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Martin Currie cautious on dividend growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... Australia briefing in Sydney yesterday, head of Australian equity research Michael Slack said these companies, particularly commodity businesses, have got to start reinvesting in growth or sustaining capital. Slack said Martin Currie Australia's income ...

Confused environment leads to Aussie stock volatility

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... Bennelong Australian Equity Partners (BAEP) portfolio manager Julian Beaumont had positive views on the resource sector. "Commodity prices may be bottoming - the risks for commodity stocks are now mainly skewed to the upside," Campbell said. Beaumont ...

RBNZ cuts rates, biased towards further easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... decision as prompted by the deterioration in the global outlook since December, increased financial market volatility, low commodity prices and risks t the domestic growth outlook - in particular weakness in the dairy sector, declining inflation expectations ...

China crashlands back to GFC days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
The recent upswing in equity and commodity markets hit the China wall, stalling or reversing following reports of worse-than-expected Chinese trade figures. This is because they reinforce the markets' current trepidation over slowing global growth. ...

A "must do" for the ECB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... meeting: "Let me refer to what we are looking at when we have these dramatic movements in oil price, but also other commodity prices... we look at second-round effects, namely whether low oil prices and low commodity prices do feed into other prices ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... growth. Downside risks and vulnerabilities have risen, against the backdrop of volatile capital flows, a large drop of commodity prices, escalated geopolitical tensions, the shock of a potential UK exit from the European Union and a large and increasing ...

Platinum inflows boosted by increased marketing spend

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... statement. "As the Australian equities market continues to face challenges that are mostly linked to the decline in commodity prices and the Australian Dollar, Australian investors appear more willing to allocate a larger portion of their portfolio to ...

ASX "debutantes" beating market dips

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... and 30% of capital raised (technology IPOs accounted for 8% and 6% of those in 2014). "Volatility in China and falling commodity prices have created an unsettling environment for equity investors, but IPOs remained stock market darlings in 2015, dominated ...

Australian dividend growth outpaces global peers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... payouts. Mining companies also held up well, though there are still risks this year," the report said. Significant cuts in commodity dividends, particularly those based in the UK, will hold growth back in 2016. Henderson has trimmed its forecast for ...

A negative sum game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... increased again amid heightened uncertainty about emerging market economies' growth prospects, volatility in financial and commodity markets, and geopolitical risks." This was the BOJ's message in its 29 January statement: "Japan's economy has continued ...