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Don't lump Asia Pacific in with EM fall

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... unfairly mark down structurally sound Asia Pacific economies following the disappointing recent performance of the emerging markets region as a whole, according to Standard Life Investments investment director, global strategy Jason Hepner. The macro ...

India's triple dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... central bank to do? Especially if and when the Federal Reserve eventually tapers and capital outflows out of emerging markets gather fresh momentum and puts renewed stress on India's current account? Well... gauging from yesterday's policy decision by ...

BlackRock wins four NZ Super mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... BlackRock will manage four new passive global equities mandates: passive global large cap equity, small cap equity, emerging markets equity and REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) mandates. BlackRock has managed a fixed income mandate for NZ Super since ...

Super fund mergers pose capacity problem

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... point where they cannot take meaningful positions in small cap stocks and are struggling to find capacity in emerging markets. He added that while there will always be a place for outperforming boutiques, the Australian market cannot sustain the large ...

Former Perpetual exec to head Market Vectors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... Market Vectors offers over 50 exchange traded products worldwide spanning international markets, commodities, emerging markets, global equities, fixed income and currency sectors. As of 31 May 2013, Market Vectors managed total assets of US$23.7 bill ...

Great rotation is all in the mind: PIMCO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... net inflows in the last quarter of the year. PIMCO has seen inflows in its Australian and global bond funds, emerging markets bond fund, diversified fixed income fund, and credit and real return funds. "The rise in equity markets in the last 12 months ...

Infrastructure boom set to continue

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... future growth. Coutts was less positive about infrastructure investments in the world's developing markets. "While emerging markets infrastructure is attractive because of its role in supporting these growing economies, the idiosyncratic nature of emerging ...

MSCI upgrades heighten frontier market concentration risk

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... changes, which come into effect in May 2014, will see Qatar and the United Arab Emirates now included in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Meanwhile, Morocco has been downgraded from an Emerging to a Frontier economy from November 2013. Feriani, who has ...

FirstChoice platform offers PIMCO bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... and other fixed income securities, and can also invest in non-investment grade fixed interest securities and emerging markets. It is benchmarked against the Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Index hedged into Australian dollars. The firm emphasises active ...

Gonski urges Australia to look long-term

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... that Australian businesses and investors must continue to find ways to better engage with Asia. "Asia includes emerging markets where wealth and returns can be found but not necessarily and certainly not safely, unless we understand the people, their ...