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Young Aussies driving sharemarket

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... and Macquarie. The research shows that international share trading activity also surged, with the number of international trade confirmations increasing 33% year on year. This was underscored by a 118% lift in trading among Gen Z investors, with Baby ...

The Trump risk on global trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
If it's any indication, China's latest international trade accounts underline the current missive of strengthening global growth and with it, global trade. China's trade surplus improved to US$42.77 billion in the month of June from US$40.79 billion ...

Which part of the elephant are you holding?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... Such is the case with the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) elephant - the latest update on Australia's "International Trade in Goods and Services". The numbers show that the country's trade surplus narrowed by 15% to A$3.1 billion in March from ...

Not as good as the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... Australians all, should be rejoicing at the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report that the country's international trade surplus widened by 138% to A$3.57 billion in February from A$1.5 billion in the previous month. This is second best to the ...

Buying American

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... Trump) POTUS appears to be fulfilling another of his campaign promises if the latest stats on the country's international trade are anything to go by. The US trade deficit narrowed to US$44.3 billion in the month of December, down from the previous month's ...

Trump's tweets and deeds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... 'Library of Economics and Liberty', "Two other areas that Hoover intervened in aggressively were immigration and international trade. One of the lesser-known policy changes during his presidency was his near halt to immigration through an Executive Order ...

CBA in world-first blockchain transaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... that could deliver considerable benefits throughout the global supply chain," Eidel said. Wells Fargo head of international trade services Chris Lewis said: "This marks another step in evaluating technology that, over time, could support the evolution ...

Contango continues to grow investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... performance analyst. Prior to that she was a tax consultant at KPMG in the funds sector and has also worked as an international trade analyst at China Citic Bank in Beijing. Similarly, Tan has a background in equity and managed funds research and has ...

Economic wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... much as it seems. What makes the renmimbi's growth noteworthy, however, is that about one quarter of China's international trade deals are now denominated in its own currency. Put another way, growth of China's currency usage around the world is directly ...

BetaShares launches hedged Europe and Japan ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... ETFs will provide exposure to globally competitive companies that are well placed to benefit from growth in international trade and the potential ongoing reliance by the European and Japanese economies on exports and currency weakness to sustain economic ...