 2015 remains ...

A BRICS R5 Bank is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... but for others too." "The BRICS were prompted to seek coordinated action following an exodus of capital from emerging markets last year, triggered by the scaling back of U.S. monetary stimulus," says Reuters. "The bank will begin with a subscribed capital ...