Time to reconsider emerging markets?
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After a prolonged period of market volatility, the news from emerging markets has taken on a more positive tone since the start of 2016.
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Why China’s property market matters
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A credit-fuelled property bubble enabled China to maintain its incredible run of growth through the global financial crisis (GFC). However, now China has to deal with a massive excess supply of property that is causing construction activity to contract along with a range of other linked sectors in the Chinese economy, as millions of homes lie vacant.
Read MorePlummeting oil prices and quantitative easing have global significance
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While the US ceased quantitative easing (QE) in October 2014, Europe commenced QE and in Japan it continues. China is seeking to stabilise growth, as seen in the recent cut in interest rates, while on 3 February 2015, Australian cash rates were lowered from 2.5 per cent to a record low of 2.25 per cent.
Read MoreEconomic update
/The third quarter of 2014 saw markets continue to recover from their early weakness at the beginning of the year, despite a flat start in July.
Read MoreGlobal investment outlook
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The current investment environment is extraordinary. Many world share indices ended June at or near all-time record highs.
Read MoreGlobal growth - starting to rebound?
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Global growth slowed in 2013 but there are signs that growth could rebound in 2014, led by the developed economies of the US and Europe.
Read MoreChina slowdown looms
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China’s new leaders, President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang, seem determined to rein in China’s investment boom to prevent a speculative bubble and to strike a better balance between growth and social and environmental concerns.
Read MoreEquity markets offer both opportunities and risk
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Despite the revival in world equity markets over the past six months, its renewed optimism is still very fragile.
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