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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... turn, indirectly supporting growth outside America, Japan and the Eurozone in particular. Growth in the bigger world economies is a welcome boost for Australia's export sector and the economy. Just think of the tonnes of steel, iron ore and copper and ...

Australia must curtail its debt binge in 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... sheets. "A real estate-funded debt binge combined with a very poor productivity record has created problems for both economies," he said. "Should the focus shift to debt sustainability and away from reflation, these currencies will become vulnerable ...

A-dollar rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... Why not? Reflation is the flavour of the moment, commodity prices are on the rise and growth momentum is most major economies are improving. How high can the A$ go? The Economist magazine just released it's 'Big Mac' index that showed that Australia's ...

Offline Australian retail sales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... month. Still, these figures don't include international retailers' online sales to Australia... but these feed into their economies, not ours.

Legg Mason launches new bond fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... investment of $30,000 - seeks to add value while controlling risk, with investments made across a wide array of markets and economies. "Western Asset employs multiple strategies across interest rate duration, yield curve, sector rotation and security ...

Asia driving infrastructure deal activity

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
... has increased over the last decade, greater competition for assets - particularly secondary stage assets in developed economies - has pushed valuations upwards. Low interest rates have also contributed to higher pricing demands as leverage becomes cheaper ...

Global investors missed turning point

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
... shrinking workforces," Kotecha says. "The GFC coincided with the first signs that the usual 'fill-up' of new workers in to economies was stalling. It effectively masked this important turning point, and the world missed it." He explains in 1960 there ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... down to up. This is a negative especially for the ECB and the BOJ that are in the midst of bond purchases to get their economies and inflation moving on up. This, too, is becoming a problem for Australia... and more so given indications of a weakening ...

First university climate bond issued

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... other markets. "This diversification and growth will mirror the development of the climate bond market in other leading economies. While increasing the level of finance for clean energy projects, the Monash University climate bond also has the added ...

Tail wags the dog in ESG regulation: PRI

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
... pieces of regulation across pension funds, stewardship codes and corporate disclosure requirements in the largest 50 economies in the world. While the PRI identified evidence that effective ESG regulation directly impacts ESG risk management by companies ...