Asian frontier economies face refinancing risks

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Asian frontier-market economies need to refinance a significant amount of external liabilities over the coming year. Their sovereign fundamentals are not too concerning, but the timing isn’t ideal, given the... Read more continue reading

Chinese retail sales: fastest growth in 8 months

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Chinese economic data Chinese retail sales rose by 10.8 per cent annual rate in year to August. The result was above forecasts (+10.5 per cent) and above the 10.5 per... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 11 September, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets have had another volatile week as worries about China and the Fed linger, but most markets saw gains. While... Read more continue reading

Out of service: What’s behind the sector slowdown?

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The scale of the slowdown in the nominal growth rate for the service sector is as baffling as it is surprising. It raises the prospect of either a major mismeasurement... Read more continue reading

Lending consolidates

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Lending finance Lending: Total new loans (personal, business, housing & lease) fell by 0.1 per cent in July to $74.1 billion after a 1.3 per cent rise in June. New... Read more continue reading

How serious is the threat from the emering world?

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Key points The relative weakness in emerging market growth, shares and currencies has been developing for several years, looks partly structural & likely has further to run. While it makes... Read more continue reading

Centuria Property Funds appointment continues OneVue’s winning streak

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OneVue continues to deliver fund services growth with the announcement by Centuria Property Funds that it will add to its current partnership with the company to deliver clients expedient and... Read more continue reading

Blue Sky does the maths

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Blue Sky Private Equity has made a multi-million investment for a significant minority share of education technology company ORIGO Education, which provides primary school mathematics solutions tailored to local curricula... Read more continue reading

AFA to host Assistant Treasurer

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Demonstrating its ongoing commitment to keep members informed about regulatory change in the advice space, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will host a business lunch with the Hon. Josh... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital appoints Carmel Hourigan to head its property business

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AMP Capital yesterday announced Carmel Hourigan as its new Global Head of Property. Ms Hourigan will be responsible for delivering the strategy, growth and investment performance of AMP Capital’s $19 billion... Read more continue reading