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Data deluge delivers no clearer visibility

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... European Union and Asia", the latest purchasing managers survey of the service industry shows activity in the sector easing in China - down to a 22-month low of 53.7 in September - and falling deeper into contraction territory in the Eurozone. The region's ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... "Australia's terms of trade, or income from exports, would be hit by three "mutually reinforcing negatives" under way in China." "The first was a shift in China's economy away from a focus on heavy industrial investment and exports, which have driven ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... holidays. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares fell from near a four-year high in trading that may have been reduced by holidays in China and some Australian states. The NZX 50 Index fell 4.11 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 3830.03.

Emerging market PE numbers on track

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... indicates that emerging market private equity was still on track to match last year's figures. While the amount of deals done in China decreased, this was offset elsewhere, in greater Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Russia and Brazil. Latin America is ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... rising for the third consecutive month. Yes, Stuart QEs work. I bet no one bothered to tell you all about the good news in China too - the Conference Board's leading index for China increased by 1.7% in August - the fastest in seven months - following ...

AMP Capital chases Asian growth

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
Retail and institutional investors will be targeted in China and Japan, as AMP Capital chases growth in the Asian region. Plans to provide retail offerings to the Chinese market were currently stalled by laws preventing life companies owning funds management ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... petered out, while there were fears over Greece's ability to meet requirements to get more bailout cash. Earlier losses in China and Hong Kong were pared despite a People's Bank of China adviser warning the mainland economy was still weak. Tokyo was ...

Market Wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank (ECB) in unveiling plans to boost growth, but also showed manufacturing in China was still shrinking. Tokyo on Friday rose 0.25 per cent, or 23.02 points, to 9,110.00, Seoul advanced 0.60 per cent, or 12.04 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... Shares of Japan-linked firms snapped a two-day losing streak as anti-Japan protests over a chain of disputed islands eased in China. Technology firms also rose after China on Tuesday unveiled plans to support its information technology industry. WELLINGTON ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... in both countries, with three of Japan's biggest car makers saying they had closed their factories or cut production in China as a result. Tokyo closed 0.39 per cent, or 35.62 points, lower at 9,123.77 on Tuesday. Hong Kong shed 0.27 per cent, or 56.18 ...