Sweden’s economic blunder

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Few developed economies rebounded as quickly as Sweden did from the global financial crisis. After contracting 5% in 2009, Sweden’s economy expanded 6.6% a year later, swelled another 2.9% in... Read more continue reading

Threadneedle’s latest investment strategy and market commentary

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Global equities and global bonds made progress in May 2014, with the former outpacing the latter in local currency terms; for the month, the MSCI World index rose 2.34% in... Read more continue reading

Exchange traded funds have multiple benefits for managed accounts

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Exchange traded products are worthy of consideration for use as a core building block of managed accounts and can provide multiple benefits to managed account providers, according to BetaShares. Speaking... Read more continue reading

Blue Sky raises $60 million for Australia’s first alternatives LIC

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Strong investor interest has seen Blue Sky Alternative Investments Limited raise more than $60 million in an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of its Alternatives Access Fund, exceeding the minimum subscription... Read more continue reading

Buoyant IPO market continues to tempt investors

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Leading small caps investor warns that a desire for short-term gain can lead to long-term pain “Rising equity markets have seen the tide of initial public offerings (IPOs) rise as... Read more continue reading

Investors confident in global markets, yet cautious to invest

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Certitude Global Investing Intentions Index reveals that Australians remain confident about global markets, yet cautious about investing Following a record high in April, in May Australians revealed themselves to be... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital expands offering in Asia by extending new UCITS platform to Asian investors

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AMP Capital has expanded its new Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS platform to make available UCITS versions of its Global Listed Infrastructure Fund and Global Real Estate Securities Fund to institutional investors in... Read more continue reading

Looking under the bonnet of your Equity Income ETF

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Investors are increasingly interested in equity income strategy exchange traded funds (ETFs) for two main reasons. Firstly to capitalise on dividend income and secondly to get instant diversification benefits, according... Read more continue reading

Australia needs to make CIVs Asia-friendly

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Mr Kalman said that it should be seen as an imperative that Australia aligns its financial services compliance and tax regimes with international practice, as well as coming into line... Read more continue reading

BetaShares Australian ETF Review May 2014

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Industry reaches another record high of $11.4 billion The Australian exchange traded product (ETP) industry set another record high as total assets for the industry grew approximately 3% this month... Read more continue reading