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Budget projections risk being too optimistic, economists warn

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Chief economists from major financial institutions have warned that the Government's projected revenue growth included in Budget 2015 risks being too optimistic. AMP chief economist Shane Oliver acknowledged that Treasurer Joe Hockey replaced the focus ...

Mining exports finally give way to financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
As Australia's extraordinary mining boom peters out, the Government is finally getting behind financial services exports and will invest $6 billion in free trade agreements (FTA) in Asia. "If we could lift our service exports like higher education ...

Hockey defends budget backflip

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey presented a budget he said focuses on Australian citizens' and businesses' opportunity to "have a go," despite hardening economic conditions. Hockey presented his 2015 budget as "the government's plan to strengthen our nation's ...

China exposure best through Australia: BlackRock

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
BlackRock's main source of exposure to Chinese fixed income comes from investing in Australian government bonds, deputy chief investment officer of fundamental fixed income Scott Thiel said. Speaking to an audience of advisers and professional investors ...

Budget for uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Yes! This was my jubilant exclamation as I watched the S&P/ASX 200 index started climbing from the get go yesterday. Yup, I expected as much given the good news on or before "Mother's Day" - goldilocks US employment report, clam in the bond markets ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street overnight. At 0646 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,570. Locally on Tuesday, official housing finance figures for March ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market has bounced back from last week's losses as news of further economic stimulus in China helps lift commodity prices. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the market was around half a per cent higher, with ...

Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Happy Mother's Day! Mothers everywhere must still be bathing in the afterglow of the public (and private) displays of affection showered upon them over the one day of the year especially dedicated to mommies. Mama Mia! The sharp rebound in financial ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street on Friday. The June share price index futures contract was up 43 points at 5,645. Wall Street stocks surged more than one per cent on Friday after new data showed that the ...

Asian equities on the rise

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Regulatory, economic and technology-related changes are 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 ...