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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2006
... others staged a recovery. The Nikkei gained 310.60 points to close at 15,464.66. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks lifted with China Mobile oil stocks the big movers. The benchmark Hang Seng index added 94.65 points to finish at 17,048.20. WELLINGTON - New ...

Emerging markets exodus continues

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2006
... continued, with BRIC countries in particular experiencing the greatest exodus. Net outflows for Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) funds totalled $5.29 billion, but Korea was hit hardest individually with $4.69 billion fleeing for the first half ...

Labor unveils plan to export financial services

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
... scope to improve on our exports of financial services to our near neighbors," Rudd said, in particular targeting exports to China which he said are currently non-existent. Rudd said China's combined AUM with India would reach 26 per cent of the total ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
... HONG KONG - Blue chips held steady ahead of the US Fed meeting next week, but mainland H-shares jumped as investors bought China Construction Bank and other mainland shares that have recently trailed the broad market. The benchmark Hang Seng index was ...

China miracle more political than economic: Fidelity Summit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
The China boom story is more a political miracle than an economic evolution, and that makes it even riskier than first imagined. The question of China was posed by Mercer's Tony Cole at the Fidelity Australian Equities Summit. The world has never seen ...

Future Fund keeps capital deployment close to its chest

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2006
Trade with China and commodities are still the mainstays of the Australian economy, said Future Fund chairman, David Murray, at a Fidelity Investments forum yesterday, while speculating that it could be a year or more before Future Fund capital is deployed. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
... KONG - Stocks edged up 0.23 percent or 38.27 points in their fifth straight day of gains, supported by index heavyweight China Mobile. The benchmark Hang Seng index crossed the 17,000 mark in earlier trade before retreating to close 16,955.04. WELLINGTON ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2006
... a 10-week closing high, with mainland electronics retailers gaining after Gome Electrical Appliances agreed to buy rival China Paradise Electronics Retail for about $HK680 million. The benchmark Hang Seng index added 33.38 points or 0.20 per cent to ...

CFS GAM in Chinese JV

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006
... funds management arm, Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM), has cast a significant vote of confidence in China, investing $7.7 million in a joint venture with a Chinese asset manager. The joint venture, with aims to launch a fund before ...

Committed to Asia: Fidelity

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2006
... speaker, former CNN Asia correspondent and consultant on Korean security for Pacific Council, Mike Chinoy, admitted that China is struggling to manage its social and economic revolution, but he said, "China hasn't collapsed - it is booming." "By all ...