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Markets await promising China leadership change

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
China's upcoming leadership change will bring significant economic reforms promoting market efficiency and putting an end to fears of a hard landing, according to Threadneedle's Gigi Chan. As Barrack Obama prepares for four more years in office in the ...

Reliance on improving global economy threatens big-four in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... enterprises; escalating regulatory costs and liquidity challenges, demands for greater transparency; and competition from Japan and China. "Against a background of continuing pessimism in the global market and with new entrants to the local market, it ...

RBA holds rates but deploys rhetoric as magic pudding

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... interest rates, citing unexpected inflationary pressure as well as improving global economic data, particularly from the US and China. While many business leaders - particularly in the stricken retail and manufacturing sectors - are calling for a cut ...

ETP flows eclipse 2011 totals

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... emerging market bonds and emerging market equities which together drew in US$8.5 billion. Within emerging market equities, China exposures led, followed by broad emerging market exchange traded products (ETPs). Central banks in China and Brazil have ...

RBA says its ok

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... downside, largely as a result of the situation in Europe... "United States is recording moderate growth, while recent data from China suggest growth there has stabilised." While in Australia, "... most indicators available for this meeting suggest that ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... US presidential election, while concerns over the eurozone returned to the fore. Eyes are also on the start this week in China of the Communist Party's 18th congress, which will see a once-in-a-decade leadership transition. Tokyo on Tuesday softened ...

Returns without volatility, you're not dreamin

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... more conservative than companies in other countries. Van Vliet said this approach limits their involvement in markets like China for the time being because its subtleties can sometimes result in stock volatility that is not driven by economic fundamentals ...

Two ANZ appointments for merged Asia/Pac business

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... international banking, 15 years of which has been with ANZ. In addition to his current role, PlantA(C) is also Chairman of ANZ China and a director of AMMB Holdings Berhad in which ANZ holds a 24% strategic investment. Mohan joined ANZ in 2007 and was ...

Western recovery expected to lift Asian stocks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Hope of recovery in the developed world, improvements in China and Gillard rhetoric around the 'Asian century', have combined to create a golden opportunity for investment in Asia, according to Certitude's Craig Mowll. Mowll, chief executive of the ...

Three chances to win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... month. The US services sector slowed but still expanding. Or is it, while still expanding, it's slowing? It's the same for China. The official services PMI jumped to 55.5 last month from 53.7 in September - it's taking off again. Then again, Markit Economics' ...