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And then there's gonna be five

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
It didn't happen overnight, but it will happen. It may be a bit of an anti-climax but it's now official... the Chinese yuan will formally join the US dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen and the British pound in the International Monetary Fund's basket ...

Super fund chief in Paris for climate talks

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
Catholic Super chief executive and Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) chair Frank Pegan will commit support from Australian and New Zealand institutional investors for sound climate policies at the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference ...

Treasurer calls for planners to enter China

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison has reignited calls for financial services and planners to enter the Chinese market and further develop competitive advantages established in Australia's sophisticated system. Morrison made the comment at a Bloomberg ...

The importance of Asian trade agreements

GREG O'NEILL, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, LA TROBE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015

Australia back on the radar for international capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
The price adjustments and economic rebalancing seen in Australia over the last 12 months could see investment markets defy growing pessimism and international money return, according to two eminent market commentators. Goldman Sachs Asset Management ...

Six point five is PM Li's new like

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
"Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would." - 'El Condor Pasa' by Simon & Garfunkel After all the dissecting, de-constructing and probing of the October FOMC statement for missing/added words, phrases and sentences, financial markets came up with ...

Future Fund issues return warning

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
The Future Fund has issued a warning to investors that the high returns of the past few years are unlikely to continue in the medium term. The latest update shows the Future Fund's investment strategy has almost doubled the value of original government ...

Big trouble in big China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
Here we go again folks, the China is kaput story is back in the headlines again. What went up last week - some through to yesterday - are back down again all because, they say, financial markets didn't like what they saw in the China's trade data where ...

Aussie fintech partners with Alibaba

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
Australian fintech lender GetCapital is offering finance to support purchases on Alibaba.com from suppliers in any country under a new partnership announced recently. The collaboration is, for the first time, providing Australian importers and exporters ...

Reversal of fortunes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
We're happy, Jan! This is the universal chorus from financial markets everywhere the week - the first 7 trading days of October - after the quarter - the worst three-months since September 2011 - before. Oh yes, yes, yo Virginia, we're happy little ...