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Australia lagging in Asia-Pacific financial relationships

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
Although the Asia-Pacific region represents about two-thirds of Australia's global trading relationships, the region accounts for less than one-third of Australia's financial relationships. This is one of the findings in a Finsia-sponsored report by ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... talks after the IMF walked out, while Japanese stocks ended higher thanks to a pick-up in the dollar against the yen. Regional investors were given another positive lead from Wall Street following a better-than-forecast US retail sales report. Tokyo ...

Bond investors warned not to overlook defence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
While most fixed income investors recognise the need to take a more flexible approach to finding return in a threatening interest rate environment, T. Rowe Price head of international fixed income Arif Husain believes that most investors are overlooking ...

ASIC looking to introduce civil laws to punish corporates

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft has told a Senate Estimates hearing that the big six banks and regional counterparts have no excuse for poor corporate culture. During today's hearing Medcraft said ASIC meets with each institution ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... contraction, was not a surprise. But perceptions of a rebound in growth since then were tempered by a fall in the May Chicago regional business activity index, into negative territory, and a sharp fall in the University of Michigan's consumer confidence ...

Groups call for default super fund decoupling

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... and we welcome the opportunity to compete equally through our extensive branch network and importantly, in rural and regional Australia where access to financial services can be problematic." Latto said employers often negotiate special discounts or ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... Wall Street similarly taking Memorial Day off. Madrid's stock market was open, the day after voters in municipal and regional elections abandoned traditional parties to back populist protest rivals, with the Ibex-35 index closing 2.01 per cent lower ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... Shanghai shed 0.58 per cent, or 25.20 points, to 4,283.49 and Hong Kong sank 0.83 per cent, or 231.03 points, to 27,591.25. Regional investors were given a positive lead from New York on Friday after more weak data indicated a US recovery may not be ...

Falling AUD offsets dividend growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... forecasts might initially suggest," he added. "What's more, Australians investing globally benefit from both greater regional and sector diversification when compared to investing domestically. "The risks to dividends and dividend growth are greatly ...

BNP Paribas names new country head

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... we are seeing sound business momentum." Gibson joined BNP Paribas in 2011 in Hong Kong and was most recently head of regional human resources Asia Pacific since 2012. He has previously held different senior banking positions for a number of leading financial ...