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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... by 0.8% in the second quarter, up from the preliminary estimate of 0.6% and follows the 0.1% growth in the March quarter. China trade balance China's trade surplus declined to US$52.1 billion in August compared with the US$59.7 billion surplus recorded ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... and exporst (0.3 pp). Business investment and imports subtracted 0.6 pp and 0.5 pp from June quarter growth, respectively. China foreign exchange reserves Figures released by the People's Bank of China (PBOC) showed that the country's foreign exchange ...

Low rates signify opportunity for reinvesting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... in a few areas." Comegys said that the post-2008 days of Australian commodities, specifically iron ore, being exported to China for consumption are over. "Australia is in transition. Post-2008 Australia had a really positive economic story - one of the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... back of slowing rates of expansion in "production, new orders and new export business, resulting in weaker job creation". China manufacturing PMI China's manufacturing sector is going the other way of the US and Europe, at least that's the indication ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... August - the first since September 2015 - also doesn't bode well for consumer spending and by extension, consumer prices. MNI China business sentiment indicator MNI's monthly survey of exchange-listed manufacturing and services companies show that business ...

Flat Australian dividends help case for global diversification

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... in Hong Kong. In underlying terms, growth was 3.7%. On an underlying basis, Hong Kong's dividends fell 2.4%, with cuts at China Mobile making the biggest impact. In Singapore, United Overseas Bank sharply reduced its Q2 payout. In South Korea dividends ...

AMP Capital China fund to be delisted from ASX

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
The AMP Capital China Growth Fund will be delisted from the ASX. AMP Capital has consulted with the ASX as to the most appropriate time to do this and now expects the fund to be removed from the exchange on December 30. Trading will be suspended prior ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... despite global shocks and uncertainties particularly associated with 'Brexit'; the US election; Fed interest rate policy; and China's efforts to deal with a structurally slowing economy". These have been slightly offset by erosions in aggregate monthly ...

AMP Capital opts to liquidate AGF portfolio

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
AMP Capital has chosen to wind up the China Growth Fund by liquidating the portfolio. As the responsible entity for the fund, AMP Capital considered two options for the wind-up: first, that the portfolio would remain invested in China A shares, with ...

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... betting on gold and gold miners. Bond market king Bill Gross echoes Gundlach view, "If we see fiscal stimulation in Japan China and ultimately the US after the election, I think we should be investing in real assets as opposed to financial assets". They're ...