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EM correction, it's different this time

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
Despite the recent shake out in emerging markets due to the rebounding USD, the stronger ones are positioned fundamentally differently to how they were in 1997 and should absorb this latest correction. US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke repeatedly ...

Appetite for overseas assets continues to grow

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... is especially interesting considering that as an overall region, the research shows a decline in interest in emerging markets as a whole," Certitude Global Investments chief executive Craig Mowll said. Mowll added that with many investors will holding ...

Aussie ETF use reaches new level of sophistication

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... year. The strength of the ETF market as a whole is particularly impressive against the backdrop of outflows from emerging markets and gold, two popular asset classes for ETF investors. "As an industry, the main theme based on ETF net flows this year ...

Wonderully dreadful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... had been achieved despite the slowdown in China - yes, Australia's big brother without whom we're cactus - and emerging markets, middling US growth and virtually zero growth in Europe.A Need I add the increased volatility in the financial markets since ...

30 days hath September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... near-certainty of a Fed taper announcement this month, the US debt ceiling negotiations, Syria (and Egypt), sinking emerging markets, political uncertainty in Italy and German elections, VAT tax debate in Japan and leaking radiated water at the Fukushima ...

Delay of execution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... tapering on hold. "The prospect of Western military action against Syria has sent stock markets worldwide reeling. Emerging markets have sold off and oil prices soared to six-month highs. And another potential showdown over the federal debt ceiling limit ...

ASIC issues governance warning on local emerging market companies

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... (ASIC) has issued a warning over corporate governance in Australian companies that have significant operations in emerging markets, saying these companies are more susceptible to collapse than domestically focused ones. More than a third of the companies ...

Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... market crashes happened. "Worries, worries pile up on my head..." Fed taper worries that sparked a run out of emerging markets have just been compounded by the increasing likelihood of a US (and its Coalition) war with Syria (and Russia) following comments ...

Demographic megatrends drive earnings well into the future

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... replacements. Urbanisation means more people are working with computers, putting strain on eyesight. Rising incomes in emerging markets also mean that more people are able to afford eye care. While the fund was only launched to Australian investors in ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... returns to the US Federal Reserve's stimulus program as it prepares to release minutes of its latest meeting. Emerging markets took a beating on expectations the Fed's quantitative easing will start to dry up. Tokyo tumbled 2.63 per cent, or 361.75 points ...