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RMB rise to benefit local investors

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... the currencies of neighbouring countries, an expert in Chinese investments said. Simon Wu, executive director of Premium China Funds Management, told advisers at a briefing that the RMB's appreciation will see most Asian currencies follow suit over the ...

Good for nothing war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... holy name of revving up activity in their domestic economies. The United States and Europe have their crosshairs trained on China and its undervalued currency. Japan's snipers are aimed at America and the Eurozone as it tries to take down the yen against ...

Australia's big bro

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... July 1997. Many will remember this day, the day that the United Kingdom handed Hong Kong back to the People's Republic of China. There was much trepidation and fear in the air leading up to the expiration of the UK's 99-year lease on the territory. Many ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... taking jobs away from their constituents. While the US Senate still has to approve the bill, congressmen are calling on China to "revalue or die!" Ooh, I'm so scared! China is more worried about the nasty effects of revaluation in its domestic economy. ...

Asia-Pac HNWI market approaches US$10 tn: report

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... Lynch Global Wealth Management and Capgemini, Australia remains the third largest market in Asia-Pacific for HNWI's, behind China and Japan, with India in fourth place. Australia accounts for almost 6 percent of the region's HNWI population, with 173,600 ...

ANZ to open Chengdu centre

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... Speaking at a signing ceremony with the Chengdu Government, ANZ chief executive Mike Smith said ANZ has now reached a size in China where "it makes sense to establish a specialist operations hub to support our continued expansion and growth." "We have ...

Gotta love gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... a race to the bottom - debasing their currencies - aimed at trying to restore the health of their respective economies. China refuses to revalue its currency. Japan recently intervened in the foreign exchange market to devalue the yen and promised more ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... US double-dip, fears over the European sovereign debt crisis and subsequent fiscal restraint, worries about a slowdown in China, anxiety over Japan's economy, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. The US equity market has not done bad - not bad at all -- given ...

Rediscovering our Indian Ocean character

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... Financial Standard, Capetown-based Investec strategist Dr Michael Power said that while there is a long way to go before China's growth levels off, India's prospects are even more exciting over the long term due to its favourable demographics and skills ...

Bad hair day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... possible that given the bounty Australia is experiencing at present time - the drought has broken, commodity prices are high, China's still buying, house prices continue to rise, employers are hiring - that Australians are becoming more confident in ...