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CIOs see no let up in European debt crisis

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... substantially since 2011. In December 2011, chief investment officers were concerned about the risk of slower growth in China. They now see China's resilience in the face of the European crisis as a reason for optimism," said Brogden. "In terms of the ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... Comments from the panel continue to reflect a generally positive outlook for the next few months." It getting betterer in China and Japan too. China's official manufacturing PMI rose to 51.0 in Feb from 50.5 in Jan - indicating that the manufacturing ...

Hong Kong the pick for Perennial property

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... retail arena. Asia remains the favoured region, although the impact of high costs of steel and concrete due to development in China has impacted development feasibility across most markets, said Kivell. "There's a lot of reason for companies to go to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... allowing the debt-crippled country to avoid defaulting on its debts next month. A surprise easing in monetary policy in China over the weekend also added to the buoyant mood in markets on Monday - many stock indexes are trading at multi-month highs ...

GM shuts down DB fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... protect its $US4 billion debt. The changes will not impact retired GM workers, said Brinkley. GM's increased operations in China and lower workforce levels in the US also made the US defined benefit pension fund less relevant, noted bloggers commenting ...

Fixed asset allocation outdated: Schroders

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... That's an environment conducive to equities," he said. The big question mark posed by Schroders is the inevitable slowdown in China. While the Sino Boom has insulated the Australian economy from some of the problems of Europe and the US over the past ...

The majority is wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... in February". This is similar to Glenn "didn't even the cash rate" Stevens and his Board's recent assessment. "Growth in China has moderated as was intended, but on most indicators remained quite robust through the second half of last year. "...recent ...

China on course for slowdown, not landing: Fidelity

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... was also starting to return some deposits to Chinese banks. The Fidelity manager maintained another reason to invest in China was that it gave Australians access to companies not available to investors here, as well as the fact that the younger population ...

Eyes turn to monetary policy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... fair to say that monetary policy around the world is now fairly set on a concerted path of stimulatory policy - even in China where we're seeing an easing of monetary conditions," said Gibbs. The view was reiterated in the latest forecast from Macquarie ...

Not so wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... There's Bloomberg's report strengthening the view of a collapsing Chinese property market. "About 16 percent of respondents in China said in a 2011 survey they plan to buy a property in the next two years, down from 22 percent in 2010, according to Credit ...