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Australia increases foreign direct investment inflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... Trade and Development. The UNCTAD Global Investment Trends Monitor shows international flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) fell 16% in 2017 to an estimated US$1.52 trillion ($1.9 trillion). A slump in FDI flows to developed countries (-27%) was ...

Foreign direct investors turning to Australia for growth

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... world's leading corporations" conducted in January 2016, revealed that while the United States remains at the top spot in the FDI Confidence Index, Australia has risen three points to seventh (after falling to 10 last year). According to the report ...

Van Eck launching infrastructure and dividend ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
Van Eck has announced it will launch two new ETFs on the ASX. The VanEck Vectors FTSE Global Infrastructure (Hedged) ETF will track the widely-used FTSE Developed Core Infrastructure 50/50 Index (Hedged AUD), giving Australian investors access to global ...

Risk mispricing a threat to investment: ANZ boss

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... also address the bank's plans for future investment in the Asia-Pacific region. "In 2010 around 2.5% of the value of Chinese FDI [foreign direct investment] was invested in Australia. Even if this percentage remains unchanged, the stock of Chinese FDI ...

China's deflation limited says ANZ boss

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... investment could rise from around US$500 billion in 2012 to US$9 trillion by 2030. "In 2010 around 2.5% of the value of Chinese FDI was invested in Australia. Even if this percentage remains unchanged, the stock of Chinese FDI in Australia could be worth ...

South Africa leads foreign investment in the continent

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
South Africa has received the largest share of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the African continent, with the figure rising more than five-fold from $1.2 billion in 2010 to $6.4 billion in 2012. The figures came from the 'Global Investment Trends ...

China FDI flow slows, and?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... inflows into China dropped by 8.7% to US$7.6 billion in the year to July. China's Commerce Ministry attributed the fall in FDI inflows to competition for investors from India and Brazil, tighter land supply and rising labour costs but it was confident ...

Seven US banks close in a week

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
SouthwestUSA Bank in Las Vegas, Sterling Bank in Florida and Home Valley Bank in Oregon were among seven banks that were closed last week alone in the US - suggesting the troubles in the US banking system are far from over. According to the Federal ...

Aussies head to Britain for investments

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010

US financials a big play: Bennelong SGI

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
The global financial sector may be a shadow of its former self after the GFC but it is still a $9.1 trillion (US$8.5 trillion) market full of stocks ripe for the plucking, said fund manager Bennelong SGI Global Equities. Visiting Australia this month ...