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Fidelity's Bolton back in the game

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... Fidelity International's investment guru Anthony Bolton comes out of his self-imposed exile from managing money to run a China fund next year. Bolton will manage the yet to be named China fund, which is slated for release in the end of March 2010. He ...

Posh playground turns sandpit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... falls among banks - particularly those with direct exposure to Dubai - indicates that things could get nasty. Is this what China, Hong Kong, Japan, et. al. were warning about just a week ago? Is this the speculative frenzy into emerging markets driven ...

Small thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... IMF's coffers. But with the US dollar in decline, other central banks are looking to increase their reserves too. Think China. Think Japan. Think Russia. And all other central banks which are funding the American dream - creditors to America. With central ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
There was little movement on the Australian sharemarket at noon with trading in the US slowing down for Thanksgiving on Thursday. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 10.9 points, or 0.23 per cent, at 4,695.90, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... Shares closed down as profit-taking set in after the previous day's gains amid concerns Beijing will tighten monetary policy. China's banking regulator sent a warning that banks must comply strictly with capital adequacy requirements. Investors viewed ...

L-U-V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... etcetera. Oh btw, we may as well include Canada here. V- is for none other than the BRICs and selected Asian countries with China of course providing the lynchpin. At least Australians are not worried about the economic alphabet. Our economy is doing ...

The Art of War

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... a festive Christmas 2009 celebration. Perhaps they are watching the Sino-Americano interchange currently in progress in China and are taking side bets on who will be the first one to blink. US President Obama wants China to revalue its currency. China's ...

Ganging up on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... exchange rate, it is exporting its problems to them. The strongest voice of course is coming from its biggest creditor - China. A couple of days ago, China's chief bank regulator warned that the US could be putting the global recovery at risk by keeping ...

Battle of the bulge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... its people would not erode in value. US President Obama is in Asia right now and speculations are that he would pressure China to revalue its undervalued renminbi. Pressure China? Did you say pressure China? To use Darryl Kerrigan's (The Castle) quote ...

AMP signs MOU with China Life

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... has become the first foreign financial institution to sign a Memorandum of Understanding for Strategic Cooperation with China Life Insurance Company, the largest insurance group in China and the world's biggest listed life insurance firm. The MOU for ...