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Don't lump Asia Pacific in with EM fall

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
Investors must not unfairly mark down structurally sound Asia Pacific economies following the disappointing recent performance of the emerging markets region as a whole, according to Standard Life Investments investment director, global strategy Jason ...

North Asian cyclical stocks 'unjustifiably cheap'

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
Cyclical companies based in North Asian economies represent the best value investment in Asia, according to AllianceBernstein's specialist in the region Stuart Rae. The portfolio manager, who is chief investment officer for Pacific Basin Value Equities ...

The recession we are promised to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013

Australian economy "professionally managed": World Bank

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... the World Bank's Washington DC headquarters, Basu said Australia's relative strength compared to other industrialised economies had stood it in good stead. "I had some comfort when I was last in Australia that the economy was being professionally managed," ...

Coalition signals super policy changes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... managers. The problem is compounded in a system where the funds under management are rising strongly every year. Given the economies of scale in funds management, a management expense ratio that may be reasonable when a fund has $5 billion under management ...

Reversing fortunes to another crisis?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on US and European bourses despite the IMF downgrading its global economies' growth forecast. The International Monetary Fund trimmed its world economic growth expectations for 2013 to 3.1 per ...

Infrastructure boom set to continue

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... developing markets. "While emerging markets infrastructure is attractive because of its role in supporting these growing economies, the idiosyncratic nature of emerging markets means there is also elevated risk," he said. Despite being a small proportion ...

ISN welcomes new National Infrastructure Plan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... the community with a clear set of actions to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the growth of the Asian economies over the next half century." New actions will include the creation of a national infrastructure fund; selling or leasing of ...

MSCI upgrades heighten frontier market concentration risk

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
MSCI's recent upgrade of frontier markets economies has heightened the diversification risk for index strategies in the space, according to Advance Emerging Capital chief investment officer Dr. Slim Feriani. The changes, which come into effect in May ...