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Planners ignore EMs when advising clients

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
Most financial planners have never mentioned emerging markets to their clients, said a Goldman Sachs Asset Management Survey. Of the more than 1000 "active" investors surveyed, 83% said that their financial planner had never mentioned investing in countries ...

Emerging market bubbles present opportunity: Tyndall

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
While there will be frequent bubbles in emerging markets, presently the global flight from risk has created an attractive buying opportunity for long-term investors, according to Tyndall Asset Management. Speaking at a media briefing to mark the fourth ...

BTIM launches emerging market strategy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... Management has launched a new emerging market fund to be made available to Australian investors. The BT Global Emerging Markets Opportunities fund comes from London-based boutique investment house JO Hambro Capital Management, which BTIM acquired in ...

Franklin Templeton launches new global fixed income fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... strong enough to reassert itself despite the current soft patch. In our view, Asia (ex-Japan) and other selected emerging markets are expected to continue to provide relatively strong economic growth," Beck added.

Reliance on improving global economy threatens big-four in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... fundamentally understanding which services to deliver and how to deliver them effectively, staying focused on emerging markets and continuing to adapt business models." Siviour added: "In an environment of low growth and cost consciousness, banks are ...

Returns without volatility, you're not dreamin

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... would result in low returns But the low risk anomaly is that in all equity markets such as US, Japan and even the emerging markets, the reverse is the case: low volatility investment strategies can achieve return outcomes that outperform market indices ...

Western recovery expected to lift Asian stocks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... However, he believes that a softening of market sentiment is creating an ideal entry point for new investors. "Emerging markets have been heavily discounted in the past year, in part due to economic woes in the major developed economies. But positioning ...

New emerging market dividend fund

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... Two Australian institutional investors, one a super fund, have been the first to invest in a newly available emerging markets dividend fund. Emerging market equities specialist Somerset Capital has launched the registered Australian managed investment ...

Value vs price in Asian debt

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
When people talk about emerging markets, the word 'volatility' comes up a lot. Often it's bad news for many; and a win for a few. Dr Fawaz Habel, senior fund manager and head of fixed income research for Value Partners, put it nicely, when he said ...

William Blair appoints head of distribution in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... $47 billion in assets, William Blair Investment Management provides portfolio management for global equities, emerging markets equities, US equities, US fixed income, and alternative assets. FranASois joins William Blair from Provident Capital where ...