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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% ...

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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 ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
Nothing beats a three-day long weekend break to put things back into perspective it seems. Wall Streeters returned from the "Memorial Day" holiday with a bounce in their steps sending America's benchmark indices on a rebound. The Dow closed 0.7% up ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... of Japan, CMC Markets senior analyst Michael Hewson said "poor consumer confidence data from France and a sharp slide in German import prices has fuelled expectations of further easing from the ECB at next week's rate meeting". HONG KONG - Asian stocks ...

William Blair targets super fund investors with 'game theory'

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... perceives this dynamic as risk that the eurozone will collapse but we see it differently. We believe that the upcoming German election means that Merkel will remain stoic and the periphery will recognize there is nothing to win by threatening bringing ...