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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 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... Hang Seng Index on Thursday added 85.73 points to 24,765.49 on turnover of $HK100.17 billion ($A16.62 billion). In mainland China, the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.18 per cent, or 37.60 points, to 3,136.53 on turnover of 348.3 billion yuan ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... points, or 0.34 per cent, to close at 5,588.3 while Seoul finished flat, closing down 1.76 points at 1,949.26. But in mainland China, shares closed the week nearly four per cent lower, pressured by concerns about market liquidity and regulatory inspections ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... or 403.94 points, to 23,832.56, while Shanghai surged 4.31 per cent, or 119.93 points, to 2,899.46. Traders in mainland China were looking to join in a recent rally that has seen the composite index rise about 20 per cent in the past three weeks, helped ...

AllianceBernstein set to launch three renminbi funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... scheme allows non-Chinese financial institutions in Hong Kong to launch renminbi-denominated funds for investment in mainland China. AllianceBernstein plans two fixed-income funds and an equity fund as a result of receiving the RQFII licence. All three ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... fluctuated through afternoon trade before closing down 0.23 per cent, or 56.15 points, to 24,331.41. However, stocks in mainland China bucked the downward regional trend after the world's second-largest economy saw export growth accelerate. Shanghai ...

HK funds market climbs to A$2.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
Hong Kong's funds management sector now oversees A$2.4 trillion, surging due to huge inflow increases from mainland China. The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission's (HKSFC) has just released its annual Fund Management Activities Survey that ...

La Trobe registers for the Shanghai Free Trade Zone

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... was launched last September with the backing of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and is the first free-trade zone in mainland China. Last month Westpac received approval to set-up a sub-branch in the Shanghai FTZ, becoming one of the first foreign banks to ...

Asia Funds Passport on shaky ground

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... under threat if regulators are successful in reaching a mutual recognition agreement between funds domiciled in mainland China and Hong Kong. The plan is designed to make Hong Kong the most attractive and obvious place from where international fund managers ...