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Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... geo-political events" had we had in recent history? We had lotsa lotsa "major geopolitical events" - September 11, North Korea nukes, Thailand coup, China-Japan/Malaysia/Vietnam/Philippines island dispute, Ukraine - yet the S&P 500 index continues to ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... opportunities and expanding markets for our farmers, miners and service industries in Asia through new free trade agreements with Korea and Japan. Tonight we are asking higher-income earners to help repair the Budget. From 1 July this year and for just ...

APEC releases Asian Funds Passport discussion paper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... on the Asia Region Funds Passport. The paper was authored by the passport working group, which includes Australia, South Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. It discusses the objectives of the passport, conditions for participation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... 22,151.06, but Shanghai slipped 0.41 per cent, or 8.41 points, to 2,033.31. Investors were unmoved by news that North and South Korea had traded live artillery fire across their disputed maritime border on Monday, forcing South Korean islanders to take ...

Australian investors optimistic of hitting financial goals

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... their financial goals. The survey, which was conducted in 22 countries, including Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore in the Asia Pacific region, revealed that fewer investors are planning to make changes to their ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... despise the West, there is no doubt in my mind that Russian President Vladimir Putin is saner and more calculating than North Korea's Kim. Putin better prove me right this time, else I'll retire trying to get inside the heads of tyrants forevermore. ...

Asia Funds Passport on shaky ground

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... its first steps towards a workable funds passport by signing aA statement of intent with New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea. The Financial Services Council (FSC) is a vocal supporter of the government's bid to ease the export of financial services ...

Catching the big wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... China got some major Asian countries - including Australia - in its bag. Bloomberg reported on 19 February that, "South Korea is moving closer to seeking the first direct trading between the won and the yuan following calls within the ruling Saenuri ...

FSC acclaims free trade agreement with Korea

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
The Korea Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA) will provide significant opportunities for the export of financial services, according to the Financial Services Council (FSC). The industry body was responding to details of the agreement released this ...

Emerging emerging markets concerns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014