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Australians retiring young despite rising life expectancy

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... during retirement. According to AMP.NATSEM's Income and Wealth report, Australians often enter retirement earlier than in Japan, New Zealand, Sweden and China. The report suggests this may be because those countries have a higher demand for labour and/or ...

Better than the big boys

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... 'em... and we don't even have to do a double seasonal adjustment. First quarter real GDP growth: Australia: 3.6% US: -0.8% Japan: 2.4% Germany: 1.2% UK: 1.2% France: 2.4% Italy: 1.2% Canada: -0.6% If Australia's economy was able to expand at this rate ...

China infrastructure push to boost Australia exports

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... and abroad. These initiatives could "boost countries supplying infrastructure-related goods, such as Australia, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea," HSBC argued. However, in a new report titled Climbing China's Great Wall of worry, BlackRock said that ...

Funds management elite tours Asia to seduce investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
Representatives of Australia's top fund managers are visiting Japan and Korea along with Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to promote opportunities in Australia's financial services industry. The delegation includes chief executives and high level ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street. At 0653 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up seven points at 5,596. In the US stocks gained helped by a wave of solid US economic data. Locally ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... cent, or 26.68 points, to 20,543.19, ending the Nikkei's best winning streak since a 13-day run in 1988 at the height of Japan's stock market bubble. Shanghai gained 1.69 per cent, or 81.79 points, to 4,910.53 adding to the near-five per cent rise Monday. ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... marginally higher, adding 6.72 points, at 20,569.87. The 12 days of gains marked the best rally since 1988 at the height of Japan's stock market bubble. Shanghai, which plunged almost seven per cent over Thursday and Friday, jumped 4.71 per cent, or ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... final day of a Group of Seven finance meeting, dominated by festering concerns over Greece and pressure from the US and Japan to resolve the debt crisis. Investors are increasingly worried that Greece and its creditors could fail to reach an agreement ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... unlock the final 7.2 billion euros ($7.8 billion) of bailout loan money following four months of fractious talks. HONG KONG - Japan's Nikkei stock index has climbed for a 10th straight day with the dollar advancing to a 12-year high against the yen. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has invited his counterparts and their central bank chiefs from Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and the United States, for the gathering that kicks off later on Wednesday. Meantime, markets were attentive to reports ...