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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... weak Chinese economic data, while gold prices rebounded from the lowest levels since August 2010. In company activity, German engineering giant Siemens drew a line under its joint venture with Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia. London's FTSE 100 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... market looks set to open higher after positive rallies on overseas markets as traders digested news of an unexpected drop in German unemployment, solid data from the US and comments from a top Federal Reserve official that the central bank would not ...

IFM opens Berlin office, appoints senior adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... more than 18 million people and companies. IFM has also appointed senior adviser Uwe Franke for its expansion into the German speaking market. Franke has over 30 years' experience in the oil and gas sector. He previously worked at BP, served as chairman ...

Environmental trends a boost for Impax

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
Global energy and environmental trends mean the demand for 'resource efficiency' investments will only increase in the years ahead, according to Impax Asset Management chief executive Ian Simm. 'Resource efficiency' or 'resource optimisation' are terms ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following a mixed performance on Wall Street as the fallout continues from the US Federal Reserve's signalling it could soon start winding back its stimulus measures. At 0757 AEST on Monday, the June share ...

Australian millionaire numbers surge on strong economy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
The Australian high net worth (HNW) market is growing faster than the global average, according to the 2013 World Wealth Report. The annual Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management report showed that the number of millionaires in Australia grew by 15.1% ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... Lazard Capital Markets. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets mostly treaded water as traders digested better-than-expected German investor sentiment data and an all-important US Federal Reserve policy meeting got underway. London's FTSE 100 index of ...

Australian online broker market 'world's most highly concentrated'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
Lack of choice among online brokers may explain why Australians are unlikely to change brokers, despite having comparatively low levels of satisfaction. The Global Online Broking Report, conducted by wealth researcher Investment Trends, surveyed 96,000 ...

Out of sight, out of mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
Phew! About time, I say. About time that Wall Streeters put two and two together. The rationale behind last night's higher close on Wall Street suggests that players have finally made the connection. That is disappointing economic data equals no Fed ...

Downswing in bond yields clear path for Absolute Return Fixed Income

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... great opportunity for Absolute Return to find relative value opportunities." One such opportunity GAM is pursuing is in the German market, where it says interest rates are too low for the underlying level of opportunity. "Mispriced assets must eventually ...