EMERGING MARKETS
Financial planning
Specialist ETF research house AltaVista Research announced last week it had added eight newly-issued ETFs to its research universe. ...
Financial planning
Vanguard Australia has announced plans to launch a new exchange traded fund (ETF) product - the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares Exchange Traded Fund....
Financial planning
Australian large cap equities have outperformed Australian fixed income investments to the tune of 23 per cent on a total return basis over the past 12 months, according ...
Editorial
David Urquhart explains why Asia has under-performed this year – but also why the outlook for Asian stocks is strong....
Financial planning
Northern Trust picks up passive global equities mandate from New Zealand Superannuation Fund....
Editorial
Australians have sought offshore diversification for years. The logical extension is to think more deeply about how to make offshore exposures complement local ones, acco...
Financial planning
Fund manager Northern Trust has picked up a key mandate from a major Swedish pension fund....
Editorial
Nick Armet argues that after a dream run followed by some recent hesitation, it’s time to get active in emerging markets again – but in a whole new way. ...
Editorial
When confronting new challenges, it’s all too easy to impose an overly simplistic narrative solution based on past experience, as Nick Armet writes. ...
Editorial
The levels of risk and return in emerging markets are far from straightforward, according to Stuart James. ...
Editorial
In May, the Federal Reserve signalled its intent to taper unconventional policy easing. Andrew Dowie explores the reasons behind this decision and outlines what it means ...
Financial planning
The outlook for emerging markets remains positive, despite some significant headwinds experienced over recent months, according to Neuberger Bergman specialist, Gorky Urq...
Funds management
Following on from poor performance in 2011, emerging markets (EM) equities delivered strong returns over the 2012 calendar year, with the sector expected to grow in promi...
Editorial
The winding down of the quantitative easing (QE) monetary policy in the USA will lead to significant changes in the relative performance between asset classes and within ...
Funds management
The unsustainable nature of emerging Asia businesses highlights the importance of taking an active management approach and maintaining a high degree of conviction when in...
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