Nikko AM to launch themed ETF in Japan
Nikko Asset Management will launch an exchange traded fund that tracks Japanese companies investing in physical and human capital.
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Deal extends LGIM’s reach in Japan and Nikko AM’s in Europe
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) and Nikko Asset Management announced on Wednesday the signing of a business cooperation agreement that will expand LGIM’s presence in Japan’s fixed income market and further Nikko’s aims in Europe.
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Positive developments luring investors back into EM – Pictet
Positive developments such as evidence of an underlying improvement in industrial production and exports in Asia are luring investors back into emerging markets, said Pictet Asset Management’s chief strategist Luca Paolini.
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Asia Pacific Funds Passport takes big step forward
Representatives from Australia, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) on the Asia Region Funds Passport (ARFP) on Thursday, that should see the initiative launched next year.
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Blurred symmetry in Q1 fund performance figures
What a difference a year makes. In the first quarter of 2015, the top 10 funds were a mixture of Japanese equities, Russian equities, and biotechnology funds, with a frontier markets fund rounding things out.
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Investors sell off as markets trough
European investors did themselves a disservice in February. They sold out of pretty much all asset classes when markets hit (in some cases) multi-year lows before recovering their losses in the past couple of weeks. The outflows mainly hit active funds, as ETFs saw modest net inflows.
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European investors shun Japanese, US large-cap in Feb
Outflows from open-ended funds in Europe continued apace in February, the latest data from Morningstar reveals.
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Monetary policy heading toward “hazardous groupthink” – Pimco
Low, zero or even negative rates do not bring about the rebounds in growth and inflation that neo-Keynesian models predict, said Pimco’s Scott Mather.
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Alternative funds could outsize fixed income by end of 2016
More assets will be invested in alternative investment funds than in fixed income globally by year-end if the current fund flows trend persists. Net flows into alternative funds saw double-digit growth for the second year in a row, according to a Morningstar report.
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European equities still packing a punch
Despite political and economic turmoil and the threat of Brexit, European equities are still packing a punch with investors
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The risk that is being ignored
The biggest portfolio risk this year is not yet priced into the market, said Kevin Liem, chief investment officer at wealth management firm TTG in Hong Kong.
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BMO GAM sees broadening global growth in five-year forecast
The firm believes “lower for longer” will apply to energy prices, inflation and interest rates over the next five years.