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Grass is greener in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... grew by 11.9 per cent in the year to the March quarter, up from 10.7 per cent in the previous three-month period and the fastest in three years. Mr. and Mrs. Chiu might still have far to go to keep up with the Joneses but they are certainly on their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... China's double-digit growth rate. China said on Thursday that first-quarter growth expanded 11.9 per cent year on year, its fastest pace since the global financial crisis. China's consumer price index jumped 2.4 per cent in March, in line with market ...

FUM breaks through $1.4 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... Rainmaker said the market is still down 11 per cent compared to its December 2007 peak when it reached $1.6 trillion. The fastest growing sectors were Australian equities, indexing and boutique funds management and the fastest growing managers were Solaris ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... On Wednesday the market closed higher supported by a buoyant resources sector and data showing the economy grew at its fastest pace in two years in the December quarter. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 33.8 points, or 0.72 per cent, at 4,735.7 ...

While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... only our neighbours. Canada also recently reported its economy grew at annualised rate of 5.0 per cent in the Q4 - the fastest in almost a decade. Thus, despite keeping interest rates steady at 0.25 per cent last night, financial markets expect the Bank ...

Asia unseats South Africa in gold race

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
Indonesia, Tanzania and China reported the fastest growing output for gold last year - usurping South Africa, once the world's largest gold producer, which saw its production levels drop 5 per cent, according to a precious metals expert. British research ...

Room for Russia in BRIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... stock exchange would be closed for days. He said what many investors forget is that Russia trumped India and China as the fastest growing BRIC economy from 2000 to 2009 - growing 4.8 times over the period. True, there are serious issues. "The trouble ...

Fixing an industry on steroids

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... "This is as simple as the old banking adage: if it grows like a weed, maybe it is a weed," he said on how five of the fastest growing loan categories in the US were all real estate related. But having written more than 10,000 pages of research criticising ...

Planners locked out of SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
A fee for service model for SMSFs could result in a segment of financial planners locked out of the fastest growing superannuation sector. The Cooper Review's Phase Three - Issues Paper raises the financial planning remuneration issue and questions ...

Funds under management post record jump

RAINMAKER GROUP IS THE OWNER OF FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... consecutive quarters of decreases that commenced two years ago. FUM is however still below its September 2008 level. The five fastest growing sectors, in percentage terms, over the past 12 months were private equity, sub-advisory, overseas sourced FUM ...