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Fund managers embrace China exposure: Zenith

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... opportunities for active managers to diversify their portfolios and enhance performance outcomes," De Silva said. But investing in China A-Shares comes with higher risk. The volatility (measured by standard deviation) of China A-Shares (represented by ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy now, Australian property will be cheaper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... the deterioration in international trade, driven by Trump's war on trade and what was then, the incipient slowdown in China and global economic growth. They're now becoming full-bloom. Note that Australian property prices weren't in meltdown ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... stance at the Fed (a pause?); a cut in the reserve requirement ratio - and promises of more monetary and fiscal stimuli - in China; and expectations that the central banks of the Eurozone and Japan would keep their respective monetary policies on ice. ...

VanEck drops fees on ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
Australia's first China A-shares ETF has knocked 12bps off its annual management fees, after a decision taken by the board in the United States. The VanEck Vectors ChinaAMC CSI 300 ETF (ASX: CETF) will now charge 0.60% instead of the 0.72%. The ...

Ausbil ESG strategy advances

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 JAN 2019
... industry best practice - adopting what leaders are doing in the field to mitigate risk. "We've done field trips to factories in China and Bangladesh in the past and recently we went to Cambodia. When you go on field trips you never get to see the worst ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... The Thomson Reuters/CoreCommodity CRB Commodity Total Return Index has fallen by 4.8% this year to date. The slowdown in China and the decline in commodity prices isn't good news for Australia. Were it not for the RBA's forward guidance the "next ...

Chief economist update: The money is one Fed rate hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... that Trump's protectionist trade policy is impacting business and investment decisions around the globe - especially in China. This isn't helped by the on again off again "deal" with China that only adds to uncertainty. If it's on... then ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... 2016/17. In turn, exports account for more than 20% of the Australian economy (World Bank data). So what's happening in China? While Chinese GDP growth slowed from 6.7% in the second quarter to 6.5% in the third quarter is right bang on central command's ...

EM investors seek China alternative amid trade war

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... by the government's financial de-risking campaign and quasi-fiscal moderation," she said. "The economic growth model in China has long been dependent on credit. The world has never seen a country expand debt at such a rate and magnitude as China." Newly ...

Beware the fintech Ponzi scheme

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... as P2P platforms. In a paper released by the SWIFT Institute titled "Quo Vadis? A comparison of the fintech revolution in China and the West", the joint authors Dr. Bonnie Buchanan and Dr. Cathy Xuying Cao provided a comprehensive report of the development ...