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Too much ado about a speck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... cheaper prices to the rest of the world. But hey, this would also support Chinese economic growth. At the end of the day, a stronger China means increased import demand from the rest of the world, particularly from those of commodity exporters. This ...

Retail responsible investment up 24pct

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... investment assets have topped $630 billion and are growing. He said the 2015 report showed the finance industry was taking stronger positions on issues such as tobacco and fossil fuels and there was growing consumer confidence in responsible and ethical ...

All right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... been tracking since July last year. Nah, it is strong. The year-on-year growth rate of 2.0% over the past 12 months is stronger than even the boom years between 2004 and 2006 when jobs grew slower (save for four months when it grew between 2.0% and 2.2%). ...

FSC awards industry execs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... World, on the Gold Coast. The eight winners were Perpetual senior risk manager Alan Lewitton, AMP's Janet Beale, MLC Stronger Super development manager Jim Baker, BT Financial Group superannuation program manager Matthew Thomas, Commonwealth Bank's Geoff ...

Watching out for the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... to explain Wall Street's happy trading the other day, does it not Virginia? Instead of the headlined the US economy is stronger now so, yes you can Janet. Do it... in September? Sure, sure. If so, then Wall Street would have rallied even harder while ...

Tasplan and RBF to merge

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... "This is great news for members, staff and Tasmania," says Tasplan chair, Naomi Edwards. "The fund will be larger and stronger, if the three funds merge, with around 165,000 members, managing around $6.5 billion and delivering significant economies of ...

Chinese whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... just find out a few weeks back that China's economy expanded at 7.0% just as PM Li likes? Oh yeah, me forget, it was stronger than the 6.8% growth markets were expecting because China's statistician rigged it. It was due to investors' doubting the government's ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... for a third straight session as disappointing earnings from Caterpillar, American Express and others overshadowed some stronger reports. At 0815 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 19 points at 5,514. No major local ...

Market higher despite resources slump

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
The share market is slightly stronger at noon, with gains in the financial and energy sectors managing to offset falls by the miners. BHP Billiton was down 44 cents at $26.55 and Rio Tinto was 92 cents weaker at $52.95, while gold miners were again ...

Share market's rally comes to an end

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... its parliament. The European Cental Bank has now boosted its cash lifeline to the crisis-hit country, while in the US stronger than expected earnings reports from tech companies including Google and Netflix lifted the Nasdaq to a record high. IG Markets ...