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PBOC does an SNB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
Look ma, China's central bank must have read the piece I've written yesterday morning calling their 1.9% devaluation a mere speck. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) topped it up with another devaluation of 1.6% by the afternoon for a grand total of ...

Too much ado about a speck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... didn't happen overnight, but it happened... yesterday. That thing I mused about exactly five months ago -12 March 2015 - China devalued its currency. (http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/48312386) "It is perhaps still too early for QE, after ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... what's in the collective market's head these days of instant... everything, and non-conventional policies. Take the case of China - which by the by started the equity shopping spree overnight. Beijing reported tumbling exports - down 8.3% in the year ...

Indian economy accelerating/slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... the year to the March quarter, up from 6.6% in the last quarter of 2014. Yes, you got that right, India grew faster than China. This pace of expansion would certainly put upward pressure on inflation. Hence, the RBI's note that the rate of consumer price ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... since its July 21 earnings release. Analysts have cited fears of slowing growth, in part due to weakening conditions in China, a key Apple market. Insurer Allstate fell 10.2 per cent after a rise in payments for auto accidents dented second-quarter earnings ...

QIC raises $1 billion for infrastructure fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... reaching roughly 50% of its target. Investors in the fund include Hostplus as well as "an Asian sovereign wealth fund, one of China's leading insurers and two foundation QIC clients," according to QIC's statement. QGIF will focus on infrastructure assets ...

RBA to deliver nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... change in policy settings when the clock strikes 1230 PM (AEST). Sure there's fresh news that manufacturing activity in China is contracting - down to a two-year low of 47.8 in July from 49.4 in June on the final Caixin/Markit China Manufacturing Purchasing ...

Obsession with stability is killing returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... substance." Ariel holds between 75 and 90 stocks in its portfolio, with the top allocations going to Gilead Sciences, Microsoft, China Mobile and GlaxoSmithKline. It has delivered a return on equity of 21.5% over the five years to 30 June 2015 and has ...

China FTA gives Australia "first mover advantage"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
The China Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will give Australian financial services companies a competitive edge that their peers in the United States or Japan don't have. Speaking in front of the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties ...

Make it December (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... explained by the increased volatility in the financial markets in June and July due to the uncertainties created by Grexit and China's stock market collapse. Then again, the worsened sentiment on job expectations is consistent and explains that another ...