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APAC fastest growing region for millionaire investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
Asia Pacific is the region where the number of high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals grew faster during 2014, the World Wealth Report found. The 19th edition of the report by Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management revealed that high net worths ...

Family office fintech solutions on the rise: IRESS

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... and build reports. Gross said that the trend is likely to continue because as the number of high net worth investors and ultra-high net worths increases in Australia. "Family offices will just want to do more for themselves, which means that they will ...

Old families make way for self-made billionaires

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... consequence, UBS and PwC anticipate Asia to be "the centre of new billionaire wealth creation going forward." UBS head of global ultra-high net worth Josef Stadler said: "We currently live in an age of opportunity and accelerated wealth creation, similar ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... 0.12 per cent, or 23.71 points, at 20,437.48 helped by a weaker yen, hopes for corporate earnings and the Bank of Japan's ultra-loose monetary policy. WELLINGTON - General insurer Tower has led the New Zealand share market's benchmark index higher after ...

Expert issues cyber-attack warning

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... banks and financial institutions have the right controls in place," said Miller. She adds that high net worth (HNW) and ultra-high net worth (UHNW) individuals are particularly at risk from fraudsters. Private banks have reported carefully planned social ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... financial stability. Chris Low, chief economist at FTN Financial, said Yellen's remarks suggested she is "pretty eager" to raise ultra-low interest rates despite some disappointing economic data. "She seems to be hinting that they're going to have to ...

Overseas investors flocking to Australian bonds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... equities over bonds, particularly in Japan and Europe, with bonds becoming less effective shock absorbers for equities due to ultra-low yields. As for emerging markets, BlackRock prefers countries that are implementing reforms to open up their economies ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... more than six years. But other language in the Fed's statement emphasised that the central bank was in no rush to hike the ultra-low rates, which have supported the stock market. The Fed also broadly lowered its outlook on the US economy this year. LONDON ...

Fixed income offers little equity risk protection: CFM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
Ultra low interest rates across the developed world mean investors have lost the ability to use fixed income assets as their central pillar of protection against equity market risk. That's according to one of the heads of the $6 billion French hedge ...

ECB came bearing no pre-Xmas cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... for further measures, which could, if needed, be implemented in a timely manner. Perhaps the super one's still counting on ultra low and negative interest rates and TLTRO (targeted long-term refinancing operations) and asset-backed securities programme ...