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Mirae backs Asian consumers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... the last couple of quarters, Chadha said. He sees sustained growth in India over the next five to 10 years as more urbanisation occurs. "In whatever strata the consumer is, they are always upgrading within their own budget," Chadha said. "We're also ...

European Cities Fund to take advantage of future proof cities

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... Mitchell said. Over 200 European cities were assessed based on three major factors; quality of life and technology, urbanisation and youth population, and discretionary spending which resulted in 42 cities being identified as best placed to benefit from ...

AIA profit boosted by Asian insurance demand

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... "The life insurance industry continues to benefit from significant structural economic and demographic trends, rapid urbanisation and growth in disposable incomes across the region. We are confident that AIA's leading businesses across Asia provide us ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... Stuart James says that the whole continent is set to grow, and that this will lead to higher consumption, higher urbanisation, more infrastructure and more electricity generation. However, "people need to be careful when they say they want exposure to ...

RBA to deliver nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... to prime the pumps some and I think they have more infrastructure needs and commitments from a modernisation and urbanisation front than some people are predicting." "You're having a slowdown, you've got the problems on the property side, but I am not ...

Agribusiness fund launched by former Telstra Super exec

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... processing, infrastructure and property sectors. "Emerging markets' increasing population, economic growth and the ongoing urbanisation trend will drive food demands. Demand for food and other agricultural goods and services will double over the next ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... time in the H-share market." The manager is currently exposed to companies in sectors such as aviation, railways, urbanisation, environment protection and robotics. The Australian perspective Australia's economic exposure to China is among local investors' ...

Infrastructure returns beat equities, bonds

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... expand: by 2050, two-thirds of the global population will live in cities compared to around half today, and this rising urbanisation rate will occur alongside a net increase in global population of about 2.2 billion over the same period."

Australia unprepared for FTAs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... 2.5% and 7% over the next few decades), the rising importance of Asian financial institutions in global finance, urbanisation and the ascent of the Asian consumer class will make Australia's relations with the region critically important as time goes ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... 60-point plan out of China's third plenum meant. Among the reforms were a relaxing of the one child policy, easing of urbanisation laws restricting people moving into cities and more accommodative foreign investment rules. "Once China opens up (about ...