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Mining exports finally give way to financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... down the track," Peter said. Signaling a new FTA with India, Hockey said: "We are expanding that to India, which is the fastest growing economy in the world, but still a very small trading partner of Australia." Commenting on the agreements, Peter said ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... seen as being more business friendly and more importantly, offer continuity in a country that last year experienced the fastest rate of growth in the G7," said Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at Oanda trading group. As the results rolled in, forecasts ...

Modi under the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... Investments emerging markets economist Alex Wolf said. The 10th largest economy in the world could overtake China as the fastest growing Asian economy if the new government successfully implements a series of structural reforms, according to the investment ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... release of weak manufacturing data from the world's second largest economy. Factory activity in China contracted at its fastest rate in a year in April, according to a regular survey by HSBC. The release of the data just before noon (AEST) sent the main ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... cent) at 5,035.17. Total sales of used homes jumped 6.1 per cent to an annual rate of 5.19 million units in March, the fastest pace in 18 months, according to data from the National Association of Realtors. Dow member Boeing fell 1.4 per cent as analysts ...

Blue Sky to raise $20m for alternatives fund

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... value in traditional asset classes becomes increasingly hard to find. "Alternatives are becoming mainstream, they are the fastest growing asset class in Australia. The market is starting to understand the benefits of diversification and the increased ...

ETF investor numbers growing rapidly

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... increased to 146,000 in the 12 months to October 2014. This is up from 103,000 recorded in the previous year and is the fastest growth seen in the last four years. BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said the ETF industry experienced record growth ...

Active managed fund returns worsen against indices

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... categories in the past year. Over the five-year horizon, Australian A-REIT and international equity funds disappeared at the fastest rate, with more than one quarter of them liquidated or merged, respectively. Australian small-cap funds had the highest ...

SMSF the next frontier for robo advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... Wealth. The report, which reviewed 45 robo advice offerings, suggests sophisticated investors aged 60 and over are among the fastest growing adopters of robo advice globally. The 2015 Automated Investment Advisers Global Market Review found while robo ...

Out with the old in with the newer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... beyond the 50 expansion/contraction threshold and the best reading since October 2014. Also good, new orders were at their fastest rate of increase in five months and job creation in the manufacturing sector accelerated in March. Out with the old (bad ...