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Good For China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
China is proving true to the words uttered by US President John F. Kennedy half a century earlier. In a speech in Indianapolis delivered on 12 April 1959, JFK said that, "When written in Chinese the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents ...

J.P. Morgan beefs up treasury and securities services

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... billion in assets under custody. In addition, the change is in line with the country management model already operating in China and also being extended to Japan, where the Treasury & Security Services includes both Worldwide Securities Services and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... million). Excluding one-time items the company posted a profit of one cent per share, well below market expectations. News that China was moving to cool speculation in its economy was also negative for the market, said Scott Marcouiller at Wells Fargo ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... worst performers following a recent decline in maritime freight charges. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares finished lower as China real estate firms were sold on Beijing's plans to put a stop to rising property prices on the mainland. The benchmark Hang Seng ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... TOKYO - Asian markets advanced on Friday as a fall in the Japanese yen boosted Japanese stocks and a big improvement in China's exports pointed to rising global demand that could lift other economies in the trade-reliant region. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock ...

SSFS ushers Asian Century in $1bn global equities overhaul

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... portfolio to better capture the emerging markets growth. "The demographics and economics of emerging markets, particularly China, are pretty compelling but we are investing there not based on the valuations of companies at the moment, or even the timing ...

Trustees snub Asian equities

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... a fraction of a balanced portfolio. Within this small allocation, Evans said the Asia Growth story is still very much a China-Hongkong story. The top three markets with the lion's share of the Asian equities portfolio are mainland China (55 per cent) ...

Australians as Asians

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... those lines when he declared in his post-rate rise statement that, while growth will be modest in major economies..."In China and Asia generally, where financial sectors are not impaired, recovery has been much quicker to date and prospects appear to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... into the financial system. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares closed up 1.34 per cent Tuesday on upbeat manufacturing data from China as investor concerns over Dubai's debt problems receded. The benchmark Hang Seng Index gained 291.65 points to 22,113.15. ...

ETFs delve deeper into China

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... Australian financial planners may soon be able to diversify their exposure to emerging markets after iShares launched its China A Share exchange traded funds (ETF). The five ETFs started trading in Hong Kong last week and are not yet available to Australian ...