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PM Capital fund receives Zenith rating

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... portfolio's net asset value. Since its inception the fund has returned 18.5% per annum, which is 2.37 times the MSCI AC Asia (ex-Japan) benchmark. "The Asian Companies Fund meets a large gap in the market for those investors looking for a selective approach ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... where the ECB is expected to throw whatever else it could find in its kitchen after having already thrown the sink - and Japan - where Abe is now pondering fiscal stimulation - and emerging Asia and Latin America and OPEC. Let's not stop at the slowing ...

AMP director retires, Wesfarmers director appointed

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... will join the AMP board on March 1, 2016. Wallace has also held positions at Booz & Company, and became executive chair of Japan for the company after it merged with PwC in 2014 to become Strategy&. Fegan retired on November 30, having joined the AMP ...

La Trobe Financial Standard Philanthropy Awards judging panel announced

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... recently part of a 10 person Financial Services Council delegation accompanying former Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to Japan and Korea to provide on the ground business support and liaison to the trade mission and promote Australian trade opportunities. ...

And then there's gonna be five

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
It didn't happen overnight, but it will happen. It may be a bit of an anti-climax but it's now official... the Chinese yuan will formally join the US dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen and the British pound in the International Monetary Fund's basket ...

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
Francly my dear, it couldn't have come soon enough. No Virginia, that wasn't a typo for the Swiss franc is back in the news again. As Bloomberg reports, "The franc fell against all but one of its 16 major peers Friday." "The franc dropped 0.7 percent ...

December moves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... quarter of 2016. Only a very few could argue against these central bank moves when they become fact. Not so for the Bank of Japan (BOJ). The Japanese central bank had been expected to expand its QQE measures as early last month. It hasn't. The BOJ kept ...

Man Diversified Alternatives recommended by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... 'Recommended' rating," Man GLG senior portfolio manager David Kingsley said. Man Group's managing director for Asia Pacific (ex. Japan), Hersh Gandhi, added: "Man Group offers investors access to a broad range of alternative investment strategies managed ...

Foreign investment into Australia doubles to $43.6bn

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... 3.6% during the same five-year period." Fund inflows sourced from the Asian region accounted for 65% of the total, with Japan accounting for 56%, or $11.9 billion, of these funds. "The opportunities to export Australian financial services are significant ...

Japan does a double double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
It appears that for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) it's not a case of "be careful what you wish for..." and positive thinking for it's not working positively on its economy. Despite repeating the mantra that the economy continue to recover moderately and that ...