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UHNW take $720bn hit in 2011

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... wealth," said van den Biezenbos. There was also a discernible shift in the HNW bracket, as among other investor groups, towards safe-haven assets like fixed income, added van den Biezenbos, although the shift in preference among private wealth clients ...

Older Australians delaying retirement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... either delaying retirement, moving back into the workforce or cutting household spending," he said. "Retirees who moved into safe investments to protect their capital like term deposits are now are dealing with diminished returns from falling interest ...

HSBC invests $100m in water

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... realised by 2015. Frontier Economics also found that globally the average return on each dollar invested in universal access to safe water and sanitation was around US$5, taking into account maintenance costs. In Latin America the figure is US$16 and ...

Fidelity: Equities still a long-term option

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... round table this morning. Ford said that equities were increasingly attractive as a flight to quality forced up the price of safe investments such as bonds and cash. "The only liquid asset class that you could describe as good value is equities, and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... and cut 0.5 per cent off the Australian dollar, with Telstra and gold stocks the only bright spots as investors rushed into safe havens. Telstra firmed one cent to $3.65 by 1206 AEST, while gold major Newcrest Mining jumped 77 cents, or 3.19 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower following major falls on Wall Street and European bourses on poor US jobs data and weak economic news from China and the eurozone. At 0750 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... 383,000 (seasonally adjusted) - a five-week high. Continuing worries over Europe's debt crisis encouraged more buying in safe havens, with the US 10-year Treasury bond yield falling to a fresh record low of 1.58 per cent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

UHNW households top global growth: BCG

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
Ultra high net worth households topped global private wealth growth in 2011, according to Boston Consulting Group, with a further 8% rise in segment wealth predicted over the next five years. Wealth held by ultra-high net worth (UHNW) households, defined ...

ASIC highlights CFD compliance issues

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission review of client money handling and reconciliation practices has shown non-compliance by a number of issuers of over-the-counter contracts for difference and margin FX derivatives. The Australian Securities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower, Wall Street fell more than one per cent and major European markets lost closer to two per cent. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 43 points at 4,043. In economic ...