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Australian dividend growth outpaces global peers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... said. On an underlying basis, Japanese growth was the highest. Canada and Europe also performed well, while the UK lagged. China saw its first annual decline in dividends, while India surpassed Brazil as the third largest payer in the emerging markets. ...

Financial services to be a greater part of "economic narrative"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... trade agreements. "The recent FTAs open up substantial opportunities in the services sector," he said. "For instance, in China, where economic data revealed for the first time last May that the services sector makes up more than half of the Chinese economy ...

AMP Capital records solid profit growth

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... Capital, which delivered a particularly strong result as our international investment management profile expands, both in China and more broadly. "Our business efficiency program is on track and we continue to focus on the improvement of our wealth protection ...

US growth stable due to resilient consumer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... doubled the number of people in the global workforce from 1.5 billion to 3 billion people. When you take down the borders in China, India, Brazil, Russia and Indonesia, we have hundreds of millions of very low wage underemployed workers coming to the ...

CBA result boosted by wealth division

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... were impacted by investment market volatility with short-term cash investments and emerging market equities, in particular China, experiencing net outflows. Average funds under administration (FUA) increased 6% to $133 billion. The FirstChoice and Custom ...

Yellen fedspeaks her mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... sharp slowdown in Chinese growth, declines in the foreign exchange value of the renminbi have intensified uncertainty about China's exchange rate policy and the prospects for its economy. This uncertainty led to increased volatility in global financial ...

Risks are overstated: AUI

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... we could expect a response from the US Federal Reserve where they delay tightening," Bovingdon said. "A hard landing in China would cause the Fed to pause. Otherwise the Fed has set its course and we think the global economy will handle them quite co ...

Deflation and China pose biggest risks: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
US asset management giant PIMCO is most concerned about a slowdown in China, deflation and central banks not having the necessary firepower to mitigate further economic shocks. Despite those risks, the fund manager's base asset allocation is overweight ...

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... currencies -- volatility, downgraded predictions for global (mainly emerging markets) growth, fears of a crash landing in China, low inflation/deflation risk, geo-political instability, Brexit, you name it we have it. Any or all leads to safe-haven US ...

Core holdings will be lacklustre in 2016: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... up bargains may find themselves entering a classic value trap. "We'll be looking at signs of stabilisation of growth in China and also the way that emerging markets are handling the hard currency debt overhang they've built up in an environment where ...