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Private equity capital fundraising jumps 50 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
... and overestimating the capacity of management. "There are also cultural issues specific to individual countries such as in China it's vital to include solid 'keyman' clauses as companies are often build around an entrepreneur or in Japan there's a tendency ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
... since 1990. The European Union's statistics office Eurostat has reported a 24 per cent increase in the trade deficit with China until July of this year and a 19 per cent one with Japan over the same period. Meanwhile Bank Indonesia which cut its key ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
... In addition to the 500 plus new engineering places at universities announced in July, an extra 500 have just been added. China has just recorded its second biggest trade surplus which was a massive $US110 billion up until the end of September. The month ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
... weaker at 16,368.81. HONG KONG - Hong Kong blue chips briefly tapped fresh six-year highs before easing to a flat close, but China plays outperformed as investors chased mainland banking and commodity stocks. The benchmark Hang Seng Index ended 10.30 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
... International Education Conference currently being held in Perth was told yesterday that while the number of students from China is up about 10 per cent across the higher education sector, those studying specific intensive language courses had fallen ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
... recent gainers. The Nikkei lost 76.68 points to 16,400.57. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks ended higher in volatile trade, as China Construction Bank and other lenders gained, stoked by strong demand for what should be a record $US19 billion initial public ...

China growth an uneven story: Keating

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating told SIBOS attendees yesterday that China is a "very mixed place in terms of prosperity and opportunity" and dispelled some easy truths about doing business in a region going through an unprecedented growth spurt. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
... Australia came from Japan, the UK, New Zealand and South East Asia whereas the greatest increases came from visitors from China and Korea. In total, short-term arrivals were down by 2.9 per cent over the last year on a seasonally adjusted basis and departures ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
... Australia came from Japan, the UK, New Zealand and South East Asia whereas the greatest increases came from visitors from China and Korea. In total, short-term arrivals were down by 2.9 per cent over the last year on a seasonally adjusted basis and departures ...

PIS expands footprint into Canada

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
... operates more than 50 New Zealand outlets and has more than 200 representatives in Singapore with operations in Malaysia and China.