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15 February 2016 • By Tim Stewart • 1 min read

Renewal of global credit crisis 'unlikely’

Investors are spooked after the Australian share market officially entered "bear market" territory last week – but a repeat of the 2007-2008 global ...

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Pimco wary of negative interest rates

Recent experiments with negative interest rates by central banks could end up doing the global economy "more harm than good", warns Pimco

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Australians reject 'unethical' bank behaviour

A national survey by Oxfam Australia has revealed that almost 50 per cent of Australians would change banks if they found that their bank was behaving ...

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Foreign investors dominating VC space

Domestic investment in venture capital was outpaced by that of foreign investors from 2014-15, with the latter now dominating the growth in funding ...

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Iran emerging as investment destination

There is "money to be made" for first movers investing in the Iranian investment market, says T Rowe Price. The American investment firm ...

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CBA bad loans up 28 per cent

The Commonwealth Bank's $4.8 billion profit for the half year to December 2015 has been overshadowed by a $564 million loan impairment expense – up 28 ...

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Reduce withholding tax, says FSC

The Financial Services Council (FSC) has urged the government to reduce the withholding tax rate for Asia Region Funds Passport funds from 15 per cent ...

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Consumer sentiment up 4.2% in February

Following a 3.5 per cent fall in January, consumer sentiment has returned to a level where “optimists outnumber pessimists”, according to ...

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BOQ announces $15 million restructure

The Bank of Queensland has revealed it will incur costs of $15 million in 2016 as it undertakes an organisational restructure. In an statement on ...

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China becoming 'less important' for Australia

Australia's economic rebalancing has caused an increase in net services exports, with HSBC Global Research arguing that China’s investment cycle may ...

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