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Australia lagging in Asia-Pacific financial relationships

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... Australian Centre for Financial Studies, which also says Australia's exports of financial services are larger than the value of tourism exports and more than double the value of education exports. The report, Financial Integration in the Asia-Pacific ...

Mining exports finally give way to financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... invest $6 billion in free trade agreements (FTA) in Asia. "If we could lift our service exports like higher education, tourism, health care and financial services, to just half the level of our commodity exports, it would add $50 billion to our economy ...

Productivity Commission to explore financial services exports

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... that prohibit growth of service industries overseas. "Australian businesses involved in the delivery of services such as tourism, financial services and health care have enormous growth opportunities across Asia," said the announcement. The Commission's ...

Santa's bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... Oh-em-gee! If markets are panicking at US$60 a barrel, I hate to imagine what happens at US$40... or US$30. Airlines, tourism, transportation and a host of oil-dependent operations would have a field day and consumers would have more disposable income ...

Global shares tipped amid slow local growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... just digging them out of the ground and exporting them. But now that we have to compete internationally in areas like tourism, manufacturing, higher education and so on, the Australian dollar needs to go lower to make the economy more competitive again." ...

G20, FTA and Vlad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... "Business Spectator', "FTA to see 85% of all Australian exports enter China tariff-free, worth $18bn over a decade". "Finance, tourism and health" and "beef" and "dairy" would be the biggest winners, adds the Australian Financial Review. This would be ...

Time to get shorty?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014

Aluminum windows and ferries: the case for small-cap investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... when considering whether to invest in SeaLink Travel Group, the ferry company that provides transport services to the tourism sector in the island.

Boost from Chinese stimulus to be short-lived

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... and a dramatic rise in box office receipts and overseas trips is symptomatic of growing appetite for entertainment and tourism. High end financial services are also still under-represented in China.

LaSalle divests Sydney Sofitel Wentworth

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... when hotels in Sydney boast some of the most attractive market fundamentals in the region, thanks to increasing inbound tourism and ongoing corporate demand,"A Marc Montanus, fund manager and international director at LaSalle, said. "LaSalle saw an opportunity ...