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Impact investments the next wave for RI

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... recent COP21 agreement also reflects a worldwide awareness for the long-term risks of climate change on environment and economies. It expects investors will be looking at emerging investment opportunities from climate change as well as on the related ...

Down but upbeat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... thank for this - it's once again cushioning the Australian economy from the ill winds blowing from the international economies. The A$ is currently fetching US$0.6997 - down 3.8% so far in 2016 and 12.0% from a year ago. And despite China's August 2015 ...

Economic experts still defensive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... financial markets may have been overreacting to volatility in the Chinese sharemarket, overplaying risks to respective economies. The discussion earlier this month also said Australia's economic outlook continued to be one of slower-than-usual growth. ...

Demographic darlings and disasters revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... which score well on both fronts - as "demographic darlings" while those that score poorly are "demographic disasters". Economies in this second group include Japan, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Germany. A third group - "demographic deviants" - have favourable ...

China's green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... exports continue to hold. See chart. This should allay concerns of a currency war that could lead to deflation as other economies devalue their respective currencies to be able to compete with China. As China grows - stop slowing - it would buy more ...

SSGA cuts fees on SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ETF

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... Commenting on the changes, SSGA's head of SPDR ETFs for Australia, Amanda Skelly, said: "The changes reflect the significant economies of scale that ETF investors can now tap into when investing with SPDR ETFs. We want to offer our clients the very best ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... (BOJ), the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and many other central banks. These measures would have to lift their respective economies one day... within the next five years, maybe.

Industry welcomes Innovation Statement

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... lack of a comprehensive long term innovation strategy in recent years has resulted in the country falling behind other economies and welcomed significant reforms to the Early Stage Venture Capital Limited Partnership (ESVCLP) framework to unlock greater ...

TH Real Estate appoints head of research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... development Asia-Pacific. At Grosvenor, Tan was responsible for directing research on the Asian property markets, regional economies and other relevant regional/global trends. He played a key role in the firm's strategic planning, capital allocation ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... now pondering fiscal stimulation - and emerging Asia and Latin America and OPEC. Let's not stop at the slowing global economies, there's also the incidence of increased terrorism. All these were already happening in the third quarter - plus, remember ...