Emerging Markets | 14 Nov 14
State Street launches first of its kind
State Street Global Advisors has launched what it claims to be the first European ETF to provide short maturity emerging market bond exposure.
Gross fund now open to European investors
Bill Grosss new Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund has been made available to European investors, Janus Capital said on Thursday.
Offshore centres fundamental to Africas
Africa must rely on international financial centres if it is to raise the $6.1trn of direct foreign investment it requires to support the continuation of its growing economy.
Austen Morris profile South African Adventure
“We started out in the World Trade Centre in Dubai. It was the biggest building in the region at the time and
now it is the smallest,” says Wade Dawson, partner and regional manager at Austen Morris Associates’ South Africa office, as he contemplates how far the advisory firm has come during its 20-year history.
HK and Singapore boost Asia sales at Aegon
Aegons new life sales in Asia almost doubled to 27m in Q3 2014, despite the company recording quarter by quarter drops in many of its other life divisions.