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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 ...

Super investors scrutinise companies over LDC working conditions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... offers many ethically sound investment opportunities. The ACSI report found a significant shift of investment from emerging markets such as China to LDCs such as Bangladesh, Vietnam and Cambodia, where labour and human rights (LHR) risks are severe. ...

Service consumption bucks downward trend in EM equities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
As emerging markets (EMs) shift emphasis from exports to consumption, some of the highest yields may come from the provision of services, according to Niall Paul, a UK-based partner at high alpha specialist wealth manager TT International (TT). "As ...

PGI updates fixed income fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... outlook. "During periods of favorable macroeconomic conditions and liquid markets they would look at high yield or emerging markets and during periods of slowing growth and uncertainty they would take that down and look at other asset classes," Dion ...

Man Group hires former JP Morgan MD as CEO

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... five years working in the chief investment office as managing director responsible for all foreign exchange and emerging markets. Before that he was with a number of investment banks including Bankers Trust. "Jamie's extensive global investment and financial ...

Will Australia escape an EM bond crisis?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... they came. "The idea is that you're going to get a sudden outflow causing liquidity problems in those sectors in emerging markets, and then you'll end up with some sort of crisis," he said. "I think it's a bond bubble in the EM and high yield space." ...

CareSuper awards $65m mandate to Neuberger Berman

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
CareSuper has awarded Neuberger Berman a $65 million emerging markets equities mandate. CareSuper general manager of investments Greg Nolan praised Neuberger Berman's investment team and approach, saying they were key reasons for awarding the mandate. ...

Sinking emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... could we have missed that other side of the Fed's dual mandate? But while the Fed is still flipping the coin, emerging markets could be forgiven for giving this taper on, taper off business a flip of the birdie. Their currency, bond and equity markets ...