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How to understand emerging markets

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... the south-west; and Japan, the Eurozone, Switzerland and Scandinavia are in the south-east." The financial health of the western bloc countries is closely tied to global liquidity, while the northern bloc's prosperity is linked to the commodity cycle. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... ore prices to a new five year low of $83.60 on Friday, which was cited as a main factor in the collapse of junior miner Western Desert Resources.

Brumbie: Misguided attacks on SMSFs, enough already

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... changed my mind on the third I think I now have to add a fourth. The first was George Bush for his trickery that fooled the Western world into kicking the Middle East ants' nest leaving a trail of mayhem that just goes from bad to worse and will most ...

NAB to float US subsidiary

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
National Australia Bank will float its US subsidiary Great Western Bank as it looks to focus on its core Australian and New Zealand operations. NAB expects to sell a minority stake in Great Western Bank through an initial public offering during the ...

Movers and shakers

... Eck's Melbourne office and will be responsible for driving business development business in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. Marinas previously worked as a regional investment specialist with ANZ Global Wealth. Henry Mortlock will be ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... stock markets have rebounded sharply as traders breath a sigh of relief over easing tensions in east Ukraine and gains by Western-backed forces in Iraq. Frankfurt's main DAX index added 1.68 per cent to end Monday at 9,245.33. London's benchmark FTSE ...

Giving through PAFs back to pre-crisis level

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... (37.2% versus 34.2%). New South Wales residents are the most generous, donating an average of $575 per donor, followed by Western Australians $507 and Victorians $498, with Queenslanders the least generous donating $367 in the year to 30 June 2012. Welfare ...

Van Eck Global expands Australia team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... Eck's Melbourne office and will be responsible for driving business development business in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. Marinas previously worked as a regional investment specialist with ANZ Global Wealth. Henry Mortlock will be ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... Mark Barnaba, NAB chairman Michael Chaney and Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi will speak at a CEDA event on the future of Western Australia in Perth. In Australia, the market on Tuesday enjoyed its strongest session in more than five weeks as investors ...

US/EU v Russia's lose-lose is China's win-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... started climbing again after September 11, 2001). In Europe, http://www.notre-europe.eu/ noted that, "...whilst on average western European countries spent 3.1% of their Gross Domestic Product on defence between 1985 and 1989, this figure had fallen ...