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Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... economy. And of course, there's also the strong A$. Its new-found safe-haven status has prevented it from doing what it historically did -- that of shielding the local economy from international woes. It's war... currency war, that is. The Reserve Bank ...

Structural shifts reposition EMs as less risky investments

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... within emerging market countries is making them less susceptible to the ups and downs investors have come to expect. "Historically emerging markets have been highly vulnerable to cyclical issues that tend to create economic highs and lows not necessarily ...

NAB Private Wealth best in Aus

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2013
... to the importance we put on serving our clients and the quality of our people," she said. "Investment banks have historically dominated the private banking market, particularly in Asia. However, NAB Private Wealth has invested in and significantly grown ...

Bear market end in sight: AMP Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... the longer it goes on the more chance there is of it reaching an end." "This bear market has lasted 12 years and historically they tend not to last much longer than that." While the secular bear market which followed the great depression of the 1930s ...

Certitude to access Threadneedle global income fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... Certitude and said that the demand for global dividend strategies is growing. "Interest rates and bond yields are at historically low levels and Australian investors are increasingly looking for income," he explained. "We think the Fund will tick all ...

Investor cash obsession worries wealth creators

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
Despite growing speculation that the next bull market run is just around the corner, historically low interest rates, and a call by RBA governor Glenn Stevens for investors to return to shares, investors' remain unwaveringly committed to cash. Following ...

Emerging market bubbles present opportunity: Tyndall

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... made emerging markets a crowded trade in the past and will do again in the future but right now they are trading on historically low valuations," he said. "Sooner or later there will be big shifts of capital out of fixed interest and cash and into equities. ...

Wilson HTM deals to Mariner concerns

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... capitalisation of $21.5 million at 30 June 2012, a 55% discount, said Mariner, in the ASX statement. Despite Wilson's shares historically tracking its NTA per share, "this has now been destroyed," Mariner said. Shares in Wilson HTM have fallen 90% since ...

Investors must push for PE transparency

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... with openness. "We're definitely seeing more interest in private equity from groups that heretofore have not been historically interested in the asset class," she said. "Over the last five years there has been a lot of capital coming in from Asia and ...

Trilogy takeover attempt piracy: LM

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... that needs to be applied to the assets. "Further, our management fees for the First Mortgage Income Fund have been historically low, averaging 1.41%. These assets need to be worked through, not simply sold down, and certainly not to be offset by a rapidly ...