http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/Default.aspx IM Asset Management News Feed Sun, 26 May 2013 05:53:11 +01:00 en-GB http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/January2012InvestmentReview.aspx http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/January2012InvestmentReview.aspx Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 With the New Year came the usual slew of economic forecasts which almost universally predict a contraction in Global economic growth and an outright recession in Europe. http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/DecemberInvestmentReview.aspx http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/DecemberInvestmentReview.aspx Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 Yet another European summit to address the problems of the Euro area and despite the fan-fare accompanying the new treaty it is difficult to see what has happened to address the current problems. http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/SeptemberNewsletter.aspx http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/SeptemberNewsletter.aspx Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 The purpose of the newsletter is to provide commentary and updates on periodical payments and financial matters to those practising in the area of personal injury law. http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/InsurerConcerned,Section152oftheRTAAct1988.aspx http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/InsurerConcerned,Section152oftheRTAAct1988.aspx Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 Whether an insurance company is considered a secure funder of periodical payments is covered in section 2(3) and 2(4) of the Damages Act 1996 as amended... http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/UntracedClaimsagainsttheMotorInsurersBureau(MIB).aspx http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/UntracedClaimsagainsttheMotorInsurersBureau(MIB).aspx Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 The MIB was established in 1946 to compensate the victims of negligent uninsured and untraced motorists. Under the Road Traffic Act 1988 every insurer underwriting compulsory motor insurance is obliged to be a member of the MIB. http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/SpecialMarketUpdate-8August2011.aspx http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/SpecialMarketUpdate-8August2011.aspx Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 Last week saw dramatic moves on most of the world’s financial markets, accompanied by dramatic reporting of the events in the news media. Such moves inevitably raise concerns in investors’ minds. http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/JulyInvestmentReview.aspx http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/JulyInvestmentReview.aspx Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 The following chart is one I have featured before when the economic cycle was in its early stages of recovery. Then it had turned up and, as the last two years have demonstrated, it successfully foretold of a period of economic growth. http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/JuneInvestmentReview.aspx http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/JuneInvestmentReview.aspx Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 While the theme last month was of inflationary concerns and the potential for monetary tightening this month the concern is the sustainability of the existing growth rate. http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/MonthlyInvestmentReview-May2011.aspx http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/MonthlyInvestmentReview-May2011.aspx Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 Macro economic themes continue to be dominated by inflationary pressures, debt problems, dollar weakness and what will happen when the US ends its period of quantitative easing in early June. http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/QuarterlyNewsletter-April2011.aspx http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/QuarterlyNewsletter-April2011.aspx Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 Welcome to the April edition of the IM Asset Management newsletter. Due to popular demand, this edition is a Discount Rate special. At present we do not know when the Discount Rate may change or even if it will. http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/AprilInvestmentReview.aspx http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/AprilInvestmentReview.aspx Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 Conflict in the Middle East and the devastation caused by the Japanese earthquake has moved into the background in terms of the financial market’s thinking... http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/MonthlyInvestmentReview-March2011.aspx http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/MonthlyInvestmentReview-March2011.aspx Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 The Middle East, especially Libya, and policy responses to mounting inflationary pressures dominated financial markets. http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/MonthlyInvestmentReview-February2011.aspx http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/MonthlyInvestmentReview-February2011.aspx Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 Divergent trends are becoming increasingly apparent with different regions of the world seemingly at various stages of the economic cycle. http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/MonthlyInvestmentReview-January2011.aspx http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/MonthlyInvestmentReview-January2011.aspx Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 It is now clear that the slowdown witnessed during the summer months was nothing more than a temporary pause in the upswing of the current economic cycle. http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/Defendant-Insurers-who-refuse-to-Provide-PPOs.aspx http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/Defendant-Insurers-who-refuse-to-Provide-PPOs.aspx Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 Although thankfully it is quite rare, there is still the odd defendant insurer who refuses to settle claims by way of periodical payments. http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/EEA-Authorised-Insurers–Not-All-Insurers-are-the-Same!.aspx http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/EEA-Authorised-Insurers–Not-All-Insurers-are-the-Same!.aspx Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 For an insurance company to provide periodical payments as part of a settlement they must be deemed secure by the Courts. The rules which determine whether an insurance company can be deemed secure are set out in section 2 of the Damages Act. http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/Revised-Model-Order-Medical-Evidence.aspx http://www.imassetmanagement.com/news-articles/Pages/Revised-Model-Order-Medical-Evidence.aspx Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 A number of defendants are insisting on a clause to be inserted into the schedule of an Order where a periodical payment is to be made.