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More than half fail CFA exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... for its difficulty, the number of Level I registrations grew 14% year-on-year, the majority of which were from Mainland China (19,598), the US (12,126) and India (6,889). Some 3357 Australians took part in the six-hour long exam. To become a qualified ...

Aberdeen Standard expands in mainland China

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
Aberdeen Standard Investments announced it secured a licence to operate in the Chinese market via its subsidiary Aberdeen Asset Management (Shanghai). The licence granted by the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) will enable the firm to manufacture ...

Financial Standard journalist recognised in press awards

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... Asia Pacific. About 200 entries were received this year from publications across the region including Hong Kong, Mainland China, Singapore, Australia, Taiwan, Malaysia, New Zealand and Indonesia. This year a fintech category was introduced to recognise ...

Standard Life marks Australian real estate as top performer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... returns in 2017 as the new supply-line grows," Breen said. Singapore and Hong Kong office and retail, and some mainland China office markets are expected to underperform given high and growing supply, and weakening demand in 2017. "Seoul commercial real ...

European manager launches China ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... stock exchange to meet investors' demand for cost-efficient investment solutions to get exposed to the potential of Mainland China market through A-shares." "We're happy to add this new allocation brick to our range on the FTSE China A50 Index - one ...

MSCI delays China A shares inclusion in indices

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Global index provider MSCI has delayed including mainland China-listed equities, known as A shares, in its MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Over recent months Chinese authorities have introduced significant improvements in the accessibility of the China ...

CPT Global appoints former DBS exec as Australasia chief

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... DBS Bank where he was responsible for implementing technology innovations across the organisation's Hong Kong and Mainland China operations. Prior to DBS Bank Lynch served as the chief operations officer for Standard Chartered in China and brings 13 ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... China. Even if the Chinese government is progressively opening the A-share market to foreigners, those investing in mainland China are also vulnerable to sharp changes, opacity and intervention by the authorities. The AMP Capital China Growth Fund (AGF) ...

HK funds market just ahead of Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... products, said HK is a central intermediary linking global investors who want exposure and close access to the mainland China economy, and that this will be reinforced by better regulatory alignments. Reflecting this investor appetite, in local currency ...

Go south young (China) man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... Street Journal (WSJ), "Chinese Orders of Hong Kong Shares Hit Limit for First Time" "Net inflows of money from mainland China to Hong Kong reached the intraday limit of 10.5 billion yuan ($1.7 billion) at 2:10 p.m. local time Wednesday [8 March]. The ...