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Fund managers eye Asian equities: RBC

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
Fund managers are casting their nets wider into the Asia Pacific region to deliver 'alpha', shunning China and India to boost their portfolio returns, a survey found. The RBC Capital Markets survey reported high levels of confidence in Asian equity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... in the last quarter of 2010. The data confirmed Japan had lost its 42-year-old spot as the world's number two economy to China. The market partly responded to a modest gain on Wall Street on Friday, where optimism about US economic prospects was compounded ...

Premium China expands fixed interest portfolio

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
Fund manager Premium China will spend more time this year providing adviser and researcher education on Asian markets as it prepares to launch its fourth fund in fixed interest. Jonathan Wu, head of distribution and operations at the firm, said that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... added 0.26 per cent to 7,340.28 points. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets were mixed on Thursday as Shanghai revived after China's rate hike put the region on edge, while oil prices again rose due to worries about Egypt. The Shanghai Composite Index ended ...

Inflated inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... for the developed economies. In the emerging ones, they've been trying to shoo evil inflation away as if almost forever. China, for one, lifted interest rates again just yesterday. Many claim that it's the stupid Fed that's responsible as QE money flows ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... stocks fell back 0.11 per cent and Milan finished down 0.22 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell Wednesday after China raised interest rates for the third time in four months, causing nervousness around the region. Shanghai fell 0.89 per cent ...

Wall Street does an Abbott

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... Exchange (ASX). NEW YORK - US stocks edged higher on Tuesday after a mixed round of corporate earnings reports and a move by China's central bank to control inflation. McDonald's Corp gained three per cent after reporting January sales that were higher ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... getting synchronised global economic growth data that's coming out at the moment. We're seeing good data across the US, China and Europe, which all bodes well for the materials space." Also reporting results on Tuesday, shares in engineer Bradken Ltd ...

Year of the Rabbit, year of acquisitions: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... pressures of 2011 in the Asia Pacific. Just last week, Schroders suggested that inflation problem may lead to overheating in China, while Chinese authorities are moving to tighten policy to stabilise the region's growth. "It is expressing itself via ...