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Even simple funds pose risks: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... said. According to the IMF, the asset management industry manages over $75 trillion assets globally and exceeds 100% of world GDP. The IMF will release further work from the Global Financial Stability Report on April 15.

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... could imagine circumstances where a June rate hike is still in play. If the next jobs report is strong... if second-quarter GDP look like it is bouncing quite sharply". And here's Jerome - sorry, Fed governor Jerome Powell to me - telling his audience ...

All roads leading to China's "one road"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... Hamish & Andy, if you live day to day. But look at it on a longer time frame - the index is up 17.1% this year to date (despite GDP growth now targeted at 7.0%). Go a bit longer - the index is up 86.2% from a year ago (I triple-checked this). A bit more ...

Another cut's in the mail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... meeting to a low of 5,763.3 points six trading days later - as the lower than expected 2.5% Australian fourth quarter real GDP growth and concerns over the upcoming 17-18 March Fed FOMC meeting added negative impetus to the domestic equity market's dashed ...

Managers to battle for super pool offshore

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... Investors decided to go global when it realised that the pool of superannuation savings would someday outgrow the country's GDP. "The Australian market is large, attractive and growing. Most fund managers appear to be focused on the opportunities here ...

Australia missing out on $34.5bn tech opportunity

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... ranked Netherlands on 75. Accenture estimates that if Australia improved its performance by 10 points, it could lift annual GDP growth rates by 0.25% over the next five years, resulting in an estimated $34.5 billion of additional economic output (GDP) ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... UK's economy, which was threatening to double dip just before Carney moved across the pond had steadily strengthened - real GDP growth accelerated from 1.7% in the June quarter of 2013 to 2.7% as at the December quarter of last year. The unemployment ...

The real problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... with envy for much as it wants to join the race to reverse the slump in the economy which has dipped back into recession - GDP contracted by 0.2% in the third quarter of last year and by 0.8% in the second - rising inflation in the country prevents it ...

Investment professionals depressed over future employment

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... counterparts, with 77% and 60% of respondents respectively expect their job prospects to increase. "Chinese respondents anticipate GDP growth of 6.2% and India 5.8%, figures which far exceed the anaemic 1.6% from Australians," Serhan said, and noted ...

Connect Brokers sets up Asian initiative

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... Malaysia, which is Australia's eighth largest trading partner, 99% of companies are SMEs. They account for 32% of the nation's GDP and 60% of employment, Tynan said.