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Aviva Investors mines Asia for mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... investors but it is ramping up its third arm -- exporting investment products. Bingham has opened offices in Abu Dhabi, China and Taiwan in the past 20 months and is in the process of opening an office in Tokyo and Hong Kong. "We're building products ...

RIP May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... 355 points -- or 7.9 per cent -- by the time the closing bell sounds to break even. And these are just the easy hurdles. China's Shanghai Composite index needs to come up with a more than 8 per cent hop, skip and jump today, while Japan's Nikkei-225 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... index rose 123.26 points, or 1.28 per cent, to close at 9,762.98. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares rose as dealers welcomed China's rebuttal of claims that it was reviewing its eurozone debt holding. The benchmark Hang Seng Index gained 335.34 points, or ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market continued to climb throughout Friday morning as news from China reassured investors, with financials stocks and the Australian dollar strong. By 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 80.2 points, or 1.83 per cent ...

True Lies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Lies, damned lies! This was China's response to a Financial Times report that its State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) met with foreign bankers to discuss reviewing its holdings of Eurozone bonds. SAFE manages Beijing's US$2.4 trillion worth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... YORK - US stocks closed higher on Thursday, rebounding from recent steep falls with the Dow surging almost 300 points after China brushed aside reports it was reviewing holdings of eurozone debt. The powerful rally came despite an unexpected downward ...

Western Asset seeks ops in volatile markets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... Management, said traditional methods of managing fixed income assets were set to change as emerging global markets such as China exerted increasing influence. He said changing economic fundamentals and under-researched sectors offered value for early ...

Macquarie launches cap protection product

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... investors a choice to tap Australian and international equities, including thematic investments such as global agriculture or China. The minimum ungeared investment will cost investors $10,000, while the minimum entry into the geared option is $50,000. ...

Up, down and round and round

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... 2.7 per cent, up from 1.9 per cent in November. And contrary to popular opinion, the OECD does not expect a slowdown in China (non-member). It expects growth there to score 11 per cent this year, before slowing to 9.7 per cent in 2011. Give me a slowdown ...

Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... will turn to ashes. But Europe's pain may be somebody else's gain. This brings us to coin-in-the-fountain number two -- China. US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is in Beijing urging China to reduce its trade barriers and allow the yuan to appreciate. ...