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Washington watching Wall Street watch Washington

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013

Catastrophe bonds offer answer to asset correlation problem

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... movements in financial markets or interest rates, but by whether certain events, such as an earthquake in India, a Tsunami in Japan or a storm off the east coast of New York, do or do not occur. This means that returns are unrelated to the economic activity. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on international markets as the US budget standoff enters its eighth day with no end in sight, stoking worries of a catastrophic default. At 0800 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price ...

Gone fishin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013

Tyndall AM appoints COO

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... alternative asset management, banking and capital market clients. He has also worked with Fidelity Investment in the US and Japan in a range of roles, including head of finance for Fidelity Investment Strategic Advisers and director, management consulting. ...

Central banks rule

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... political uncertainty in Italy caused (again) by no other than our bunga-bunga boy fiend, Berlusconi. It's also the BOJ. Japan's just approved the lifting of the consumption tax from 5% to 8% come April next year. The same move in 1997 that returned ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... in the morning, and the Reserve Bank of Australia's monthly interest rate decision will be known at 1430 AEST. Meanwhile, Japan is expected to announce a sales tax increase and fresh stimulus measures during Tuesday, and China will release official manufacturing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
The Australian share market has opened lower due to concerns about the US debt ceiling, weak economic data from Japan and political turmoil in Italy. The biggest worry for investors is the debt ceiling negotiations in the US, where the government is ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... down if a deal is not agreed within days. Earlier losses in Tokyo were reversed as traders were cheered by a report that Japan's government was planning to cut corporation taxes to negate the blow of an expected sales tax hike. The Nikkei rose 1.22 per ...

Asia-Pacific HNWI wealth growth triple global average

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... this year's new Global HNW Insights Survey with responses from nearly 1,400 HNWIs in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, and Singapore, almost 80% of HNWIs in Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) highly trust their wealth managers and firms, compared ...