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World bank names new chief economist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee and the World Bank Chief Economist's Advisory Council. Twice awarded the Sun Yefang award, China's highest economic honour, Lin has taught at several universities including Peking University, the University of Science ...

Australian private equity still going strong

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... most active nation in fundraising with $6.4 billion compared to close to $3.3 billion the previous year," noted the report. China was named a distant second, after tripling their PE commitments to $3.3 billion this year from a mere $858 million in 2006. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... 2.69 per cent or 362.54 points to end at 13,859.70. HONG KONG - Stocks jumped 3.77 per cent, boosted by strong gains in China's main stock index after Beijing took steps to support share prices and as news of mergers and acquisitions lifted sentiment. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... Geoff Voller said retail trading volumes were light. Mr Voller said the resource sector was strong on the back of news that China's biggest aluminium producer, Chinalco, and US group Alcoa had jointly bought a 12 per cent stake in Rio Tinto Ltd on Friday. ...

World growth to drop by one-fifth, but no US recession: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... given that this region is currently sitting on 7.8 percent this drop still puts them in prime position. Meanwhile growth in China is expected to fall to 10 percent in 2008. The only region expecting improved economic growth is Africa, which the IMF is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... services data for December and house price indices for eight capital cities for the December quarter are due out. In equities, China's Chinalco will hold a press conference in Sydney at 1500 AEDT. The company's president, Xioa Yaqing, will make a statement ...

More bulls than bears

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... psychology of the markets," he said. "There's a lot of belief in the commodity cycle and it's being buoyed by the rise of China." All respondents cited Asia, excluding Japan, to exhibit the strongest growth in corporate earnings and all participants ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... nearly 247.44 points. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks fell for a second straight day, knocked by a slew of bad news ranging from China's weather-related problems to possible credit downgrades of top US bond insurers. The Hang Seng Index closed down 0.8 ...

Investing in BRIC, food, feed and fuel

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... potential of two underlying baskets of indices. The BRIC II fund gives investors access to the BRIC - Brazil, Russia, India and China - markets through the S&P BRIC 40 index. The Food, Feed, Fuel fund provides exposure to agricultural commodities including ...

Asia's de-coupling is on track

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... comparison, Redwood said firms are now in much better shape. Capacity utilisation is high across the region, and outside China investment as a share of GDP is low by historical standards. With corporate balance sheets much stronger and real interest-rates ...