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Move over BRICs, Middle East is coming

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
The long-term growth potential in BRIC economies remains high yet will stabilise as China exhibits 'bubble' characteristics, but if the Middle East continues to liberalise it will offer even bigger potential. Speaking at the FPA conference last week ...

China's pension to dwarf Australia

MICHAEL HOBBS AND CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2007
It will take China some ten to twelve years to match the size of Australia's $1.3 trillion plus funds management industry but once it does, China's pension industry will "rocket past ours", according to Peter Promnitz, head of Asia Pacific for Mercer ...

India: a country within a country

ALEX DUNNIN REPORTING FROM MUMBAI AND NEW DELHI AT THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... Indeed India's major political ally used to be the Soviet Union which in turn lead to it being frozen out by the US and China. But global recognition of India's newfound potential has lead to a thawing of these old attitudes to the point that India and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... stake in lender Shinsei Bank Ltd. The Nikkei firmed 168.96 points to 15,211.52. HONG KONG - Stocks strengthened, buoyed by China plays and bargain hunters. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 311.04 points to 27,771.21. WELLINGTON - NZ share followed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... the market. The Nikkei declined 112.05 points to 15,042.56. HONG KONG - Stocks fell for a third straight session, led by China plays. The benchmark Hang Seng Index gave up 154.26 points to 27,460.17. WELLINGTON - NZ stocks closed flat, marked by disappointing ...

Macq targets Asian real estate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
Singapore, China and Tokyo will continue to provide significant opportunities for growth in property and real estate on the back of sustained economic growth throughout the region, according to Rod Cornish, head of Macquarie real estate research. Cornish ...

Resources boom gone in three years: Putnam

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... invest in capacity, in fact, in most cases took out a lot of capacity," he said. However, "In the last year I've been to China and to Saudi Arabia and the UAE and India and so on, and & almost coincidentally, so many of these large projects [such as ...

Land of the rising small caps

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... were better risk priced. "If you're looking at headline numbers of what you could be paying for return of equity (ROE) in China versus what we can pay in Japan it just seems a night and day differential." Despite the recent change in leadership in Japan ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... The Nikkei rose 372.93 points to 15,499.56. HONG KONG - Blue chips jumped 4.90 per cent, boosted by Wall Street gains, as China Mobile surged after the wireless operator said it is talking to Apple Inc about offering iPhones in China. The benchmark Hang ...

Toy story

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
Profits from China's export boom continue driving investment and fuelling its phenomenal economic growth, but China's toxic toy story has taken on a new development that will likely impact its lucrative Christmas export trade. Manufacturing remains ...