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Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... Asian financial crisis, but the end result was the consequent drop in consumer spending and business investment sent the country into a recession and back into deflation. Today's economic dynamics - before and after the consumption tax was raised from ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... African retailer Woolworths is making a $213 million takeover bid to buy the 12 per cent of Australian clothing chain Country Road it does not own. The move would involve buying businessman Solomon Lew's stake at a premium so he would clear the way for ...

Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... of China's manufacturing PMI rose to a 50.8 reading in June, the first time in six months that factory activity in the country has bounced into expansion territory and... as HSBC chief China economist Qu Hongbin notes: "This month's improvement is consistent ...

Sovereign wealth funds ramp up alternatives exposure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... increase in new funding this year is another key factor that explains this preference for alternatives, driven by increasing country surpluses and strong support from governments for their sovereign funds. However, the main reason is that many sovereign ...

FEATURE: Gear up for retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... and pre-retirees. Australians were confronted with the crude reality that the system cannot cater for the needs of the country's ageing population and self-funded retirement is not optional anymore. Retirees will increasingly have to build retirement ...

$US5b irregularities at China fund, banks

AFP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... said in the document, published late Wednesday. CIC was established in 2007 to pursue higher returns from part of the country's foreign exchange reserves, the world's largest, and had assets of more than $US575 billion at the end of 2012. One of its ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... forces. Iraqi forces regained control of the nation's largest oil refinery, but rebels remain in control of swathes of the country. LONDON - European stock markets climbed after the Federal Reserve indicated that ultra-low US interest rates would remain ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of investor services Henry Capra

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... from the first two weeks, he has lived in the harbour city his whole life. His mother and father emigrated from the old country after the Second World War, a fact that he says has informed his character. "If I think back on my father's experience, coming ...

Westpac appoints national Agribusiness GM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... "We recognise the agri-industry is of critical importance, not only to regional Australia but also to the future of the country as a whole," Hannan said. "The industry in all of its forms has shown itself to be dynamic and innovative and our job is to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... 23,203.59. With few economic catalysts to drive trade, Iraq has dominated investors' attention as militants sweep across the country, taking over key cities and heading for Baghdad. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 14.7 points, or 0.3 per cent, to ...