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High Net Worth wealth tops $42tr

Commodities investors nervous about inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... is running at or near negative real growth, which narrows the gap considerably between them and many developed world economies when adjusted for inflation. The changing monetary indicators coming out of China show how, while disinflation was the Sino-region's ...

Asian banks still insulated from sub-prime

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... become as intertwined in global credit markets as their developed world cousins. The robustness of the respective country economies also helped. Schuler's assessment is contained in the latest version of Moody's annual Asia Banking Outlook, which looks ...

Cracks appearing in Europe

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... the recent somewhat better-than-expected figures." KBC said these factors are starting to weigh heavily across these economies as Japan is the next candidate to follow the US and Spain into recession. They said rising energy and food prices have been ...

Asia will weather global slowdown: EFIC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
... Australian Government's Export Finance and Insurance Corporation's (EFIC) latest report asserts emerging East Asian economies will endure a global economic slowdown due to growing domestic demand and rising intra Asian trade levels. Roger Donnelly, EFIC ...

Macquarie EM infra index could become benchmark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... in infrastructure as an asset class," said Thompson. Ferns said MEMIDI importance would only grow as emerging market economies continue to industrialise and institutions analyse investment opportunities. "This year, for the first time in history, the ...

The next frontier of investing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
... said Mobius, portfolio manager of Franklin Templeton Investments. "Despite the pessimism that's descended on developed economies, there's still a lot of new growth today in frontier markets as diverse as United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Nigeria and ...

PRINT and JUST to form Media Super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... industries JUST SUPER and PRINT SUPER currently serve, and build on that very strong foundation," said Martin. "The resulting economies of scale will deliver benefits to members of both funds, particularly over the long-term. This should mean low fees ...

AMP roadmap to growth

... group's Annual General Meeting (AGM) today, Dunn said that despite the tough markets, the long term fundamentals of the economies in which AMP operates continue to be favourable. "Locally, successive Australian governments have created greater tax incentives ...

Home loan fall follows rate hikes

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... business investment side, the mining sector, still remains strong," he said. "It really is a tale of two very different economies at the moment."