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Fidelity: Asia focusing on intra-region trade

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... manufacturing, Asia is underpinned by resilient domestic demand and strong growth in intra-region trade, according to Fidelity. Asian economies are less dependent on OECD countries than in the past, said David Urquhart, portfolio manager of the Fidelity ...

Fidante expands Asian footprint with MIR

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
Fidante Partners has grown its Asian equities asset base by more than $1 billion after buying MIR Investment Management in a milestone deal announced this week. Rob Woods, chief executive in funds management at Challenger, the ASX-listed owner of Fidante ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... 3,057.99 points. The European single currency dived at one point to $US1.2830, the lowest point since January 18. HONG KONG - Asian markets are mixed in choppy trade amid fears over political uncertainty in Europe while China's move to boost liquidity ...

Asian private equity grows rapidly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
Economic global weight shifting towards Asia is being accompanied by rapid development in the Asian private equity market. The sector is estimated at about $50 billion, and after several years of falls appears to now be regrouping and climbing up from ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... jumped 3.42 per cent to 7,045.7 points, one day after slumping 2.77 per cent to its lowest level since 2003. HONG KONG - Asian markets are mixed in cautious trade as Greek politicians struggled to form a coalition and European officials warned its latest ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... property-related assets. In foreign exchange deals, the euro dropped to $1.2944 from $1.3005 in New York late on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets and the fell on fears Greece could leave the eurozone after the country's second biggest party said it ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... years ago. In foreign exchange deals, the euro dropped to $US1.3005 from $US1.3052 in New York late on Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mixed after big losses the previous day on eurozone uncertainty. Tokyo climbed 0.69 per cent, or 62.51 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... majority, putting hard-won agreements to save the country's economy and eurozone membership back into question. HONG KONG - Asian markets and the euro slumped after voters in France and Greece voted out their ruling parties in a backlash against austerity ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... $1.3084 from $1.3149 in New York late on Thursday, as investors also reacted to weak eurozone business data. HONG KONG - Asian shares mostly slipped in nervous trade ahead of closely watched US jobs figures later in the day, at the end of a week that ...

China's consumption underestimated

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... they say." Tan said a shift towards consumption was a high priority for China, as well as the rest of the region. "In most [Asian] governments' mindsets, they want consumption to be a bigger part of the economy and that is the biggest shift that we will ...