Investors observe stock market at an exchange hall on March 5, 2016 in Nanjing.

Forget Trump, brace for China slowdown

The peaking of China's nominal growth cycle should lead Australian investors to favour defensive, locally-focused sectors, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Markets Live: Investors cheer France

ASX starts the week on the front foot after France's first round of presidential polling produces a market-friendly result, which helped pus...

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No poll bump for PM in visa changes

Thanks largely to Malcolm Turnbull citing a run of 30 successive negative Newspolls as a key reason for necking Tony Abbott, each poll now a...