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Investors face 'radical uncertainty': PIMCO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... gusher of liquidity administered by major central banks via quantitative easing, and the debt financed investment boom in China and some other emerging market economies." PIMCO's baseline case is that such a scenario will continue to play out for the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... expectations were for a 50.4 reading. Supplier deliveries increased by 5 points to 54.1 - the highest since December 2014. China manufacturing PMI China' s official manufacturing PMI came in at a reading of 50.1 in May, unchanged from the previous month ...

Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... downturn in commodities - of which, most emerging markets are major exporters -- in response to a higher greenback. And China? And don't forget the US itself. The stronger US dollar is bad news for US exporters - competitiveness erosion (on top of renewed ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... annual growth of 6.6% and takes the growth rate of Philippine GDP faster than most Asian countries. Over the same period, China's economy expanded by 6.7%; Vietnam by 5.5%, Indonesia by 4.9%, Malaysia by 4.2% and Thailand by 3.2%. According to the National ...

Mirae backs Asian consumers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... trip to Australia, Mirae Asset Global Investments' head for Indian equity funds, Rahul Chadha, said if economies such as China, India, the Philippines and Indonesia get their act together there will be powerful money making opportunities driven largely ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... March quarter. The bad news is that lower inflation also diminishes workers' bargaining power in wage hike negotiations. China new house prices The average price of newly built houses in 70 Chinese cities went up by 6.2% in the year to April, up from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... extremely pessimistic about the economy" - citing the poor economy and the uncertain political climate for not expanding. China inflation Chinese consumer price inflation rate rose by 2.3% in the year to April - unchanged from February and March but ...

Investors must look past market noise: AXA IM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... Sydney, AXA IM identified a number of evolutionary trends that will shape the next decade of investment including the rise of China 2.0, the changing role of indices and the movement of responsible investment to the mainstream. Despite its current economic ...

RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... France(-2.9%) ended down. Investors also received the "sell in May" memo in our region: Japan's down 3.4%; Hong Kong's down 4.5%; China's down 0.9%; Singapore's down 3.8%; South Korea's down 0.9%. Was it the Federal Budget that caused the Australian ...

AMP Capital adds to AGF Advisory Committee

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
AMP Capital has appointed a new member to its China Growth Fund Advisory Committee, effective as of 4 May 2016. Roger Watson has been named as the new member, bringing with him more than 30 years' experience in funds management, stock broking and consulting ...