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Australian economy "professionally managed": World Bank

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... concern over the resources boom since but interest rate action and allowing exchange rates to move has helped." "The politics of exchange rates mean that moves in either direction are met with a chorus of voices but I believe Australia will have the ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... reviving business and consumer sentiment and business activity, in general. And then of course, there is the small issue of politics and policy changes - the latest of which is the KRudd's plan to scrap the carbon tax and move into ETS sooner and plugging ...

Gonski urges Australia to look long-term

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... trends. He highlighted six themes 'of particular significance': debt and deleveraging, the interaction of policy and politics, demographics in developed and emerging markets, globalization, resource scarcity and inflation. To best access these themes ...

Once more from the top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... revenge. He's finally got the knife to stick and kicked Julia's behind off not only from the prime minister's chair but off politics altogether. Third time lucky, 'ey? Nah, make that second time lucky, he didn't even contest the second contest. What ...

Super needs to forget about politics

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... $45 billion in a few years time. This is not sustainable in the long term," Silk said. "If we could somehow take the politics out and adopt a long term approach which is not about locking in the current system, anyone could say that. We must make other ...

ASX rally won't last: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... ever a heartbeat away from being a big old problem again," he explained. "The US is going through some really complex politics surrounding its fiscal cliff as well. It's been beautifully stalled for now without finding answers to most of the questions ...

Federal election to compound market uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... more generally. "Investors in the Australian market are entering a period of heightened political risk as a culture of politics triumphing over policy takes hold and budgetary pressures increase the likelihood of an early election," said the report. ...

BTIM launches emerging market strategy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... number of elements: analysis of a country's economic growth, monetary policy, market liquidity, currency, governance/politics and equity market valuation. Stock selection focuses on buying quality growth stocks at attractive valuations." The fund aims ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... Chances are we're going to watch the same event unfold as it did last year - a lot of posturing from both sides of US politics heading into the cliff - and then... a compromise. What Matt Bai wrote in the 'New York Times' last March still applies today. ...

Volatility breeds opportunism: Report

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... devising appropriate strategies for different volatility regimes," he said. Market volatility will persist and be driven by politics and policy decisions more so than economic fundamentals, the report said, meaning smart investing is no longer about ...