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Appetite for overseas assets continues to grow

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... overseas targeting the region. Significantly, investors have also shrugged off macroeconomic concerns in China and Western Europe, with both regions gaining in popularity in August. Asia, including Japan, is the second favourite destination for investors. ...

Rothschild credit fund soft-closes after solid family office inflows

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
Rothschild's Merchant Banking arm has soft-closed its Five Arrows Credit Solutions (FACS) fund at a,-235 million after seeing strong inflows from family office, high net worth and global institutional clients. The private debt fund is focused on the ...

William Blair ramps up bid to win super fund mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... Distribution Daniel Charles explained that as a sophisticated market, Australia was similar in many ways to the US and Western Europe where the firm has already established a strong reputation. Francois said that over the next 12 months, William Blair's ...

Australia's retirement system the most sustainable in the world

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
Australia has been ranked as having the best prepared retirement savings system followed by Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand and the Netherlands, according to Allianz Global Investors. The Allianz Global Investors Pension Sustainability Index (PSI) measures ...

Wealthy prefer online shopping

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... lifestyles and willingness to adapt to change, the wealthier people are the more likely they are to purchase online. "In western Europe the propensity to shop online correlates with wealth - 61% of higher earners shop online compared to 44% of lower ...

Mobile internet tools take flight

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... in the planning industry. According to Ovum's predictions, North America (23 per cent of global shipments) and Western Europe (19 per cent) will enjoy the highest demand for tablet and other mobile internet devices by 2015. However, the largest regional ...

Nein to naked shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... Deutchemark was still their official currency. This is because, them Deutsche -- more than any other country in western Europe -- know and have experienced the fate that awaited a severely devalued currency. Flashback to 1923. During the Weimar Republic ...

Farmland ripe for the picking

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... peak values and properties across Central and Eastern Europe could hold some good buying opportunities compared to Western Europe. While the opportunity to gain double-digit returns is appealing, Barbara Wall, editor of the report, said finding the investment ...

Firm hails the next emerging market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
Looking for the next investment trend? Eastern Europe could be the answer, with one asset manager's flagship fund returning more than 20 per cent annualised since inception. Michael Hanson-Lawson, chief executive at East Capital Asia, said while a long-term ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
Been there, done that. More money poured and promised to be poured into the economic and financial systems have not convinced equity markets that the 'beginning of the end' of the global financial crisis is nigh. US President Barack Obama declared these ...