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End of QE sounds death knell for 'zombie' stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
The tapering of quantitative easing (QE) will burst the bubble in high-yielding 'zombie' stocks, according to UK-based Duncan Lawrie Private Bank's James Humphreys. Stimulus measures by central banks in Europe, the US and Japan have propped up global ...

IFM mulls Asia office

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Melbourne-based global manager Industry Funds Management (IFM) could set up a sales distribution office in Asia later this year as part of a strategy to raise capital from the region's large pension funds. IFM chief executive Brett Himbury told Financial ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
Australian bond futures prices have moved little, with nothing to drive price changes because of a lack of significant economic data. St George economist Janu Chan said there was a weakening US Treasury bonds and a fall in sharemarkets during the overnight ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on international markets after the Bank of Japan stayed quiet on any new stimulus measures. The Bank of Japan on Tuesday opted against increasing its asset purchase program or changing interest ...

Nikko AM restructures CEO and chairman roles

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
The Tokyo-based parent company of Tyndall Investment Management, Nikko Asset Management, has separated the roles of chairman and chief executive and is expected to appoint a new chairman. Takumi Shibata is due to take over the role of director and chairman ...

Australian stocks weaker at close

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
Australian shares closed more than one per cent lower as investors were swayed by ongoing negative sentiment. It was the tenth fall in 13 sessions. IG market analyst Stan Shamu said the deterioration in confidence had continued due to volatility in ...

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
The imminent end of the bond bull-market means now is the time for investors to consider absolute return fixed income strategies, according to GAM head of structured investments Rossen Djounov. Visiting Australia from London to promote the GAM Fixed ...

Abenomics strengthens investment ties with Japan

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The dramatic lift in confidence arising from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive stimulus measures has created opportunities for investment to flow between Australia and Japan in both directions, according to Nikko Asset Management chairman ...

Empty orchestra

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... -When You Say Nothing At All It was all going so swimmingly - the three arrows were hitting their marks - until Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda opened his mouth. In the country that invented the karaoke, I'm pretty sure Kuroda san has done ...