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Whatever the question, the answer is China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... yields. This is creating problems in other parts of the world but in Asia it's leading to a pick up in lending," he said. Banks in Asia, however, have plenty of spare capacity to lend which results in much of the borrowings ending up in growth generating ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
The Australian stock market has opened firmer, with the banks and miners in the black as investors took their cues from offshore. At 1015 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 49.6 points, or 1.06 per cent at 4801.7, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

BetaShares launches currency ETF

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... Australia. For example, an individual seeking to invest A$10,000 in a US dollar bank account with one of the major Australian banks can pay up to $700 over a 6-month period due to fees, costs and poor exchange rates. The same investment in the BetaShares ...

Indonesia looking to deepen its capital markets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... forming a stablisation fund that would step in to buy bonds if needed. The grouping includes four of the country's major banks and nine non-banks and insurance companies. The move follows concerns over Indonesia's negative real interest rates where rates ...

Haste makes waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... monitors near you at about this time last year. Yes, my dear Virginia, the film, "The Fed and other developed country central banks will start withdrawing policy - possibly as early as the second half of this year - on indications of stronger economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... futures contract was nine points higher at 4,744 points, with 11,091 contracts traded. IG Markets dealer Chris Weston said the banks were helping to hold the market up. "Banks are pulling in the big points," Mr Weston said. "That's being offset by a ...

Value a plus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... that of China, India, Brazil and Asian countries. This positive force is now coming under threat as emerging market central banks tighten their respective monetary policies to control rising inflationary pressures. The first month of 2011 is still not ...

Growth spoiler

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... quarters. Financial. According to a freshly released report by Moody's Investor Services, earnings of Australia's largest banks would be hit by debt defaults and missed mortgage repayments flowing from the Queensland floods. Regional banks would be hit ...

New beginnings at Tower

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... of the company, and has no other operations in Australia. The 29 per cent stake, and regulatory concerns should the major banks make a play, also means a competing bid is unlikely, the analysts said. Tower has become one of the dominant providers of ...

Market Wrap - Mid Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... proposed putting a cap on the amount the companies can charge retailers in processing fees. At 1023 AEDT, the major Australian banks generally were trading stronger. Commonwealth Bank was up 11 cents at $51.05, Westpac was three cents higher at $23.18 ...