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Australia's confidence recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... have to deflect our focus from the usual seasonally adjusted "GDP (Chain volume measure)" to the seasonally adjusted "Real Gross Domestic Income, chain volume measure" in order to support the nagging pessimism prevailing in this land girth by sea. Because ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... Wednesday closed higher after disappointing economic growth figures increased expectations of an interest rate cut. The nation's gross domestic product rose by 0.3 per cent in the September quarter, below the 0.7 per cent rise economists were expecting. ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases national accounts data for the September quarter, including gross domestic product, while the Australian Industry Group's November Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) is due out. ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was up six points at 5,356. Commerce Department figures showed that US gross domestic product rose at a 3.9 per cent annualised rate, up from an initial estimate of 3.5 per cent. The median forecast ...

Financial services Australia's largest industry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
Financial services is now Australia's largest industry, accounting for 9% of gross domestic product, a new report has found. The report, which was commissioned by the Financial Services Council and UBS Global Asset Management, also found that "booming ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... a lot of Chinese data coming out today that will either drive them up or down." She said the key figure would be China's gross domestic production, which is expected to slow to about 7.2 per cent. Among the miners, BHP Billiton was minus five cents at ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... 40 and DAX 30 have both tumbled 11 per cent. Investors are expected to pay particularly close attention to third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) data from the world's number two economy, China, on Tuesday. The euro firmed to $US1.2781, compared ...

NAB confirms final pricing for Great Western IPO

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... Bank (GWB). The offer comprises 16 million shares or 27.6% of GWB's outstanding common stock at a price of US$18 per share. Gross proceeds realised by NAB will be US$288 million. As announced on 29 August 2014, NAB plans to sell all of its ownership ...

Janus plays first hand in ETF game

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Janus Capital, the fund manager which snapped up 'bond king' Bill Gross following his surprise departure from PIMCO, has joined the active ETF game with its acquisition of a Connecticut-based provider. Launched in 2009, VelocityShares manufactures institutionally-focused ...

Business as usual for PIMCO Australia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... Australia expects no changes to processes, investment strategy or personnel following the shock exit of 'bond king' Bill Gross last month. "The Australian portfolio management team continues to invest for our clients as we always have: The day-to-day ...