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Australia leads in global median wealth

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
The median wealth of Australians continues to be the highest in the world, a Credit Suisse Research Institute report released today reveals. Dubbed the annual Global Wealth Report, the research shows Asia Pacific overtaking Europe as the world's largest ...

Non-aligned advisers driving new platforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... advisers in Australia, a figure that has been revised upwards by Rainmaker in response to recent takeovers and expanding research coverage. This new figure equates to 29% of advisers of Australia 18,275 being licensed through non-institutionally owned ...

Urbanisation fuelling resource demand

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... the world will continue to fuel demand for Australian commodities, said one of Asia's largest asset managers. Recent research suggests that that another 3 billion people will become urbanised by 2050, with China contributing 0.4 billion, and India, Africa ...

PE deals down: Mergermarket

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... buyouts in the first three quarters of current financial year were down 22.8% year to date, according to a report by research group Mergermarket. 12.7% of total global mergers and acquisitions in the third quarter this year were attributable to private ...

IMF - It Means Fun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... end of 2008 - down 37.5% for the year. 8 July 2009. Olivier Blanchard, Economic Counsellor and Director of the IMF's Research Department, predicted that, "our forecast for world output is for a decline of 1.4% in 2009 and for an increase of 2.5% for ...

Retire mortgage debt with super: CPSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... housing contributing significantly to poverty in retirement. With security of tenure being paramount to older people, CPSA research and policy officer, Amelia Christie, said paying down mortgage debt via super is an important financial move. "Current ...

Aussie shares to rally within a year: Russell

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... turnaround in the Australian share market is predicted within the next 12 months, according to a Russell Investments research report. Russell's Investment Manager Outlook (IMO) survey, which was released this morning, collected the opinions of roughly ...

Time to buy the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... the single currency region. Some were expecting the US to head back into recession as trumpeted by the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) as early as February this year. And many have read the tea leaves telling them that China will land with a ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... Fixed Income Strategist Sally Auld, RBC senior economist Su-Lin Ong, Colonial First State's Head of Investment Markets Research Stephen Halmarick. In equities news, Victory Mining Ltd is due to list on the ASX and Collins Foods holds its annual general ...

Omega bullish on sovereign investing

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... door as a shift in the global government bond market indicates promises of reliable returns, new Omega Global Investors research has shown. Despite the European government bond crisis brought on by Italy, Spain Greece, Portugal and Ireland, the global ...