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China A-shares to disrupt emerging markets strategies: Robeco

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... Standard that the $8.8 trillion China A-share market accounts for 71% of the market capitalisation of all Chinese listed stocks, and that it has unusual characteristics compared to other public markets. For instance, retail investors account for 87% ...

Latest investment scam targets Jersey residents

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... to the JFSC, representatives of Focus on Market have been approaching Islanders offering services in relation to shares, stocks and foreign exchange transactions. Focus on Market is not regulated in Jersey or Australia; a search of the ASIC business ...

Macrovue bets on 5G technology

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
Macrovue's latest offering in thematic investments will give investors exposure to 10 "high-conviction" 5G stocks spread across the world. "5G is a huge investment opportunity because we are going to see a huge structural change all across the world ...

Hunter Hall veteran launches new business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... cover everyone but those that are covered can be ensured that their capital will be worked the hardest, picking the best stocks, enjoying a competitive fee structure, and inside an environment where this is nil favoritism among investors' capital." The ...

Chief economist update: New Fed chief, same policy direction (but more transparent)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
"Stocks, Treasuries Sink on Hawkish Powell Remarks: Markets Wrap" Bloomberg's headline just about sums up last night's activity on Wall Street that saw the S&P 500 index drop by 1.3%; the yield on 10-year Treasuries climb by three basis points to 2.89% ...

Contribution cap reforms see SMSFs spend cash

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... time poor or lack confidence often turn to specialised managed funds to assist them in picking a portfolio of small cap stocks or navigate the complexity of investing overseas. As such, managed funds now account for 19.6% of total SMSF assets. Further ...

Don't time equity returns with interest rates: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... interest rate changes are largely unpredictable anyway, the fact is that even if we knew the future, the relation between stocks returns and interest rate changes is too noisy to provide meaningful insights to be useful," O'Reilly said. In a separate ...

WAM calls to remove Aurora as RE of listed trust

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... WAM Capital chair Geoff Wilson said this was a good price, adding: "We're effectively providing liquidity for people; the stocks haven't been trading for a number of months and people want liquidity. Aurora also bid 13.5c, but we're bidding 100% cash. ...

WisdomTree expands to Asia Pacific

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... HKEX, the ETFs utilise a fundamental, multi-factor approach, and each consists of about 300 Shanghai and Shenzhen listed stocks. Both ETFs are physical A-shares ETFs utilising Stock Connect and have a total expense ratio of 0.50% compared to the 1% average ...

Market volatility ideal for fundamental investors: Expert

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... in Australia the asset manager was positioned for the continuing rotation away from expensive "bond proxy" and "quality" stocks. He sees a long period where stock prices and company earnings will move lock-step. "Stocks that do well in this profit cycle ...