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Love thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... days brought renewed trepidation. The world welcomed the Chinese New Year with an announcement from the People's Bank of China (PboC) that it was increasing banks' reserve requirements by 50 bps to 16.5 per cent effective 25 February - the second in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... Australian stock market is expected to open lower after equity and commodity markets declined on Friday on reports that China would take further steps to keep its economy from growing too fast. At 0654 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... Billiton Ltd and Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd, and after early gains were pared back by disappointing trade numbers from China. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed 8.3 points higher, or 0.18 per cent, at 4,513.4 points, while the broader All ...

CFS platforms gain $1.9bn net flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... Property Investment Research (PIR) named CFS Retail Property Trust as the A-REIT of the year and the firm also launched its China A-Shares fund. CommInsure's underlying profit after tax fell 15 per cent compared with the 2008 financial year first-half ...

Asia unseats South Africa in gold race

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
Indonesia, Tanzania and China reported the fastest growing output for gold last year - usurping South Africa, once the world's largest gold producer, which saw its production levels drop 5 per cent, according to a precious metals expert. British research ...

Australia better than triple A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... global financial community queue up to buy a piece of US Treasury paper and the US dollar at mere hints of instability. And China won't be selling its US bond holdings anytime soon. What you think China's a fool? But somehow I don't know why on reading ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... -- Greece, Portugal and Spain -- may not be able to handle their mounting levels of debt. Stocks have also been hurt by China's plans to contain economic growth and the Obama administration's proposed rules to restrict trading by large financial institutions. ...

From ratchet to resilient: an economy in bloom

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... that could unstable markets everywhere. "If you look at the rise in terrorism, if you look at issues such as North Korea, China and US relations will recur and create all sorts of wobbles in investment markets," he said. He also answered one of the common ...

RARE eyes Indian and Mexican assets

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... concerns about volatility coming out of Brazil via the presidential elections in October this year," said Shaw. Exposure to China will remain steady at around 33 per cent. The RARE Series Emerging Markets Fund had $1.8 million in FUM at the end of December ...

Gold's dimming lustre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... international financial community's growing fear about further devaluation of the US dollar. US dollar weakness has prompted China, Russia and India to propose that the greenback be replaced by a multi-reserve currency system. When faith in the fiat ...