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ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... managers never seem to agree on Europe. Is it the biggest investment opportunity since the United States under quantitative easing? Or is it just too messy, too complex, too risky? The political risk When anti-austerity party Siryza won the Greek legislative ...

FEATURE: Defending wealth

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... markets fell sharply. Some global financial institutions were intervened by governments, others collapsed. Quantitative easing (QE) started in the United States, while the rest of the world braced against unemployment and negative growth. While Australia ...

The recesssion we longed to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... compete with QE-ing central banks. Is Ben suggesting what I think he's suggesting? "I'm pretty confident [quantitative easing programs] have been effective, and, at least so far, they haven't had many of the bad side-effects that people were saying were ...

Forget Australia, head stateside for property yield

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... has benefited from a global search for yield, as central banks elsewhere lowered rates and undertook major quantitative easing (QE) programs. "The REITS sector, with its traditionally high distributions, has been one of the most sought after for its ...

Don't put all QE in the same basket: AXA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
The quantitative easing (QE) programs undertaken by the United States, Europe and Japan are essentially different from each other and investors should expect different economic impacts for each one of them. AXA Framlington head of Asia Mark Tinker said ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... that the bank would purchase more assets than previously planned in May and June under its multi-billion-euro quantitative easing (QE) stimulus program, owing to an expected market slowdown in the summer months. "We are... aware of seasonal patterns ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... wind up early its unprecedented 1.1 trillion euros ($A1.54 trillion) asset-purchase program, widely known as quantitative easing (QE). HONG KONG - Asian markets have mostly advanced following a healthy rally on Wall Street, while Tokyo was supported ...

End heavy weighting in US equities: Tempo AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... higher than the average non-US market over the past five years," he said. However, high valuations, the end of quantitative easing (QE) and a rising US dollar could put an end to the cycle. "The US market has benefitted from being the least ugly duckling ...

Henderson launches dividend-seeker fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... valuation, rather than the fundamentals being difficult." However, the manager sees opportunities in Europe: "Quantitative easing will force investors to seek income in the equity market and the property market." Henderson's Global Equity Income team ...

UK business leads BTIM inflows

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... a net positive flow into global products on the back of an increasing interest in the market for European quantitative easing." He noted that Europe is "one of the growth areas for investors interested in increasing their overseas exposures." BTIM's ...