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Three arrows hitting the spot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... if arrows two and three also hit the bulleye. Arrow number two is "Abenomics" - or huge government spending. PM Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) plans to spend over US$2.4 trillion worth of public works stimulus (equivalent to about 40% of GDP) over ...

No end in sight for renminbi rally

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
The unbridled appreciation of Chinese currency will not be halted by uncertainties about the economy's short-term economic outlook, according to new research by AllianceBernstein. The investment manager says the strength of structural factors, rather ...

Shartru Wealth and Emerge Business join forces

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... CEO of the Newcastle-based business is former director of Centre Capital, Robert Coyte, and former leader of the federal Liberal Party, John Hewson, is one of the board members. Also present in the board are property and investment experts Linden Toll ...

Nikkei 13K

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013

Back-off super: FSC missive to Canberra

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... changes and the Coalition must rule out abolishing the low income earners concession," Brogden said. Brogden, a former NSW Liberal Party leader, said that "If superannuation becomes a political issue no one wins." "There have been 10 substantial tax ...

Coalition wants fund governance changes: Fletcher

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
Paul Fletcher, the Liberal Party member for Bradfiled who sits on the Parliamentary Joint Committee on corporations and financial services, has voiced the Federal Opposition's concerns about superannuation fund governance. Speaking yesterday in Melbourne ...

China primed for encouraging rebound: HSBC

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
While global demand is likely to remain fragile, HSBC maintains its above-consensus forecast that China's 2013 GDP growth will recover to 8.6% after bottoming out in the fourth quarter of 2012. Much of HSBC's projected China rebound in 2013 and beyond ...

Insto's ignoring climate change

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) and Shartru Capital. Through AOPD Hewson, a former leader of the Australian Liberal Party and Reserve Bank economist wants to name the investment institutions -including superannuation and pension funds - that ...

Thank you, xie xie, arigato

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012

Corporate spending the catalyst for global markets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
While recent global macroeconomic developments appear to signal an improved environment for investors, there needs to be more decisive policy action before range-bound capital markets take off. That is according to Andrew Millligan, head of global strategy ...