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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
Mining companies have dragged the sharemarket lower after weak Chinese trade data lead to a fall in commodity prices. Chinese import and export figures released on Saturday showed an unexpected trade deficit of $US22.98 billion ($A25.37 billion), vastly ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... contract was up 21 points at 5,417. In local economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the index of commodity prices for February and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases business indicators for the December quarter. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... contract was up 21 points at 5,417. In local economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the index of commodity prices for February and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases business indicators for the December quarter. ...

Henderson reports record profit

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... Henderson chief executive Andrew Formica said the group's Australian business was "growing quickly" after it acquired commodity specialist H3 Global Advisers and 33% of 90 West in April and November last year, respectively. Formica also suggested the ...

A-dollar zero point six six

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... they came from. RBS senior currency strategist Greg Gibbs adds IF the Chinese economy struggles and "... much weaker commodity prices, and maybe a degree of financial stress in China..." (SMH) Goldman Sachs was in on the if's too -- IF "reserve managers ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
Australian shares are higher due to strong gains by the big four banks, positive offshore leads and higher commodity prices. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said he thought there was relatively strong momentum for quality. "There is a nice balance in ...

FEATURE: The cost of cash

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... wouldn't have to look very hard to find a 12-month term deposit paying you around 6%. But the hangover from the wildest commodity-fuelled party in Australia's history had to catch up eventually. Since then, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has been ...

Credit Suisse goes "wild" in its 2014 outlook

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... all while the RBA adopts a tightening bias instead of easing. Stronger Chinese growth will also help supporting higher commodity prices." The paper also looked at the possibility of Australia developing a corporate debt market and noted that "it is unusual ...

ETF assets to surpass hedge funds in 12-18 months

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... will be the same across all markets - foreign currency share classes, fund of fund ETFs, new emerging market funds and commodity ETFs. Growth rates in Asia-Pacific are among the highest in the world at around 20-30% per annum, compared to an average ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... contract was down 23 points at 5,120. In economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases the index of commodity prices for January. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases building approvals data for December, the ANZ job advertisements ...