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Graccident averted (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... "Grexit", "Grexodus" and "Graccident" vapourised. And then, there was contagion. Spain's equity market rallied by 3.9%, Italy's by 3.5%, Portugal's by 2.2%, Ireland's by 1.0% and their bond yields and their respective 10-year bond yields dropped (except ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
When the global financial crisis broke, people dubbed them the PIIGS. Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain were the ugly ducklings of Europe. They had inefficient economies, had been relying on EU funding and were heavily indebted. Today, most ...

APAC fastest growing region for millionaire investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... HNW in a list that also includes the United States, Japan, Germany, China, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Canada and Italy. Ultra-HNW population in APAC grew by 14.3% and reached a total of 34,000 individuals. "Asia-Pacific led the growth in wealth ...

Australia bottom of the class for portfolio disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... terms of how quickly funds are able to release portfolio holdings data. An average 55 day turnaround is ahead of Germany, Italy, South Korea, the UK, Ireland and France. Morningstar's Asia Pacific managing director or research strategy, Anthony Serhan ...

Better than the big boys

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... seasonal adjustment. First quarter real GDP growth: Australia: 3.6% US: -0.8% Japan: 2.4% Germany: 1.2% UK: 1.2% France: 2.4% Italy: 1.2% Canada: -0.6% If Australia's economy was able to expand at this rate in the first quarter when the G7 (and China) ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has invited his counterparts and their central bank chiefs from Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and the United States, for the gathering that kicks off later on Wednesday. Meantime, markets were attentive to ...

PIMCO sees opportunity in EU bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... he said. Worah argued that the ECB quantitative easing program will benefit "European peripheral bonds," mainly Spain and Italy. "A program of this magnitude likely would be centered on government bonds; however, non-financial corporate bonds are also ...

Go-it-alone investment culture taking hold in Europe

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... channels in the rest of the continent. Roughly half of asset managers said their market share will grow in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Sweden. The rest said market share will stay roughly the same and only a tiny minority think it will fall. Angelos ...

China millennials dictate future of emerging-market investment

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... this new spending class is fostering growth in Korean luxury goods - as opposed to goods manufactured in, say, France or Italy, which are popular with older Chinese consumers - due to an interest in Korean popular culture and fashion. "Duty-free business ...

Breathing space or gasping room?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... Tsipras, in the other hand, promised the Greeks no more austerity. Unlike the 2013 episode, Portugal, Ireland, Spain and Italy's bond yields no longer follow the ups and downs of that of Greece's. The yield on Portugal's 10-year government bonds has ...