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China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Andrew Robb's China free trade deal provides vast opportunities for Australia's financial services industry. It builds on strong foundations set by former Prime Ministers Whitlam, Hawke, Howard and Gillard and puts Australia ahead of the USA, Japan ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... open to hedge funds." Brown fears that family offices in Australia could be sanctuaries for ultra-wealthy investors from China and other parts of Asia. He said that sharp market moves in their countries of origin could lead them to pull funds out of ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... for there are much more to worry about this present day. For back in December 2011, the economies of the United States, China and emerging markets were expanding, commodity prices were rising, the "Arab Spring" of the first quarter of 2011 has calmed ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... months). What becomes of inflation now that oil prices have moved lower? The minutes also revealed the FOMC's worries over China's slowdown. "...the recent decreases in oil prices and the possibility of adverse spillovers from slower economic growth ...

Bangkok bombs and Malaysia's terror

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... attack would hit the country's tourism sector - which accounts for roughly 10% of the economy - in addition to the hits from China's slowdown and the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) recent devaluation of the yuan, capital outflows out of emerging markets ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... close of trade yesterday. It was worse for those who bought on 27 April... they're now 10.8% poorer. We can blame this on China's slowdown and the volatility in its stock and currency markets. We can blame it on the fall and fall in commodity prices. ...

Forget LICs, the key to retail is in active ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... expense ratio higher than if you had gone into a traditional managed fund." The most extreme example is the AMP Capital China Growth Fund, the only LIC in Australia to give investors exposure to China mainland shares. The fund is currently trading at ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
Following on from China's "rule of three", the ECB has three of its own. The minutes of the European Central Bank's (ECB) 15-16 July meeting revealed the three things that are keeping the governing council members awake at night - Greece, China and ...

Easing cycle over for now

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... Amid ongoing weakness in peripheral Europe, Reynolds is holding some Italian and Spanish debt. Concerns over weakness in China's economy, as shown by the People's Bank of China's decision to devalue the currency, has benefitted the fund, which is short ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... are inherently funnier, more satisfying, or more effective than other numbers of things". (Wikipedia) The People's Bank of China (PBOC) must be a believer for yesterday it went for a devaluation trifecta - 1.9% Tuesday, 1.2% Wednesday and 1.1% Thursday. ...