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Australian ETF Industry achieves $15bn milestone

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2015
... Local investors have continued to seek investment opportunities offshore despite ongoing fears about the stability of the Eurozone and the success of "Abenomics". According to State Street Global Advisors' Amanda Skelly, this pattern will likely continue ...

Santa's bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... ofA anxiety over indications of a slowing Chinese economy, doubts over Japan's recovery, concerns over deflation in the eurozone and disappointing US growth stats early in the New Year (polar vortex). Overlayed against all these is the US Federal Reserve's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... prices struck fresh five-year lows, China clamped down on speculative trading and Greece sparked renewed worries about the eurozone. European indices fell sharply, where added to the mix were concerns about a fresh crisis in Greece that could renew worries ...

The Grinch is stealing Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... demand would remain subdued at the same time. We know from last week, when Markit Economics released its final read of the Eurozone Composite PMI for November that the region's economy is stagnating. Don't take my word for it, here's how Markit's own ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... lifted off a two-year low after the European Central Bank disappointed markets eager for stimulus to revive the stalling eurozone economy. The ECB held its main "refinancing" rate steady at 0.05 per cent, as expected at its monthly policy meeting. But ...

Australia's confidence recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... quarter and Japan went into recession. Now the A$'s about 11% cheaper at US$0.84, China's stimulating, so is Japan and the eurozone, and growth in the US and the UK are gaining momentum. If the Australian economy was able to withstand the global financial ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... expand" in the last two months. LONDON - The prospect of quantitative easing from the European Central Bank helped lift eurozone stocks, but London slipped as the government signalled more austerity measures despite higher growth forecasts. The Paris ...

The recession we're wishing to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... iron ore and oil prices, low business and consumer confidence, slowing China, receding Japan and deflation threat in the eurozone. Worry, worry, worry... that's all we do. You want more? There's one more. The national statistician will today release ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... the German and French governments have fallen to record lows on the prospect of quantitative easing in the struggling eurozone, while the euro slid further and stocks gained. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 climbed 0.60 per cent to 9,974.87 points and in Paris ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... Frankfurt-based ECB will be able to gauge early 2015 whether it needs to start buying sovereign bonds to stimulate the eurozone economy, its deputy president Vitor Constancio said. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index shed 0.03 per cent to 6,729.17 points ...