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AMP Capital responds to ChinaAMC unitholder offer

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
Unitholders in the AMP Capital China Growth Fund (AGF), which is in the final stages of a wind-up, may receive an offer from China Asset Management (ChinaAMC). AMP Capital, AGF's responsible entity, said it was aware ChinaAMC intended to offer unitholders ...

Ageing population presents investment potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... Capital. The new white paper published by AMP Capital associate director Christopher Deves looks at the economies of Japan, China and Korea, and highlights how their ageing populations are generating a growing need for aged care homes and assisted living ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... expectations increased by 5 points to 71 (highest level since October 2005); and, buyer traffic up 4 points to 48 (10-month high). China newly-built house prices Heating up again. The average price of new homes in China's 70 cities increased by 9.2% ...

New fund of funds taps Indian equity specialists

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
... compelling reasons to invest in India. Among those reasons are that India is now the world's fastest growing major economy with China-style GDP growth, currently over 7.5% p.a. Whilst as we've seen with China, growth can stagnate, it is important to ...

Vanguard changes emerging markets ETF index

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
... the underlying index of its Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) in order to provide investors with exposure to China-A shares and a bigger weighting to smaller companies. Effective as at opening of trade today, Vanguard has moved over from ...

Contango continues to grow investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... Prior to that she was a tax consultant at KPMG in the funds sector and has also worked as an international trade analyst at China Citic Bank in Beijing. Similarly, Tan has a background in equity and managed funds research and has previously held roles ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... change increased by 3.0 points to 70.0 while those anticipating things to worsen declined by 1.9 points to a reading of 12.3. China economic data beats There's good news coming out of China with the latest flood of economic data all beating market expectations. ...

Chinese demand requires improved industry practices

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... latest research report prepared by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) and commissioned by the Australia China Business Council. The report aims to address what China's rebalancing means for Australia. It utilises econometric modelling ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... decreased by 3.1% in July following June's 1.6% gain. Lease financing dropped by 8.7% in July after increasing by 10.5% in June. China new vehicle sales Temporary tax incentives and comparative weakness from year ago levels produced a 24.4% surge in ...

A former PM, a Harvard professor and an adventurer to headline AFA conference

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... conference is former Prime Minister John Howard, who will outline his vision for the global economic future and the roles China, India and the Pacific Rim will play in such a future. Harvard University professor Jason Mitchell will address the conference ...