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NPP chair breaks down rollout

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... recent trial using the NPP conducted by SWIFT which successfully tested instant cross-border payments involving banks in China, Singapore, Thailand and Australia as an indication of the NPP's international potential. When asked about the RBA applying ...

Chinese investment in Australia down 36%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... estate investments excluding residential apartment and private home sales. According to the report, much of this decline in China's outbound direct investment in Australia reflects the impact of policy changes in China. The rate of decline has accelerated ...

Chief economist update: China stitches it in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... months, and the gauge for new export orders returned to expansionary territory." The last time I looked the goings-on in China in early March this year, FactSet said: "Budget deficit target raised to 2.8% from 2.6% last year with CNY2.0T [US$298 billion] ...

Chief economist update: Be fearful when indicators show no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
Uh-OMG-oh! Long-time and loyal readers would have probably noticed my change in tune over the past few weeks - from a mini-me Dr. Doom to a prophet of boom - based on the rationale that the world's major central banks have toned down and/or reversed ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore up or iron ore down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... 2019 peak. This is because the disruption to supply from Brazil's mining disaster is being negated by the slowdown in China and its continuing effort to reduce pollution by restricting steel production (of which iron ore is the major raw material) ...

MSCI ups China A-shares, managers respond

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... Timeline the only surprise: Fidelity Fidelity International, which has one of the biggest buy-side teams based on ground in China, says the change reinforces China's opening of its capital markets at a time when investors are expecting a positive ...

Global fund launches in retail market

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... of the fund invests in US-listed companies such as Alphabet, Amazon and Marriott. It also invests in companies based in China, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan and the UK. Management fees sit at 1.2% (plus GST). It does not charge a performance fee. The fund ...

Chief economist update: A capitalist in communist clothes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... bracing for the upcoming Federal election. But there's one truism in RBA Governor Philip Lowe's latest statement: "In China, the authorities have taken further steps to ease financing conditions, partly in response to slower growth in the economy." ...

Chief economist update: Time to pig out on China shares?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
The "Year of the Pig" is turning out to be what it signifies - prosperity, good fortune and success. This is no truer than from the land the 12 animal signs of the lunar calendar zodiac originated - China. This is against consensus expectations that ...

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... Add to these, the headwinds emanating from abroad - trade conflict, slowing growth in the global economy, particularly in China - Australia's biggest trading partner - and it would be easy for the RBA to justify a rate cut and soon - more so now ...