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Fund managers embrace China exposure: Zenith

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... exposure to China from 18% to 22% over the past 12 months. Meanwhile exposure to A-Shares, a class of stocks listed on the Shanghai and Shenzen Chinese stock exchanges, has doubled from 2% to 4%. In mid-2018 China A-Shares were included in the MSCI Emerging ...

VanEck drops fees on ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... CSI 300 Index represents the largest and most liquid shares listed on the two stock exchanges in China's mainland, Shanghai and Shenzhen. The ETF has raised $17 million in the three and a half years since. The index which it tracks has taken a beating ...

Chief economist update: Another year over, a new one begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... like 2018 - where all major world equity markets produced negative returns and are at correction levels (China's Shanghai composite index is in a bear market) and global economic growth momentum peaked in February 2018 and has since then, slowed ...

Chief economist update: Is there a bear in there?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... below shows my calculations of the world's major equity markets' fall from grace. It shows that, apart from the Shanghai Composite index, all fit the technical definition of a "correction" - at least a 10% fall from the nearest high - but not ...

Chief economist update: If you can't beat Trump, copy Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
The Shanghai composite index surged by 4.1% at the end of yesterday's trading activity in China. This is the biggest single day gained since 2 March 2016 (4.3%) and followed the 2.5% jump in the index last Friday. This is to be expected given that ...

Chief economist update: China's slowing fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... against the US dollar this year to date and its foreign exchange reserves have dwindled by 2.4% over the same period. The Shanghai composite index is now in a bear market, down 22.9% since the start of 2018 (and that includes the 2.6% jump recorded by ...

Chief economist update: Is China starting to slow down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... This appears to be the foreboding flashing on investors' dashboards following yesterday's 3.7% drubbing in the Shanghai composite index and the 0.5% depreciation in the Chinese yuan CNY6.9136 versus the greenback. At any other given day, investors ...

Chief economist update: China shares inclusion in MSCI is a blessing and a curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... prompted by the escalation of Sino-Yankee trade tensions and the US dollar appreciation. So much so that by August 1 the Shanghai Composite Index and the SSE A-share index have tumbled into a bear market (technically defined as a 20% drop from the nearest ...

MLC Life recruits head of underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... year ago. Jones led a team of 40 underwriters, claims consultants and operations staff across Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai. His achievements include leading the transformation of the underwriting and claims management processes, resulting in improved ...

Chief economist update: Shanghai's drop is China's problem, the yuan's slide is everyone's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
The Shanghai Composite index's drop into bear market territory may have elicited some negative Trump thoughts, but China's response - through the accompanying depreciation of the yuan may have been "I'm taking you with me." Such is the ugliness ...