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ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... 34% believed that Grexit will happen before May next year. However, "Greece represents a very small percentage of Europe's GDP," Bracken says. PM Capital chief investment officer Paul Moore shares similar views and says that he is not exposed to Greece ...

FEATURE: The infrastructure love story

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... attention." Attention is needed because Australia's economy-wide spending attributable to infrastructure services made up 13.3% of GDP in 2011. It is projected to double from $187 billion in 2011 to $377 billion by 2031. So who is going to provide this ...

APAC fastest growing region for millionaire investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... assets. This represents an increase of 3.5% since the year before. The key drivers for wealth in Australia were the growth of GDP, the increase in real estate prices and changes in the stockmarket; Australia is still among the world's top 10 countries ...

Over-reliant bank lending slows OECD economic growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... bank credit to the private sector slows growth in most OECD countries, including Australia. "A rise of bank credit by 10% of GDP translates into a GDP growth rate that is 0.3 percentage points less than would otherwise be the case," an OECD statement ...

Australia's "irrational exuberance" an economic risk: PIMCO

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... which means that an external shock would be severe for the economy, PIMCO said. Household debt appears to be rising, even as GDP growth and income slow, the latest analysis paper 'A look at rising household debt in Australia and the implications for ...

Rising bond yields a blip

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... Australian bonds to begin rallying again is perhaps strongest of all. This would be partially explained by a first quarter GDP growth of 0.9% (quarter on quarter) that was driven by a lift in exports and inventories. He said household consumption and ...

BOJ in (tactical) retreat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... BOJ is now more optimistic on the economic outlook. Can't blame it. After all the Cabinet Office just upgraded first quarter GDP growth from an annualised rate of 2.4% to 3.9%. How good is that? Then again, household spending continues to contract, down ...

Better than the big boys

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... in comparison to the G-7 countries' economic growth performance in the first quarter of this year. While Australia's real GDP growth of 0.9% in the first quarter surpassed expectations, majority of blokes and sheilas saw the "half-empty glass" year-on-year ...

Banks lead Australian market lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... we saw an acceleration in 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 ...

Vanguard first to offer A-shares through ETF

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... been given a preliminary quota of RMB 10 billion, the largest initial quota ever granted. With the world's second-largest GDP, China accounts for 20% of global trade and 7% of global consumption. Through the addition of China A-shares to the US-listed ...