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World growth to drop by one-fifth, but no US recession: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... percent this year, down from 2.2 percent last year, but to stay clearly above the recession red zone. Growth in western Europe is also slowing, driven down by confidence indicators which are generally deteriorating. For the Euro area, annual growth is ...

Investors swarm to Asian hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... funds hail from all corners of the globe, with approximately half based in Asia, and the rest located in the US and Western Europe. Figures also indicate that there are more than 1,000 single strategy hedge funds with an Asia-centric focus, while more ...

Instos to buy more alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... investors seek a more diverse portfolio. In contrast, European real estate allocations maintained their bias to Western Europe at 92 per cent and North America demonstrated remained partial to domestic real estate. Leveraged buyouts (LBO) continued to ...

Babcock & Brown launches DIF III

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... through Babcock & Brown's global pipeline of investments with a focus on Australia, New Zealand, US, Canada and Western Europe. The fund's second close is expected later this year with the third and final close likely on the second quarter of next year. ...

Resolution Capital reaches its Pinnacle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
... being priced appropriately. Parsons said it's even manifesting itself in yield differentials between established western Europe and the much more speculative eastern Europe being as low as 100 basis points. Rachel Weld, portfolio manager at Resolution ...

Liquidity evaporates

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
The sub-prime mess has washed up on European shores, where losses swept through all 18 western European markets and caused a backwash that wiped out more than half of the U.S. markets' three-day recovery. France's biggest bank, BPN Paribas halted redemptions ...

QWL sets sights on Eastern Europe

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... Market mechanisms have [also] worked to keep inflation low and led to expanded trade ties with Scandinavia and western Europe,'' said Hopkins.

Rich get richer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... in 2006. While looking at Europe, HNWI growth accelerated due to the strong market capitalisation, especially in Western Europe, but also strong GDP growth in a lot of the merging eastern European countries, which, put together, helped boost Europe's ...

European vacation for investor capital

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
The world economy may no longer revolve around the US as investors' eyes turn elsewhere - US investors are finally noticing Europe's investment image makeover with some Western European economies proving particularly attractive. Where America has often ...

Fund of LaSalle funds will cut fees

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2007
... management plays in less risky places. So if you want to take opportunity risk, for instance, why not do it in Western Europe rather than in Eastern Europe," Richards said. Richards also pointed out the yield compressions that were happening in some ...