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FSC calls for new govt agency to grow industry overseas

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... sourced from oversea compared to 80% in Singapore and 60% in Hong Kong. Modelling by Deloitte Access Economics shows that exports in managed funds could increase GDP by $4.2 billion by 2029-30 if we reached the level of exports equivalent to Hong Kong ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... they are repatriated back to Japan - prompted by last year's sharp depreciation. Recent data show that while Japanese exports increased by a larger than expected 3.9% in the year to July, this came following two consecutive months of decline - 2.0% in ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... Federal Reserve chief. Tokyo ended flat on Wednesday, edging up 4.66 points to 15,454.45 after data showed a rebound in exports helped narrow Japan's trade deficit in July. But the shortfall still came in worse than expected after a marked slowdown in ...

Financial services export industry must rival iron ore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... build upon a comparative advantage in this sector. According to Cooper, if Australia can increase its funds management exports to the same level as Hong Kong by 2023/24, GDP would increase by $4.2 billion by 2029-30 and around 10,000 additional jobs ...

Boost from Chinese stimulus to be short-lived

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... has lowered its suggested allocation to emerging markets as the Chinese economy struggles to transition from a focus on exports to a focus on domestic consumption. Dr Jiming Ha, vice chairman and chief investment strategist of the Goldman Sachs' Investment ...

Nothing's good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... the financial presses, the March quarter's growth was mainly all due to the 1.4 percentage point contribution from net exports to the economy. The Sydney Morning Herald prints on its website, "Economists were caught off guard by the pace of the export ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... there are concerns about a slowdown in China, and particularly in the property sector, will really limit demand for our exports," she said. BHP Billiton was down 15 cents at $37.28, Rio Tinto was down 24 cents at $59.86, while among the smaller miners ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... flat at noon. Resources stocks dropped after the release of data showing a weaker trade surplus in March, due to weaker exports. BHP Billiton was down 11 cents at $37.38, Rio Tinto had dropped 37 cents to $61.28 and Fortescue Metals was five cents weaker ...

Japan's 1997 deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... the country's export shipments increased by a much lower than expected 1.8% in the year to March. Worse, the volume of exports increased by only 0.6% over the past 12 months and was actually down by 0.2% in the March quarter. Worst, this occurs at the ...

Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... fetching more than US$0.94 (though we still have a lot to go until 2015). While some considered yesterday's China news - exports and imports came in lower than expectations - it's good news for China growth. Taken at face value - that is, discounting ...