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Financial services outstrip mining: CommSec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
The financial services and insurance industries contribute more to percentage growth in the Australian economy than mining and natural resources, according to CommSec's Craig James. Sensing that delegates at the annual Association of Financial Advisers ...

Market Wrap

AMP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after a flat showing on Wall Street at the end of last week amid earnings disappointments tempered by a slightly better-than-expected estimate of economic growth in the third quarter. At 0745 AEDT on Monday ...

RMB to be used in a third of china deals by 2015

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
Most China corporations expect one in three of all Chinese trades to be done in Renminbi by 2015, said a survey by HSBC. HSBC also found that 30% (of China businesses) plan to use RMB for investment-related purposes in the next 12 months. Half of all ...

ANZ to chase more China assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
ANZ chief executive Mike Smith was upbeat about the bank's record $6 billion profit at yesterday's annual result announcement and said the company would target further growth in Asia with acquisitions likely to follow. Smith described the 6% rise in ...

QE3, OMT, APP equals D-U-D?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012

Value vs price in Asian debt

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
When people talk about emerging markets, the word 'volatility' comes up a lot. Often it's bad news for many; and a win for a few. Dr Fawaz Habel, senior fund manager and head of fixed income research for Value Partners, put it nicely, when he said ...

Quality could replace China volume-play

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
While China is regarded as the global powerhouse for manufacturing, demand for exports has declined in recent years, caused partly by economic slow downs and rising labour costs worldwide. While the volume story might be slowly winding down, companies ...

Russell ups risk in equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
Russell Investments has dumped five defensive stocks in its latest rebalance of its value index, anticipating growth in riskier assets. Russell reconstitutes the weightings to stocks in its Russell Australia High Value and Australia High Dividend indices ...

ANZ posts record profits

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) reported record full-year profits driven by growth in its Asian business. Today's announcement showed the bank's end-of-year profit has risen to $5.7 billion, up 6% on last year, but slightly lower than ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
"Stocks end lower after Fed decision." This was the title of a video from 'The Wall Street Journal' that encapsulates all the other headlines that answer the 'why' for the weak performance of those scripts on The Street last night. But what did the ...