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Financial services to be a greater part of "economic narrative"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... China, where economic data revealed for the first time last May that the services sector makes up more than half of the Chinese economy: 51.6% of gross domestic product. In financial services there, the opportunities are huge. Australia has a strong ...

New hope for DomaCom Kidman bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... square kilometres, it is larger than Ireland and almost half the size of Victoria. Morrison blocked the proposed sale to Chinese interests in November on the basis that it would be contrary to the national interest.

US growth stable due to resilient consumer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... really means is that productivity growth has kept up with wage growth during that time, and as a result you're now seeing Chinese companies like FoxConn building manufacturing facilities there."

Yellen fedspeaks her mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... pose risks to U.S. economic growth. Most notably, although recent economic indicators do not suggest a sharp slowdown in Chinese growth, declines in the foreign exchange value of the renminbi have intensified uncertainty about China's exchange rate policy ...

Deflation and China pose biggest risks: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... a further unexpected drop in commodity prices, a larger-than-expected depreciation of the CNY or a greater slowdown in Chinese growth. "Furthermore, given most global central banks are operating near the zero bound, they may not have a lot more room ...

Now is the time to accommodate the sellers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... business models should be little effected by the chief concerns impacting the market today - namely, a slowing of the Chinese economy, a falling oil price and turmoil in the Middle East. "We don't buy markets, we buy businesses. Right now we can buy ...

BGL joins DomaCom in fight for Kidman

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... help split the Kidman group of properties. S. Kidman and Company came to market several months ago and was acquired by Chinese interests in October. But the sale was blocked by the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB). As DomaCom is only interested ...

Economic experts still defensive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... panel of economic experts has told Morningstar that financial markets may have been overreacting to volatility in the Chinese sharemarket, overplaying risks to respective economies. The discussion earlier this month also said Australia's economic outlook ...

China's green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
The Australian equity market's reaction to better-than-expected Chinese trade data shows just how dependent Ozland is on Beijing. The All Ordinaries index closed 1.2% in the green - the first rise after seven straight days of declines this year - after ...

IFM Investors sell Pacific Hydro to SPIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
Global fund manager IFM Investors has sold Australian clean energy company Pacific Hydro to the Chinese-based State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC). IFM Investors was not surprised by the level of buyer interest in the business which runs 19 wind ...