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One third of first home buyers are investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
Contrary to first home buyers being frozen out of the residential property market, evidence is mounting that many of them are just shifting how they access the market. Concerns about first home buyers (FHB) being denied access to the residential property ...

Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos resigns

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014
Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has resigned from the ministry. The decision is expected to trigger a ministerial reshuffle. The decision paves the way for Prime Minister Tony Abbott to reshuffle his frontbench as early as this weekend. "I will ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
This year has been another busy one for the financial servives industry. FoFA remained on the radar and the Financial System Inquiry has the potential to change things in a big way. The Financial Standard team takes a look at the issues that made waves ...

India mutual funds reach A$149bn

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The government's announcement of a free trade agreement (FTA) with India that Prime Minister Tony Abbott proposes to conclude over the next 12 months will focus the attention of Australian money managers on India's AUD$149 billion mutual funds market. ...

ASX and Bank of China sign major agreement

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
ASX and the Bank of China have signed a heads of agreement to develop the Renminbi (RMB) as a currency in Australia's financial markets. The heads of agreement complements the recent appointment of the Bank of China as the official RMB clearing bank ...

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
Chances are there won't be any "shirt-fronting" happening in Beijing when Prime Minister Tony Abbott faces-off with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing this week. Tony doesn't have to, Russia's very own central bank have done it for him days ...

Arthur's back. Wait, no he's not

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
The Abbott government's announcement of an improved register for the beleaguered practitioners was marred by an embarrassing blunder. Treasury was forced to issue a rare apology after mistakenly making the announcement under the name of suspended frontbencher ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
Australian shares looks set to open lower following substantial falls on international markets as investors take fright at new US data underscoring the fragile state of the global economy. At 0805 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures ...

Climate induced GFC a 'very real' risk: Hewson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Former Liberal leader John Hewson has said that over-investment by banks and pension funds in carbon-exposed industries could lead to a global financial crisis that dwarfs the 2008 crash. Hewson was speaking in his capacity as chairman of the Asset ...

Instos get serious about climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
Last month's United Nations Climate Summit saw a flurry of announcements from some of the world's major institutional investors, ranging from pledges to divest from fossil fuels, to calls on governments to introduce carbon pricing. But how serious are ...