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Ageing population presents investment potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... insights from AMP Capital. The new white paper published by AMP Capital associate director Christopher Deves looks at the economies of Japan, China and Korea, and highlights how their ageing populations are generating a growing need for aged care homes ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... positive reading, but if sustained, China's increased import consumption could provide an engine of growth for other economies. Exports declined by 2.8% in the year to July, an improvement from the previous month's 4.4% contraction and better than expectations ...

Super funds seeking low carbon mandates

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016

Investors must be ready for grey swans

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... drawdowns of riskier assets. While there is interest rate risk for longer-dated securities, particularly for stronger economies where interest rate hikes are more likely, bonds remain a valuable anchor in multi-asset portfolios due to their lower volatility ...

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
In a week punctuated by disappointing key stats from the world's major economies, something strange in our neighbourhood happened... Wall Street produced a trifecta. The Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq all closed at record highs on the 11th of August ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... Brexit. "Against the backdrop of the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union and the slowdown in emerging economies... the bank acted to ""prevent these uncertainties from leading to a deterioration in business confidence and consumer sentiment ...

ANZ names chief economist

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... lead the ANZ research team that provides economic analysis on the Australian economy, global financial markets, and the economies of major trading partners. He will also be responsible for co-ordinating ANZ's regional economic and financial markets research ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... in other services such as electricity, telecommunications, and transport which have higher spillover potential across economies.

Rate cut would do little to help economy: WAM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... make Australia's fixed income market slightly less desirable for those investors on the hunt for yield. "All of the economies are calling that we need to ease monetary policy further to actually get inflation going. It's questionable whether you can ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... strategy Australia would normally ridicule, namely Italy and France. "General government debt ratios in the advanced economies averaged 106% of GDP at end 2015, up from 72% at end 2007," noted the report as it warned that "worried investors are likely ...