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Australia leads in global median wealth

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... wealth by 2017. Locally, the report found wealth in Australia fell significantly by 9.4% from US$6.4 trillion in mid-2011 to USD 5.8 trillion in mid-2012. Releasing the report, Francesco de Ferrari, Head of Private Banking Asia Pacific, Credit Suisse ...

IOSCO recommends reforms to the $4.7tr MMF sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... banking sector". The sector is so crucial because 90% of MMFs are domiciled in the US and Europe, they hold an estimated 40% of USD denominated financial paper and about one-third of dollar denominated negotiable certificates of deposit. But while they ...

Fund managers bullish on Asian bonds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... pushing institutional investors towards more hard currency debt. "When you invest in emerging market or Asian debt from a USD point of view, you're not taking on currency risk as much as you are by investing in local currency," Pidgeon said. "Typically ...

China slowdown hits rich list

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
China's 2012 Rich List released by the Hurun Report this week showed that for the first time since 2005 the number of USD-value billionaires in the country has declined, dropping by 20 over the past year to number 251. In another interesting indication ...

Global wealth boosts IT spend

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
Much of the USD$35 billion analyst firm Ovum expects global wealth management to spend on IT by 2016 will be in digital channels. According to forecasts from the global analysts, between 2011 and 2016 the Asia-Pacific region will increase its IT spend ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street overnight on growing concerns about Europe's sovereign debt crisis and lacklustre corporate earnings in the US. At 0815 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures ...

CFD turnover rises amid dollar decline

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... May," wrote Ric Spooner, chief market analyst, in his report. The positioning showed CMC's largest net long position in EUR:USD for the financial year to date with both the Australia 200 book and the net client book on the big four banks swinging from ...

Axioma reveals downward risk trends

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... said. According to the report, risk forecasts for the FTSE Eurobloc fell the most from the end of the fourth quarter, in both USD and EUR terms, with Eurobloc-related benchmarks continuing to have the highest risk forecasts. "The only benchmark to see ...

Instos should challenge commodity exposure: FQ

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... exposures in the returns of the ASX are virtually non-existent, the research found. "What you do find is a great deal of AUD/USD exposure, or Aussie dollar versus almost any foreign currency," said Dori Levanoni, First Quadrant's co-director of global ...

Currencies dominate CFDs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... according to one provider, with a third of traders focused on the Aussie dollar. Research from Capital CFDs has shown AUD/USD remains the most popular contract for difference (CFD) followed by EUR/USD and gold. The research found both experienced and ...