Overweight stance on global equities intact: Nikko Asset Management’s new house view shows

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Maintains long-held overweight view on global equities Shifts stance on the Fed’s first rate hike to 4Q from June/July Reverses the Eurozone’s six-month overweight stance amid rising equity valuations Enthusiastic... Read more continue reading

Eurasia Group, Nikko Asset Management pair strengths in emerging markets investment

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At a time of heightened global political risk, Eurasia Group and Nikko Asset Management are partnering to bring together Eurasia Group’s proprietary geopolitical risk indicators within Nikko’s multi-asset investment management... Read more continue reading

India a bright spot on a deflationary Asia-Pacific market landscape: Saxo

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Saxo Bank, the online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, parent company of Saxo Capital Markets has published its Q2 outlook for the global markets, revealing why it is bearish on... Read more continue reading

Freeman McMurrick signs exclusive agreement with Aon Underwriting Managers as sole distributor of solutions in Australia and New Zealand

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Aon Underwriting Managers (AUM), Aon’s managing general agency, has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with wholesale underwriting management company, Freeman McMurrick (FMM). The agreement positions FMM as the sole distributor of... Read more continue reading

Australian super funds look offshore for retail bargains 

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Australian superannuation funds continue to prioritise exposure to global property, with retail opportunities in particular catching the attention of local institutional investors, according to global real estate heavyweight TIAA Henderson... Read more continue reading

Pauline Vamos – Flexible income stream products are the future of the superannuation industry

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Interview with Pauline Vamos, CEO of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) The compulsory superannuation guarantee system was introduced in 1992 and since then it has become the... Read more continue reading

Australia: save money with solar

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Each month Australian Ethical Investments assesses energy policy. For each type of energy source, policy is assessed to be either being supportive, neutral, or negative, with assessments updated following new... Read more continue reading

How a private-sector transformation could revive Japan

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Two lost decades have taken a toll on Japan’s competitiveness, but the nation has a window of opportunity to shift its trajectory. A new McKinsey Global Institute report,The future of... Read more continue reading

New research finds customer-centred innovation agenda underpins high satisfaction amongst financial advice customers

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Customer communication, marketing and financial management will dominate the financial adviser innovation agenda during 2015, according to research released by Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) in Sydney yesterday. In an... Read more continue reading

China: Balancing act continues after NPC

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The annual National People’s Congress broke little news, but it offered some clues on economic policy direction in 2015. On the whole, we expect Beijing to continue supporting growth to... Read more continue reading