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Court blocks bid to freeze Phil Kingston's assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
A court has blocked an attempt by Sargon's Chinese lender to freeze the assets of Phil Kingston, as the latter heads towards public questioning next month. China Insurance Finance Group Ltd commenced court proceedings on August 24, seeking repayment ...

Chief economist update: Australia's third arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... China (27.7% of total imports), it has a bilateral trade surplus with Beijing (A$5,241 million as at August). With the Chinese economy dodging the pandemic-induced global recession and expected to expand by 1.8% this year and by 8.0% in 2021 (OECD Economic ...

Chief economist update: China's post-pandemic economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... bucks. China's draconian response also limited the government's spending measures. Statista.com figures show the Chinese government's fiscal stimulus packages amounted to 7% of GDP as at July 2020 - less than Japan's 21.1%, America's ...

Banks lose US$635 billion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... markets," it said. "The financial sector was among the most impacted leading to the drop in market capitalisation." Many Chinese institutions made the list including, the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (-27.65), China Construction Bank (-18.95) ...

Chief economist update: Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... declared that France was "at war", India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, compared it to Mahabharata (The Great War), and Chinese supremo, Xi Jinping called it the 'People's War'. We may not all be "marines now" as Clint Eastwood's ...

Australia most active region in Q2: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... managers were also mainly from Japan-focused strategies, across both equity and fixed income segments, eVestment found. While Chinese equities was one of the most positively trending investment universes, APAC-domiciled offshore Chinese equity managers ...

State Street nabs BNP executives

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... all business activity in China including driving strategy, pursuing growth opportunities and managing relationships with Chinese clients. Chen joins from BNP Paribas where she was most recently head of China financial institutions coverage. She was previously ...

Vanguard leaves Hong Kong, Japan for Shanghai

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... established a presence in China in 2017 and announced a joint venture last year with Ant Group to bring its products to Chinese investors. A spokesperson for Vanguard told Financial Standard it maintains a strong presence in the Chinese market and sees ...

Chief economist update: Communists' party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... government's cruel restrictions (by western standards) - along with monetary and fiscal stimulus measures - have saved the Chinese economy from falling into a technical recession; GDP growth rebounded by 11.5% in the June quarter (3.2% year-on-year) ...

Global manager launches China A-shares fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... the fund will have a small to mid-cap bias, as it looks to hone in on opportunities usually missed by other managers in Chinese stocks. However, it will stay away from microcaps, investing in companies with market cap over $500 million. "This portfolio ...