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Bangkok bombs and Malaysia's terror

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... half that of the Malaysian ringgit's 14.5% fall. The current exchange of 4.1 ringgit to a US dollar is the lowest since the Asian financial crisis of 1997/98. Too, the yield on Malaysia's 10-year bonds have jumped to 4.3% -- the highest since January ...

Easing cycle over for now

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... shown by the People's Bank of China's decision to devalue the currency, has benefitted the fund, which is short a basket of Asian currencies. "Despite being cautious on emerging market currencies generally, we hold a long Mexican peso position as we ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... devaluation announcement - because of "China hard landing"; "currency war"; "deflation pressure"; "commodity price plunges; "Asian financial crisis revisitation"; etcetera (name your favourite spook here), they'll be petrified when the PBOC followed ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... 16.32 per cent on Monday when trading resumed after a five-week shutdown imposed by the country's debt crisis. HONG KONG - Asian stocks closed mixed as China announced new rules restricting short selling after a recent market rout and Australia held ...

QIC raises $1 billion for infrastructure fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... Global Infrastructure Fund (QGIF), reaching roughly 50% of its target. Investors in the fund include Hostplus as well as "an Asian sovereign wealth fund, one of China's leading insurers and two foundation QIC clients," according to QIC's statement. QGIF ...

China FTA gives Australia "first mover advantage"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... Financial Services Council (FSC) director of policy Andrew Bragg said: "ChAFTA builds the architecture we need to compete in the Asian century. It gives us a first mover advantage." The FSC said that the industry "has the potential to become a major ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... rate for June was also flat, suggesting the economy maintained only modest growth, official data showed. HONG KONG - Most Asian markets advanced on a healthy batch of economic growth data out of the United States, but Shanghai sank again, extending the ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... stayed at 6.4 per cent in July, however, the lowest level since reunification almost a quarter century ago. HONG KONG - Asian shares mostly gained after a Wall Street rally. Tokyo jumped 1.08 per cent, or 219.92 points, to 20,522.83 as the yen weakened ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... stocks recovered after plunging more than 11 per cent in the past three sessions, but there were mixed results for other Asian markets, with some unable to sustain a morning rally. Buyers were given a healthy lead from Wall Street, which climbed on Tuesday ...

Platinum launches Asia LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... offering (IPO). The fund is a listed version of Platinum's Asia Fund, which is actively managed and invests in companies in the Asian region, ex Japan. Despite recent turbulence in the Chinese stock market, Platinum chief investment officer Andrew Clifford ...