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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... Thursday and Friday last week. HONG KONG - Hong Kong and Chinese stocks closed lower on Monday due to lingering concerns that Beijing could impose further monetary tightening measures, dealers said. The benchmark Hang Seng Index edged 130.64 points lower ...

AMP appoints head of infrastructure

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... Capital's continued expansion into Asia. Pahari will lead a team of investment professionals in Sydney, Mumbai, Singapore and Beijing with a brief to further expand investment activities in Australia and the Asia Pacific. He has over 20 years experience ...

Still a two-way street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... imminent. After all, it's been almost two years since China revalued its currency against the US dollar in June 2008 and Beijing - if not the rest of the world - is certainly way, way passed the GFC. Speculations were sparked by PboC Governor Zhou Xiaochuan's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... Analysts said this year's Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and National People's Congress sessions in Beijing would be particularly important as the country's 12th Five-Year Plan would be drafted. In Hong Kong, the benchmark Hang Seng ...

Love thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... repeat, rather than worrying about slowing growth in China, investors should embrace this as good news. It shows that Beijing is applying the brakes to prevent its economy from overheating - but not too much that it endangers its own target of around ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... Hong Kong shares fell 1.15 per cent on Friday, following an overnight tumble on Wall Street and uncertainty over when Beijing plans to raise interest rates amid lingering worries over monetary tightening. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index shed 234.48 ...

Wall Street v Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... think hard. Even before 2009 became 2010, 'experts' were already warning about China. It makes no sense that now that Beijing is doing the right thing, Wall Street greets it with a sell-off. The PIGIS were also flagged months ago. I think they rose at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... investors worried about a stronger yen as well as speculation that China will act to cool its economy. Speculation that Beijing will increase credit controls soon to prevent its fast-growing economy overheating weighed on sentiment across Asia. Investors ...

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... inkling that it could be China. After all, alarm bells were ringing as early as the fourth quarter of last year about Beijing overheating. Then again, China's 1.9 per cent inflation rate is still benign - especially for an economy that grew 10.7 per ...

ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... news of China's lending restrictions that got its goose. China spooked the bejesus out of investors again on reports that Beijing ordered lending institutions to stop lending for the rest of January after credit limits were exceeded. Any responsible ...