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Asia Funds Passport on shaky ground

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
The Asia Funds Passport will never get off the ground because the majority of fund managers in the region are already aligning their products with European UCITS standards, according to EY Asia-Pacific and EMEIA asset management leader Roy Stockell. ...

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STAFF WRITERS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
In the latest edition of Financial Standard we ask a selection of major financial planning groups what they are doing to stay ahead of the curve, what Cbus' referral deal with the FPA means, review how the AFA conference went, assess Senator Sinodinos' ...

R&D focus giving Asian companies greater pricing power

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... manager. Presenting to more than 300 advisers at an event in Sydney with regional planners joining online, Fidelity Asia fund manager David Urquhart talked through the structural shifts that had led the Asia Pacific ex Japan region to outperform all ...

Super board quality compromised over pay rates

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
The level of superannuation fund board members salaries is reducing effectiveness according to law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth chief executive John Denton. Speaking as part of a panel at The Economist Bellwether 2013 Australian Forum in Sydney this ...

Platinum board restructure, Neilson steps down as CIO

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... will join the board of Platinum Asset Management as a director. He is currently the portfolio manager of the Platinum Asia Fund and manages a portion of the flagship Platinum International fund. He has been a director of Platinum Capital Limited since ...

Investing in Asia conference opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... benchmarks and how they should be tailored for their hybrid public-private sector audiences. Speakers include a mix of Asia fund managers from core hot spots in Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur. The program has been structured for ...

Research key to Asian small caps

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... lack of compulsory pension contributions, Said David Urquhart, portfolio manager of the Lonsec recommended Fidelity Asia Fund. "There have been times when [Asian] small cap companies have turned over substantial portions of their market capitalisation ...

Fidelity: Asia focusing on intra-region trade

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... economies are less dependent on OECD countries than in the past, said David Urquhart, portfolio manager of the Fidelity Asia Fund. "Today, Asia contributes more to world GDP growth than the US and the EU does combined," he said. While there has been ...

China on course for slowdown, not landing: Fidelity

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... China is in for a soft or hard landing is overplayed, according to David Urquhart, portfolio manager of the Fidelity Asia Fund. Speaking at a Fidelity briefing in Sydney this week, Urquhart pointed to recent IMF projections of 8.2% in Chinese growth ...

Asian small caps as emerging markets go mainstream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
Research house Lonsec expects product providers to move towards frontier markets such as Africa and small cap Asian equities, as emerging markets become more mainstream, a senior analyst said today. Steven Sweeney, senior investment analyst for Lonsec ...