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Mining exports finally give way to financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... again." QIC chief economist Matthew Peter told Financial Standard that the different FTAs "make it easier for China, Korea and Japan to invest in Australia. "Up until now, financial services businesses in Australia could not open their own businesses ...

Hockey defends budget backflip

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... a deficit of 18%. "We are focusing on how to build new opportunities in the future. We are focusing on partnerships with Japan, China and India to give Australia's small businesses the chance to export in the same way that iron ore miners have been able ...

Falling rates turn Aussie bonds into "a poor choice"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... "Relative to most bond markets, Australia is an attractive destination," Alexander said, and added: "If you are sitting in Japan or Germany and earning less than 0.5% on your 10 year note, then sure, you can pick up over 2% if you sell those and move ...

Asian equities on the rise

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... making Asian equities more appealing to investment managers this year, according to T. Rowe Price portfolio manager, Asia ex-Japan equity fund Anh Lu. Speaking at the T. Rowe Price equities discussion in Sydney, she explained that three to four years ...

Bond bears out of hibernation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... to be sure, the risk of deflation has eased but with slack still a-plenty in the major economies - China's still slowing, Japan's definitely slowing, the Eurozone's just recovering and the US economy undecided - any upward pressure on inflation would ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... Australia, the market on Wednesday fell nearly two per cent, with a rapidly rising Australian dollar and profit taking by Japan-based foreign investors believed to be responsible. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 109.9 points, or 1.9 per cent, lower ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street finished mostly higher. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 11 points at 5,937. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Financial ...

That elusive 6000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... upward pressure on the Australian dollar. It's now fetching US$0.7866 up from this year's low of US$0.7533. As the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank (ECB) and every other "accommodating" central bank would tell you, we don't want that. ...

Better to own or to rent investments?

JOHN DYALL  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... demand. A younger workforce is forming households, buying consumer goods, raising children and paying taxes. Both Germany and Japan are expected to see the greatest declines in their working-age populations. According to one study (Have Analytics) these ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
In three days time, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will again meet to talk about monetary policy. Chances are there's little chance of a change in policy settings. The BOJ board would decide to keep settings as they did at the 7-8 April gabfest -- key interest ...