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Europeans flock to Asian stocks

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... companies are located in Asia ex-Japan and yet it only accounts for less than 7 per cent of the MSCI World Index. Despite China's "spectacular" growth, Urquhart does not expect global financial markets to take their lead from the Shanghai composite any ...

Birth of the iPad adviser

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... in trying to embrace the younger adviser. I think advice will go down this path," he said. It is certainly the trend in China where Jonathan Wu, head of distribution and operations at Premium China Funds Management, said Hong Kong-based advisers already ...

AIA ranks as best insurance brand

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... 3,300 people, spread across 10 countries in the region, took part in the survey. Consumers were surveyed from Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. AIA received the top ranking after consumers ...

Aussie equities get clean bill of health

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... to housing starts as it did three or four years ago." he said. And with Australia's exports now increasingly weighted to China, "what we export to the US has never been less important as it is today," he said.

Real assets are the future of investing

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... Implemented Consulting Conference yesterday. Unforeseen and unpredictable forces ranging from food security to the race between China and USA to secure international supply chains are all now having an impact on the investing market with new trends and ...

Double positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... per cent (20 May). Double positive. Positive manufacturing surveys out of the numero uno (United States) and numero dos (China) biggest economies in the globe ignited the fuse that sent Wall Street soaring last night. The US Institute of Supply Management ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... banks, the miners and the energy companies." Australia's resource companies had benefitted from the ongoing strength in China's economy, Mr Taylor said. BHP Billiton was up 70 cents or 1.89 per cent at $37.75, while Rio Tinto was up $1.91, or 2.73 per ...

India funds in short supply

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... investors keen to ride the India growth story are surprisingly limited, in stark contrast to the choices they have to invest in China. According to Morgan Stanley, Indian GDP will surpass the US$6 trillion mark by 2020, and the consensus on Wall St is ...

Yuan revaluation drives hedge fund flows

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Investors flocked to Asian hedge funds in the second quarter, attempting to take advantage of China's moves towards increased currency flexibility, according to a note by US-based Hedge Fund Research. Asian hedge funds experienced net inflows of $360 ...

China consumer research expert joins 8IP

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... Investment Partners (8IP), set up by Kerry Series, the former head of Asia Pacific equities at AMP Capital, has hired the head of China consumer research at Macquarie Securities HK as analyst. Jessie Qian will start with the team in mid September, working ...