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IFM Investors expands Asia sales team

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
IFM Investors has appointed a director of business development in Australia who will be reporting to the Japan-based executive director of business development. Dan Vanden Boom joins IFM investors from Morgan Stanley Investment Management and has 15 ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after mixed performances on international markets on continued tension between Russia and and Ukraine, and disappointing economic data from China and Japan. At 0827 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price ...

Never good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
Yeah, it's good but... This is the overriding verdict of the country's oft-quoted economists to the latest Australian national accounts report that showed our economy grew by a larger-than-expected 0.8% (expectations 0.7%) in the December quarter and ...

Fund managers expect clients to turn aggressive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... expectations of 7.0% in 2013); 7.0% in the U.K. (6.0%); 8.1% in the Eurozone (7.0%); 6.4% in Australia (6.0%); 7.3% in Japan (6.0%); and 8.4% in China (10.0%). Most managers in the survey still hold overall bullish views for the next five years on emerging ...

Just jokin' Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
"I was only joking my dear Looking for a way to hide my fear What kind of fool was I I could never win." - Rod Stewart President Putin fought the G7... and the G7 won. At least that's how it appears after Vladimir ordered his Russian troops back to ...

G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
The week that was looked exactly like the week before that was. Yes Virginia, financial market sentiment remains upbeat for what is good is good and what is bad, what is disappointing, what is negative is "likely affected by the weather". Blame the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after a survey showed that US manufacturing had expanded at the fastest pace in almost four years. At 0845 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was ...

Action!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
So there we have it folks, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has responded. The financial presses and commentariats may be calling the Japanese central bank's decision to expand its lending facilities a surprise but we know better, do we not? The BOJ must have ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed performance on Wall Street. At 0900 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up six points at 5,369. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac-Melbourne ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
"Those were the days, my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day." - Mary Hopkin The days of Japan 2013, that is. Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of 2013 when all bets on Japan paid off oh so sweetly. The Nikkei-225 index ...