Date: Monday, 19th October 2015 MOC’s statement on China’s FDI in Jan-Sept (Chinese) Source: MOC, 15 Oct 2015 International M&A projects saw a significant increase, with a total amount of 20.18 billion USD, accounting for 23.1% of FDI, with non-SOE representing 67% of the total FDI pool. In addition, the nature of projects was …
Education Talking Points 16-10-15
Date: Friday, 16th October 2015 PDF version More needs to be done to curb runaway student loans in vocational training (English) Source: The Age, 14 Oct 2015 Loan scandals have featured heavily in Australia’s political history, and this week the new Minister for Education and Training, Simon Birmingham, will be hoping the buck stops here. …
Post-Event Update: Marketing in China and Career Opportunities
On the 14th of October, AustCham held a Marketing in China and Career Opportunities event, where guests were given an insiders perspective into the successful marketing of businesses in China. The guest speakers for the evening: Santiago Mateos, Director of International Business Development at Netconcepts Web Technologies Beijing and Kiran Patel, Director of Marketing & Communications at Lehman …
Energy Talking Points 14-10-2015
Date: Wednesday, 14th October 2015 Chinese nuclear power industry see new developing opportunities (Chinese) Source: ifeng.com, 29 Sep 2015 Analysts believe that in the next 10 years, the investment into this industry would be more than 85 billion annually, due to the numerous encouragement policies. According to the thirteenth 5-years-plan, it is expected to reach …
Food & Agribusiness Talking Points 13-10-2015
Date: Tuesday, 13rd October 2015 Rural Commodities Wrap – September 2015 (English) Source: NAB, 01 Oct 2015 Agricultural prices diverged in August and into September – protein and fibres generally rose while crops trended lower. Overall, the NAB Rural Commodities Index was flat in AUD terms in August (down 0.1%) and moderately lower in terms …
Financial Services Talking Points 12-10-2015
Date: Monday, 12th October 2015 Economic and market highlights (English) Source: Macquarie Group, 02 October 2015 Macquarie forecasts that the first Federal Reserve interest rate rise will occur in December 2015. Volatility has receded from highs reached in August, but remains elevated. Developed markets lost ground, with the US and Australia shedding around 3%, …
Food & Agribusiness Talking Points 29-09-2015
Date: Tuesday, 29th September 2015 Finalize China FTA pleads agribusiness (English) Source: North Queensland Register, 16 September 2015 Agriculture bosses are urging new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to resolve the spat with unions and the federal opposition over the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA). Turnbull on Monday called the ChAFTA “one of the most important …
Financial Services Talking Points 28-09-2015
Date: Monday, 28th September 2015 The “Capital Conundrum” (English) Source: Macquarie Group, 22 September 2015 Bankers should pay attention to the impacts of recent changes by the APRA on the large Australian banks, including an increase in the risk weighting of mortgages from 16% to 25%, and global benchmarking. The impact is likely to …
Education Talking Points 25-09-15
PDF version Date: Thursday, 25th September 2015 Labor wants 2,000 students annually to take out loans for a ‘startup year’ (English) Source: zdnet.com, 24 September 2015 Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has today announced his plan to ‘Get Australia Started’ by promising 17.8 million AUD in startup funding, creating two overseas startup visas, and …
Food & Aribusiness Talking Points 22-09-2015
Lamb prices follow a generally seasonal pattern, rising early in the year before declining in spring, as the spring lamb supply becomes available. While we still expect that prices will drop off as supply comes online in the spring, our overall forecast is that prices will increase moderately on average in 2015-16 – up 1.2% (AUD) for the period.