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Majority slammed (again), equities dunked, A$ fouled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... next meeting - or the next. Internationally, Wall Street could finally buckle under the weight of its overvaluation or Chinese Premier Li could maintain the 7.5% growth target - instead of the speculated lowering to 7.0% -- when the parliament meets ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... China on the weekend was also seen as a positive for miners exporting commodities to the country. "If it bolsters the Chinese economy, that's got to be positive for the resources sector," Mr Heffernan said. BHP Billiton was up 46 cents at $34.11, Rio ...

Millionaire investors swell in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... period, as well as the property market rally, up 9%. Significant Investor Visa (SIV) holders aimed at attracting affluent Chinese investors brought $2 billion onshore and represented less than 1% of the growth in millionaire numbers. Investment Trends ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... while Shanghai jumped 2.15 per cent on expectations of more monetary easing in China. Expectations have been building that Chinese authorities will announce more monetary easing ahead of the annual meeting of the National People's Congress, the country's ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... Tokyo closed 0.10 per cent, or 18.28 points, lower at 18,585.20 as investors took profits after a five-day winning streak. Chinese markets also rose at the open in the first day of trade after the week-long Lunar New Year holiday. But Shanghai quickly ...

China easing a tailwind for A-share market

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... equity managing director George J. Iwanicki learned in a recent trip to the country. A-shares are shares that trade in the Chinese stock exchanges that only mainland citizens can purchase and are quoted in renminbi. B-shares are quoted in foreign currencies ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... higher at 1,976.12. Hong Kong bucked the upward trend as it fell 0.35 per cent, or 86.89 points, to 24,750.07. Mainland Chinese markets are still closed for the Lunar New Year holiday. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 31.392 points, or 0.5 per cent ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... closed lower as investors took profits from the rally sparked by a massive takeover offer for Toll, and many celebrated the Chinese New Year. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 11.5 points, or 0.19 per cent, at 5,904.2 points. The broader All Ordinaries ...

Law firm deems SIV changes unworkable

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... aimed at pumping funds into small businesses and venture capital projects could spell disaster for the scheme because Chinese investors want low risk assets, according to law firm Hall & Wilcox. The proposed changes, raised in an Austrade discussion ...

ASIC stops Bitcoin miner discussing IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... should the company become listed on the ASX. According to ASIC's statement, these messages were "particularly" targeted at Chinese investors. "ASIC will often review pre-prospectus advertising or publicity to ensure legal requirements are being met. ...