Pricing power adds pep to equities, says AB

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With China and emerging markets slowing down and fragile recoveries in the US and Europe, investors will struggle to find companies that can reliably increase earnings this year, says global... Read more continue reading

BetaShares Australian ETF Review: Year End 2015

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Multiple industry records were broken in another hallmark year for the Australian exchange traded fund industry, according to BetaShares Australian ETF Review – End of Year Review 2015. The industry... Read more continue reading

Markets spooked as oil leads commodity crash and other reasons to panic (or not to panic)

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What a start to 2016, says George Lucas, managing director Instreet Investment. “With a change in calendar year, came a change in investor sentiment sparking a large sell off in... Read more continue reading

China’s FV policy in a tough balancing act

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An ongoing liberalization of China’s currency and capital account is under threat as the renminbi falls, capital outflows intensify and foreign reserves dwindle. Forging ahead with the reform and taking... Read more continue reading

Record-breaking year predicted for ETFs

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The sharemarket’s shaky start in 2016, after falling for the past 11 months, is prompting a surge of investment in exchange traded products (ETPs) that may exceed $8 billion in... Read more continue reading

Emerging Markets: the optimistic view

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With all the gloom and doubt surrounding China and other emerging market economies, Portfolio Manager of the Van Eck Emerging Markets Equity Strategy, David Semple, remains optimistic that 2016 will... Read more continue reading

iShares Leads Global ETF Industry with $130 billion of 2015 Inflows

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BlackRock announced last week that its iShares business led the global industry by winning $130bn[1] in new flows in 2015, or a 13% organic growth rate. BlackRock set new growth... Read more continue reading

Australian Ethical: a view from Paris

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Chief Executive Officer of Australian Ethical, Phil Vernon, attended the Paris COP21 climate talks last week. After an intensive week of meetings with business, government and NGO stakeholders, he drafted... Read more continue reading

Pressure and change in the European insurance sector

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Standard Life Investments has undertaken one of the most comprehensive surveys of its type to date to understand and assess the longer-term impact of the low-return environment on European insurers.... Read more continue reading

Altius fund receives responsible investment certification

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The Altius Sustainable Bond Fund has been accredited by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) and is one of the first bond funds to be certified under its responsible investment... Read more continue reading