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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... hike by Beijing, which could make it more difficult for them to seek financing from Chinese banks. The People's Bank of China said on Friday it would raise the amount of money banks must hold in reserve, the third hike this year, as leaders try to rein ...

Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... Similarly, the emerging world is more worried about inflation than the expected disruptions to growth. The Peoples Bank of China even raised the reserve requirement for the country's largest banks by 50 bps to 20 per cent last week. Many expect an interest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... events in Japan where crews struggled to avert a meltdown at a plant crippled by last week's earthquake and tsunami. In China, the Shanghai Composite rose 12.1 points, or 0.42 per cent, to 2,909.4 points. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market closed ...

Future Fund climbs sovereign league tables

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... hydrocarbons since 1976. Second largest was Norway's Government Pension Fund - Global, with US$530.6 billion followed by China's SAFE Investment Company with US$347.1 billion. Globally, sovereign wealth funds have grown their assets under management ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... that we saw yesterday." Earlier in the day, the Security Council voted 10-0, with five abstentions including Russia and China, to authorise "all necessary measures" to protect civilians from attacks by Muammar Gaddafi's forces. The Australian dollar ...

Climate change choice - market or regulation?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... Australia's carbon policies but by what policies are introduced overseas. "So much of their business comes from exports. If China continues investing in alternative energy sources this will be a greater challenge to our mining industry," said Dr Garnaut. ...

Japan bond jitters keep funds guessing

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... assessing their exposure in the wake of the disaster. Japan is the second largest foreign holder of US Government bonds after China, holding $882.3 billion in treasuries as at the end of December 2010. The government will be under pressure to sell, not ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... fell one per cent, while the broader S&P index lost 1.3 per cent. Stocks fell sharply Thursday on weak economic news from China, the US and Spain combined with a slump in oil company shares. The Dow Jones industrial average had its biggest drop since ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... months, with further falls on Friday due to rising oil prices and disappointing economic data from the United States and China. At 1208 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 34.7 points, or 0.74 per cent, at 4,665 points, while the broader All ...

Oil outlook flips on economy flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... longer threatens the global economy, it is the slowing economy that now threatens oil prices. It all started in Asia, when China reported its largest trade (and only the second) deficit in seven years of US$7.3 billion in February as a 19.4 per cent ...