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Van Eck goes local on EM fixed income

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
Growth is beginning to surprise on the upside for emerging markets according to Van Eck Global emerging markets fixed income portfolio manager, Eric Fine. Speaking to Financial Standard about emerging market (EM) debt, Fine said a recent shift in the ...

FIIG launches Asciano direct bond

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
Fixed Income Investment Group (FIIG) has launched its new Asciano Finance direct bond to wholesale investors with minimum investment amounts of $10,000. In a company statement it said "the bond is one of the highest yielding Australian investment grade ...

Damned lies and (actual) stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
"If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself." -Paul Joseph Goebbels It may not be as sinister as what Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister intended it to be but the Bank of Japan (BOJ) continues ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... device, which initially will be sold for $US299-$US369 ($A267-$A455), according to Morgan Stanley. Package-delivery service UPS rose 1.5 per cent as Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock, saying it expects the package-delivery service to successfully implement ...

Retirees can increase their withdrawal rate: Milliman

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Actuarial consulting firm Milliman believes there are retirees who could comfortably increase their standard withdrawal rate by at least 50% per annum. A recent Milliman paper, 'The 6% Rule', aims to answer how retirees can provide for themselves and ...

Magellan ups cash weighting to 15%

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
Magellan Asset Management has increased the cash weighting in its Global Equity Strategy from 10% to 15% in a bid to hedge the portfolio from an impending rise in US interest rates. Douglass argued that there is a "Great Disagreement" as to where the ...

Advance AM head of strategy steps down

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
BT-owned Advance Asset Management's head of strategy and research Felix Stephen will leave the company on April 30. In addition to his 11 years at Advance, Stephen has broad experience across the banking and financial services sectors, having held roles ...

Overseas investors flocking to Australian bonds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
BlackRock is seeing massive flows from Japanese clients into Aussie dollar bond funds as a result of quantitative easing in the Asian country. Investment strategist and head of fixed income, Steve Miller, told a briefing recently the flows in to Aussie ...

Stone and Chalk names chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... and access to local and international investors. "Over the last five years I've worked closely with a lot of fintech start-ups across multiple regions and industries. Whilst local conditions tend to differ, I've found that the needs of entrepreneurs ...

Fintechs issued AFSL warning

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... investigation by the regulator, according to The Fold Legal. Managing director of the law firm, Claire Wivell Plater, said start-ups dabbling on the fringes of financial services should carefully investigate whether what they are doing requires them ...