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Jump goes the Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... the RBA minutes indicating the Australian central bank's uncertainty... "Members regarded the improvement in the world economy over the preceding months as a welcome development. Nevertheless, they assessed that current economic conditions in Australia ...

Trump matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... he runs the biggest economy with the biggest capital market in the world. The US economy account for 25% of the world economy (US$18.6 trillion of US$75.2 trillion); the US equity market 38% (US$26 trillion of US$69 trillion) and the US bond market ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... smallest (except for September) since December 2014. The relatively cheaper A$, rising commodity prices and reflating world economy should underpin improvement going forward. Eurozone ECB policy decision As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept ...

Do super funds hold AAA rating key?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... level of savings in China is as large as the United States and Europe put together and as China's weight in the world economy has increased, global savings have increased. The balance between long-term savings and investments has changed. There's no ...

Fiducian reports solid funds under management growth

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... peers in similar businesses where some have yet to generate such profits for shareholders. "Fiducian expects the world economy to overcome its current economic and geopolitical issues and expectations are for double-digit earnings growth continuing over ...

Pessimistic investment horizon for super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... lot of different things for inequality, for politics and lots of things. It may also mean a lot of savings in the world economy - facing too few investment opportunities and consistently low growth," Flanders said. "We [might also be] liable to have ...

Pension funds globally face solvency issues

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... investing at double the pace of western countries. He said this over-investment is creating mass excess capacity in the world economy which is one of the reasons there is little sign of inflation. The OECD has also conducted new research on the implications ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... she? "But if the economy surprises us, our judgments about appropriate monetary policy will change." The way the world economy and financial markets is "surprising us" this very moment, gives more credence to Bank of England (BOE chief economist Andy ...

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... from European Central Bank executive board member and chief economist Peter Praet last night: "Developments in the world economy and in commodity markets have increased the downside risk of achieving the sustainable inflation path toward 2 percent... ...

Van Eck lists first A-shares ETF

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... Management Company (ChinaAMC). While China only represents 1.72% of the MSCI World All Countries Index, it is 30% of the world economy. "This is a large gap that is going to be filled first by indices, then by institutional investors," Neiron said. ChinaAMC ...