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First quarter stasis and A$ ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... polar vortex distortion of US data (and what it meant for Fed taper) at the start of January and the sell-off in emerging markets - prompted by Argentina's depreciation of the peso and the fall in the Turkish lira - in the dying days of the first month ...

Low volatility investing exploits low risk anomaly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... that investors don't need to take high risks to achieve high risk-adjusted returns, particularly in the case of emerging markets investing. Wirds, speaking to a full house at last week's Rainmaker Adviser Big Day Out seminar in Sydney, said Robeco calls ...

China's art of currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... disposable incomes and by extension, negatively impact economic growth. If this happens, other nations - including emerging markets - will be caught in the "friendly fire" and would blame not only Russia but the US and Europe as well for their rising ...

J.P. Morgan launches two wholesale funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... wholesale investor market with the launch of two funds: the JPMorgan Global Strategic Bond Fund and the JPMorgan Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund. The former is an unconstrained strategy with "a diversified opportunity set across the global fixed ...

Robeco fund recommended by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... an active, long only, quantitative emerging-markets equities strategy. It invests in listed equities in global emerging markets and the strategy aims to be fully invested. Robeco's stock selection process first focuses on reducing risk and secondly on ...

Fund managers expect clients to turn aggressive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... global markets," Unger said. "The knock-on effects from some of these, particularly QE tapering on some fragile emerging markets and the Volker Rule's impact on certain Over the Counter markets, such as the corporate bond market, have been significant." ...

'Leaner' HSBC hikes profits, bonuses

BEN PERRY, AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... bosses. This comes after Europe's biggest bank managed a 15.5% A jump in annual net profits and warned about emerging markets volatility after struggling in Latin America last year. Profit after tax at the bank climbed to $US16.2 billion ($A18.09 billion) ...

Annual global dividends pass $1 trillion for first time

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... terms since 2009, placing it among the world's fastest growers. By far the fastest growth initially came from Emerging Markets. Collectively, dividends from these countries have more than doubled since 2009 (+107%), up from $60.9bn to $125.9bn, an average ...

Capital Group appoints two senior executives

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... the Capital International World Equity Fund, the Capital International World Equity (Hedged) Fund, the Capital Emerging Markets Total Opportunities Funds and the Capital International Emerging Economies Fund. Angela Roberts has been appointed senior ...

It must have been love

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... (6.5%) she dutifully signed on as vice Fed chief 14 months before. This appeared to have stirred the love for emerging markets... and so did the trade report out of China. Yes that one.A The one that showed Chinese exports and imports increased my more ...