Perpetual Corporate Trust extends Perpetual Business Intelligence Platform with new digital securitisation and treasury solutions

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Perpetual Corporate Trust (PCT) recently launched two new capabilities under its Perpetual Business Intelligence (Perpetual BI) digital platform – Securitisation Intelligence and Treasury Intelligence. This is in addition to the... Read more continue reading

Country focus comes to the fore in emerging markets

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It’s been a great year for emerging markets (EM). Through the third quarter, the major EM debt indexes were up sharply, as a lot of things have come together for... Read more continue reading

Market complexity and shift to alternatives turns global insurers to outsourced portfolio management

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Global insurers are turning to alternatives to fill the void left by meager bond returns over the past decade of ultra-low interest rates, reveals Natixis Investment Managers’ global survey of... Read more continue reading

Examining the value of healthcare cost containment

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Nikko Asset Management’s global equities team has an investment philosophy that’s centred on the search for Future Quality in a company. Future Quality companies are those that are able to... Read more continue reading

Negative bond yields – What does it mean, and what’s the end game?

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Since the beginning of this year, financial markets and expectations have turned decidedly bearish. Concerns about a Sino-US trade war, along with the so-called ‘inversion’ of the US yield curve,... Read more continue reading

Infrastructure debt – the asset class of the moment

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Following AMP Capital’s record US$6.2 billion fundraise, which brought in commitments from 86 institutions in less than a year, Andrew Jones, Global Head of Infrastructure Debt, explains why infrastructure debt... Read more continue reading

ESG is moving into the mainstream but challenges persist

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State Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) has published major new research outlining the key push and pull factors for environmental, social and... Read more continue reading

Advisers should rethink “bucket strategy” in low interest rate environment

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Advisers need to rethink their “bucket strategy” in light of the historically low interest rate environment, and consider changes to cash buckets in order to generate more return for their... Read more continue reading

Asset allocation – the driver of portfolio returns

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Modern Portfolio Theory, pioneered by Harry Markowitz in 1952, introduced investors to the risk/return trade-off. It focused on how investors can construct a portfolio to maximise expected return for a... Read more continue reading

Beyond the conflict, we see solutions

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It has been 50 years since the start of what is locally called ‘The Troubles’—a civil war in Northern Ireland that over a 30-year period lead to the death of... Read more continue reading