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Superannuation savings reach $2.5 trillion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... September 2016 from $2.3 trillion to $2.5 trillion in total superannuation assets. That's more than Australia's Gross Domestic Product (around USD$1.2 trillion) or the total market capitalisation of all the stocks listed on the ASX. Total assets in MySuper ...

C is the key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... growth momentum is strengthening for its consumers are spending. In Economics 101, we were taught that gross domestic product (GDP) - the value of final goods and services produced in a country at a given time - is derived by the summation of C+I+G+ ...

Agricultural investors create $10 million VC fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... is one of the fastest-growing sectors in Australia and expected to grow more than 10% faster than global gross domestic product. Agriculture and related activities comprise about 12% of Australia's GDP, more than double the US, and is expected to generate ...

Yellen speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
... whole phrase containing 17 words was lifted from: "Looking ahead, the FOMC expects moderate growth in real gross domestic product (GDP), additional strengthening in the labor market, and inflation rising to 2 percent over the next few years. Based on ...

Financial services lend spotlight on nation's leading philanthropists

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... research, the not-for-profit sector contributed about $43 billion to the national economy, or more than 2% of gross domestic product (GDP). While this is a significant amount, it is relatively half the amount in the more mature US market where the not-for-profits ...

Financial services to be a greater part of "economic narrative"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... the first time last May that the services sector makes up more than half of the Chinese economy: 51.6% of gross domestic product. In financial services there, the opportunities are huge. Australia has a strong, experienced financial sector, where China ...

Super fees almost halved in five years

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... revenue is broadly flat year-on-year at $22.5 billion. That figure represents 1.3% of Australia's total gross domestic product or $2,000 per super fund member. While the average fee across the whole market was 1.16%, there are nevertheless variations ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... member Procter & Gamble sank 4.0 per cent after reporting the sixth straight quarter of declining sales. US gross domestic product expanded at an annual rate of 2.3 per cent in the April-June period, slightly below the 2.5 per cent consensus estimate. ...

New kid on the block

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... economy". As for growth, seven years ago when the Shanghai composite index was trading at these levels, China's gross domestic product was US$3.49 trillion (2008), last year it was at US$9.25 trillion. They've also done a lotta market-oriented reforms ...

Banks lead Australian market lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... terms of selling in high-yield stocks yesterday, and it's carried through today." Mr Le Brun said GDP (gross domestic product) figures released on Wednesday had not had a great impact on the market. Australia's economy grew by 0.9 per cent in the March ...