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Financial services to be a greater part of "economic narrative"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... trade agreements. "The recent FTAs open up substantial opportunities in the services sector," he said. "For instance, in China, where economic data revealed for the first time last May that the services sector makes up more than half of the Chinese economy ...

AMP Capital records solid profit growth

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... Capital, which delivered a particularly strong result as our international investment management profile expands, both in China and more broadly. "Our business efficiency program is on track and we continue to focus on the improvement of our wealth protection ...

US growth stable due to resilient consumer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... doubled the number of people in the global workforce from 1.5 billion to 3 billion people. When you take down the borders in China, India, Brazil, Russia and Indonesia, we have hundreds of millions of very low wage underemployed workers coming to the ...

Risks are overstated: AUI

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... we could expect a response from the US Federal Reserve where they delay tightening," Bovingdon said. "A hard landing in China would cause the Fed to pause. Otherwise the Fed has set its course and we think the global economy will handle them quite co ...

Deflation and China pose biggest risks: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
US asset management giant PIMCO is most concerned about a slowdown in China, deflation and central banks not having the necessary firepower to mitigate further economic shocks. Despite those risks, the fund manager's base asset allocation is overweight ...

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... currencies -- volatility, downgraded predictions for global (mainly emerging markets) growth, fears of a crash landing in China, low inflation/deflation risk, geo-political instability, Brexit, you name it we have it. Any or all leads to safe-haven US ...

Core holdings will be lacklustre in 2016: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... up bargains may find themselves entering a classic value trap. "We'll be looking at signs of stabilisation of growth in China and also the way that emerging markets are handling the hard currency debt overhang they've built up in an environment where ...

Investors can expect "reasonable" year despite gloom

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... growth is likely to be a little better than expectations as we saw in the second half of 2015 though any further slowdown in China would impact confidence. Bovingdon added: "Conditions are good for consumers. Jobs growth is good and costs are reducing ...

Future Fund puts in another strong year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... therefore expected future returns are lower than they have been historically. This, combined with risks such as a slowdown in China and the refugee crisis in Europe and central banks' lack of remaining firepower to fight economic setbacks, warranted ...

Barclays to axe jobs worldwide, exit Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... King said that while "Asia Pacific is an important part of our global network... [we will have] a physical presence only in China, Hong Kong, India, Japan and Singapore." The memo also noted that Asia Pacific local cash equity products will be discontinued. ...