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Platform business in administration

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... was one of the best in the market. It is still the only platform that can execute direct shares in over 10 different currencies and 10 different exchanges and that's why they [advisers] loved it."

Emerging market debt rebounds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... attractive relative value at the sector level in EM credit, we believe that selective opportunities remain in rates and currencies away from many of the large benchmark constituents." The IMF recently revised GDP forecasts down for EM by two percentage ...

Gold rally continues to hit new highs

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... quantitative easing will generate higher consumer price inflation, as well as investors seeing gold as an alternative to paper currencies. "Perhaps most importantly, the opportunity cost of holding gold versus cash or government bonds as an alternative ...

Chief economist update: Gold 2000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... the rationales for the continued ascent in gold prices were rational. Massive amounts of money printing are debasing currencies. When faith in the fiat currency is lost, hard commodities, especially gold, provide a safer haven. So much so that even central ...

Profound uncertainty remains: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... real activity suggests. "With few exceptions, the rise in sovereign spreads and the depreciation of emerging market currencies are smaller than what we saw during the global financial crisis. This is notable considering the larger scale of the shock ...

Currency-hedged ETFs gather pace

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... [fund] for long-term of five years or more, the effects of currency wash out. Obviously you can't predict what currencies are going to do in five years, so most people like to have a foot in both camps with a 50-50 hedged and unhedged split," Higgins ...

Fundamentals return to the forefront in EM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... for managers to achieve investment success at this critical time for EMD." They said they have a more neutral view on currencies and their view on interest rates has been raised to overweight. "We believe that interest rates appear fairly compelling ...

Emerging markets weather varied COVID-19 storms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... poor currency performance, they said, with investors shunning risk assets during the COVID-19 crisis to short local currencies and hedge their holdings. "This has placed acute pressure on EM countries dependent upon capital inflows to fund current account ...

Chief economist update: Will emerging markets be first to emerge?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... lockdown restrictions (notably, China) earlier than their developed country counterparts. Then again, emerging market currencies remain under pressure against the US dollar and this will persist for as long as financial markets remain volatile. The depreciation ...

Praemium adds Chi-X products

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... platform (VMA), providing advisers with opportunities across a range of asset classes, including equities, indices, currencies, commodities and fixed income. Praemium chief executive Michael Ohanessian said it was important for advisers to have access ...