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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... higher after Wall Street gained despite continuing concern over escalating tension in Ukraine and poor industrial data from China. At 0805 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up nine points at 5,464. The HSBC purchasing managers ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... over the crisis in Ukraine resurfaced. Investors were also awaiting the release this week of first-quarter growth data from China, with analysts tipping a further slowdown in the world's number two economy. Tokyo ended 0.36 per cent lower on Monday ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... strategist Stan Shamu said the threat of civil war in Ukraine and the possibility of poor quarterly economic growth numbers from China this week added to the negative sentiment, only days after the local market hit near six-year highs. "It's really concerning ...

No guarantee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... starts considering a change in the reduction of its monthly asset purchases. What's changing though is the Peoples Bank of China's (PBOC) thinking - nay, it's all as planned. Recall how it took away free yuan lunches? When it allowed the yuan to fall ...

More to Asia than just Chindia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
Investors focusing their Asia interest on just China and India are missing a strategic opportunity to get involved with South East Asia (SEA), a region that is just as big and growing at a similar rate. SEA comprises 14 countries located between Australia ...

It's good, it's bad, it's faked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... points to 1,984.87, while Sydney slipped 0.39 per cent, or 21.3 points, to 5,400.7. A better-than-expected export report for China was unable to prevent a sell-off in Chinese stocks. Shanghai ended 1.09 per cent, or 23.27 points, down at 2,106.13 while ...

NZ Super CEO appointed deputy chair of IFSWF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... Future Fund and New Zealand Superannuation Fund. Other members include the Oil Revenues Stabilization Fund of Mexico, the China Investment Corporation, and Norway's US$ 325 billion Government Pension Fund - aka 'the oil fund'.

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... benchmark Hang Seng Index on Thursday climbed 229.92 points to 23,214.40 on turnover of $HK53.26 billion ($A7.34 billion). China's official non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index rose to a six-month high of 55.4 in September from 53.9 in August ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... continuing weakness in the world's No.2 economy, a crucial driver of global growth. Traders were also spooked by news that China's National Audit Office will carry out an audit of all regional government debt, an announcement which raised concerns about ...