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Australia bottom of the class for portfolio disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... monthly, which is the gold standard globally. That's ahead of Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Africa, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, China and Thailand for monthly disclosure, though almost all of those countries have a high degree of semiannual disclosure. Major ...

Australians retiring young despite rising life expectancy

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... 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 skills shortages in areas of ...

Australia a priority for HSBC despite job cuts

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... Australia among the group's growth focus areas, along with Canada, Egypt, India and Taiwan. Other growth areas for HSBC will be China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, UAE and the United Kingdom. "The world is increasingly connected, with ...

Better than the big boys

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... 2.4% Italy: 1.2% Canada: -0.6% If Australia's economy was able to expand at this rate in the first quarter when the G7 (and China) all slowed - and at a still relatively high exchange rate (exports was the biggest contributor, mind you) -- just think ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... end at 20,096.30 due partly to a pick-up in the yen, and Seoul was marginally lower, giving up 1.16 points to 2,064.03. China's National Bureau of Statistics said the consumer price index came in at 1.2 per cent in May, down from April's 1.5 per cent. ...

China infrastructure push to boost Australia exports

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... Australian goods. Recent reports by HSBC and BlackRock highlighted that the Chinese government is likely to funnel money to the China Development Bank to support infrastructure works in China and abroad. These initiatives could "boost countries supplying ...

New kid on the block

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... - and it's name is the Shanghai "A" shares index. On this day, MSCI is expected to reveal all -- whether it will include China's "A-shares" into its benchmark Emerging Market Index. Though doubts remain whether MSCI would actually announce the inclusion ...

Australia underperforms as China slows down: Russell

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... domestic share market, a strong domestic currency and a solid property market is crumbling as the Australian dollar falls and China growth slows. The latest edition of the Russell Investments/ASX Long-term Investing Report determined that the Australian ...

Vanguard first to offer A-shares through ETF

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
Vanguard Australia has become the first local exchange traded fund (ETF) provider to offer investors access to China mainland-domiciled and listed shares. Vanguard is broadening its FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (ASX: VGE) to include the so-called ...

CBA granted renminbi licence

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
Commonwealth Bank has been granted a renminbi (RMB) licence for its Shanghai Branch by the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC). The licence enables the bank to broaden its institutional offering to incorporate all aspects of trade and investment ...