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Hitting a BRIC wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
It had to happen sometime and it's looking like that time has come as equity markets in the developed economies are starting to outperform those in the fast-growing BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India and China. Bloomberg reports that the MSCI World Index ...

Lazard targets instos with new EM fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Lazard Asset Management has opened up its Developing Markets Equity Fund to Australian institutional investors. The fund is managed out of the firm's New York office and is based on a strategy that has been running since 2008. The product was opened ...

Seeking alpha in EM small caps

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
... markets of the western world. There are many emerging market products in Australia that are either benchmarked against the MSCI EM Index or have exposure to the component stocks. Kedersha points out that MSCI EM constituent stocks remain heavily weighted ...

India funds in short supply

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
The options available for Australian investors keen to ride the India growth story are surprisingly limited, in stark contrast to the choices they have to invest in China. According to Morgan Stanley, Indian GDP will surpass the US$6 trillion mark by ...

Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
Ain't this just a swell way to start a fresh month? I can almost hear equity markets around the globe singing, "Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time I feel alive and the world it's turning inside out Yeah! I'm floating around in ecstasy So ...

Oasis adds two groups and recovers FUM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Oasis Asset Management is set to increase the number of active financial planners on its platform by 60 per cent after signing on two new dealer groups and, in six months, saw funds under management (FUM) jump from $3.5 billion to $5.4 billion. Oasis ...

SMSFs miss Asian equities boom

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
Australia's $326 billion self-managed super funds may be the fastest growing super fund sector to date, but research shows they are missing out on the Asian equities boom with their negligible exposure to international equities. Ralf Zurbrugg, a professor ...

CAAM funds awarded 'recommended' rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
Credit Agricole Asset Management Australia's (CAAM) Global Bond fund and Global Emerging Markets fund have gained 'recommended' ratings from research firms. Lonsec rated the firm's global bond fund 'recommended' while Zenith Investment Partners also ...

Investors turn to ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
New research from the Investment Company Institute of Washington has reported that US investors withdrew US$128.7 billion out of managed funds but invested US$133 billion into exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the first 11 months of 2008. ETF provider ...

FMs back a winner 50pc of the time

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
Only half the investment decisions equity fund managers make add value, Inalytics research found. According to research across 215 long only equity portfolios, a 'good' fund manager generates a 51 per cent 'hit-rate', which is one per cent better than ...