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Fidelity: Asia focusing on intra-region trade

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... rates decline and consumption becomes a larger portion of GDP," said Urquhart. "In the past decade, for example, we saw China's GDP grow from US$1,000 to US$4,000, or expand four times over. "Over the same period, we saw car sales in China grow from ...

Fidante expands Asian footprint with MIR

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... Michael Triguboff. The firm specialises in the wholesale funds management of Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) and Greater China equities strategies. MIR manages discrete investment portfolios and works with institutional clients, including international ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... 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 in the slowing economy has been unable to provide a lift. The euro continues to face pressure ...

Asian private equity grows rapidly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... IRR (internal rate of return) metric rather than the objectively measured headline actual return delivered by the index. China is as expected the nucleus of the sector with seven of 10 leading private equity managers being based in Beijing, Hong Kong ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... Seng Index on Friday shed 1.30 per cent, or 262.65 points, to 19,964.63 on turnover of HK$51.32 billion ($A6.60 billion). China said industrial output rose 9.3 per cent year-on-year in April, the lowest level in nearly three years, and down from 11.9 ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... to hit 13% (it peaked at 10.2% back in 2009); house prices to slide by 21%; and, a 50% dive in stock market prices. And China? Europe is after all its biggest export market. Yes, there are signs that its economy is slowing - April industrial output rose ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
Australian stocks have opened flat as market players wait for key economic data from China. At 1030 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.7 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,292.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen ...

China needs active management: Fidelity

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... rising middle class, the consumer and services." The attempt to diversify wealth involves a shift from the perception of China as the 'world's factory,' explained Yeung, as the country tries to deal with issues such as food needs against overfarmed land ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... 0.25 per cent, or 51.90 points, to 20,484.75 and Shanghai fell 0.13 per cent, or 3.07 points, to 2,448.88 on disappointment China has not yet reversed tightening measures introduced to cap soaring property prices. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 11.93 ...

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... the tsunami that blew up its nuclear reactors, the Middle East was in turmoil with the Arab Spring and there was talk that China would land hard. The authorities scrambled for a rescue. Central banks stimulated led by the Fed's Operation's Twist. So ...