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China infrastructure push to boost Australia exports

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... economy have hurt Australia's terms of trade, but a renewed focus on infrastructure could boost the demand for Australian goods. Recent reports by HSBC and BlackRock highlighted that the Chinese government is likely to funnel money to the China Development ...

Winter of our discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... strong US dollar, no, no, and no. It's a support to the others, particularly to Canada which exports 70.3% of its total goods and services to America. Perhaps, most countries need to "double seasonally adjust", ey? With China also slowing, it'll be baby ...

FIIG launches Asciano direct bond

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... operates across a variety of industries, from coal and bulk commodities such as agriculture, to automotive, containerised goods and building materials. Asciano has three core businesses including rail haulage company Pacific National, container terminal ...

Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... inflation was at 1.8% in April - close to the 2.0% Fed target. US consumer confidence, house prices, new home sales and durable goods orders - a leading indicator of business investment - all came in ahead of expectations. Lift-off here we come. US monetary ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... Wal-Mart Stores gained 0.7 per cent as it unveiled a test program in the US to give online customers unlimited delivery of goods for $US50 a year, putting it in direct competition with Amazon's "Prime" service. LONDON - Europe's stock markets have risen ...

Mining exports finally give way to financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... drivers of wealth creation and job creation over the next decade." He noted that "for every dollar we spend buying Chinese goods and services, the Chinese spend two dollars buying our goods and services. We are the big winners out of this relationship. ...

Will nice numbers make RBA a bad guy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... multiplier effect on the economy. It touches finance, legal, construction, and other ancillary services and spending on household goods and furnishings from curtains to nails to plasters to fridges to whatever else could fit in the brand new entertainment ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... Global Capital, characterised the gains as "momentum buying" after the Commerce Department said new orders for manufactured goods rose 2.1 per cent in March, after seven straight months of declines. US stocks traded in positive territory all day. The ...

Better to own or to rent investments?

JOHN DYALL  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... the working population is the main driver of aggregate demand. A younger workforce is forming households, buying consumer goods, raising children and paying taxes. Both Germany and Japan are expected to see the greatest declines in their working-age ...

Bennelong partners 4 Corners to offer infrastructure

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
Bennelong Funds Management recently announced it will partner a global infrastructure investment manager with the mandate to invest in listed infrastructure companies from around the world. The partnership with 4 Corners Infrastructure, Bennelong's ...