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Billionaire makers: The cities growing the world's wealthiest

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
New York has topped the list of cities where the most billionaires were born, according to analysis by WealthInsight and Spear's magazine. No Australian cities made the list but major financial centres featured prominently. New York came out top overall ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... (AFR), "China's property market is going through its worst slump on record..." "Home prices fell in 64 of the 70 surveyed cities in July from a month earlier..." Putin's nothing compared to this scare. Collapsing property prices threatens PM Li's 7.5% ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... catalysts to drive trade, Iraq has dominated investors' attention as militants sweep across the country, taking over key cities and heading for Baghdad. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 14.7 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 5193.5.

Exceeding your MAXpectations

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... candidly of what investment and insurance products and services they wish are on offer in the market. 4. A tale of two cities - in the old world, retail and insto marketing and distribution are chalk and cheese. Not so in the new world. Blended family ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... (ABS) releases March housing finance figures and the March quarter residential property price index for the eight capital cities. In equities news, Orica is expected to release half year results while Coca-Cola Amatil holds its annual general meeting. ...

CFA Societies launches initiative to raise ethical standards

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... stronger ethical culture in the financial services industry. Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Auckland will join more than 50 cities around the world, where CFA societies represent more than 35,000 investment professionals, to promote greater ethical standards ...

The music's still playing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... the days of about a year ago. Goldilocks is back. The US economy is not too hot, not too cold. The S&P/Case-Shiller 20 US cities index of property values increased by 12.9% in the year to February - more than market expectations but is the smallest annual ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... Shanghai were lifted on Thursday by hopes of new government stimulus and news of a plan to increase access between the two cities' stock exchanges. Tokyo ended flat, edging up 0.43 points to 14,300.12, and Seoul added 0.48 per cent, or 9.66 points, to ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... threatening the recovery in the eurozone. US home-price index, the S&P/Case-Shiller report, showed home prices in the 20 biggest cities in January rose for the 24th consecutive month, up 0.8 per cent compared with the previous month. In local economic ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... price index futures contract was up one point at 5,411. In the US, the Case-Shiller index for home prices in 20 leading US cities fell 0.1 per cent in December, the second straight monthly decline. Investors were also spooked over a possibly cooling ...