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China A-shares to shake up EM funds

KARREN VERGARA AND DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
The recent inclusion of 226 China A-shares to several MSCI indexes is opening a floodgate of foreign capital to the Chinese equity market and at the very least disrupting the $2.6 trillion which tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

Aussie fixed income managers with global teams outperform: Zenith

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
In the Australian fixed income sector, fund managers that ran global teams outperformed those with domestic-only teams over the 10 years to April, according to the latest research from Zenith Investment Partners.

Prospa postpones IPO after consultation with Macquarie, UBS

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
Prospa has postponed its initial public offering on the ASX after consultation with joint IPO lead managers UBS and Macquarie.

AMP slides off ASX top 20

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
AMP will no longer be on the S&P/ASX 20 index when trading opens on June 18, following a quarterly rebalance of S&P's Australian indices announced today.

AustralianSuper exec makes next top CIO list

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
An AustralianSuper investor is featured on a new list of 50 finance professionals whom recruiters say are currently the most coveted for chief investment officer (CIO) roles.

Instos partner with Canadian government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
Several global institutional investors representing more than $7 trillion in assets have joined with the Canadian government to invest in gender equality and infrastructure in emerging and frontier markets.

Blue Sky denies private equity selloff

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
Shortly after announcing its domestic retail hedge fund would be wound up, Blue Sky assured investors it has no intention of selling its private equity business.

BAT stocks worse than FANGs: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, the emerging-market equivalents of FANG stocks are even more expensive, higher risk and lower quality than their US counterparts, according to State Street Global Advisors.

CYBG revises Virgin Money offer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
CYBG has improved its offer for Virgin Money, the bank and financial services company founded by Richard Branson, in a bid to create a serious national competitor in the UK's banking sector.

BetaShares launches fixed-rate corporate bond ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
Australia's fourth largest exchange traded product manager has listed a new ETF that will invest in up to 35 fixed-rate corporate bonds.