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Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... activity lead to weaker economic growth. Add to this, geopolitical concerns over the "fall of Afghanistan", slowing growth in China and regulatory crackdowns there, and the can't win thought of the Fed making a policy mistake - it leaves policy too ...

BNP Paribas wins China custody agreement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
BNP Paribas will now be able to support institutional investors from Australia and elsewhere investing in China's equities and bonds markets, under a new custody agreement. BNP Paribas today announced it has been granted a licence to provide custody ...

Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... in June from 55.3 in the previous month. Anxiety over "peak growth- peak inflation" were further stoke by developments in China. The State Council, chaired by Premier Li Keqiang, released a statement hinting at a reduction in the country's required ...

BlackRock secures licence to operate in China

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... for investing. The Chinese market represents a significant opportunity to help meet the long-term goals of investors in China and internationally. We are committed to investing in China to offer domestic assets for domestic investors and look forward ...

Schroders launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... equities fund for Australian investors. The Schroder All China Equity Opportunities Fund is actively managed and will invest in China A-Shares, Chinese and Hong Kong listed companies and US-listed ADRs. It's a fundamental, bottom-up fund which aims to ...

Fidelity portfolio manager resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... (23.6% of the portfolio), financials (20%), consumer discretionary (19.5%), materials (11.7%) and others. Stocks listed in China, Taiwan and India account for more than half of the assets. Its five biggest shareholdings were Taiwan Semiconductor, HDFC ...

Chief economist update: Chinese manufacturing ramps up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
Activity in China's manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors returned with a vengeance after a brief pause during the country's Lunar New Year holidays. National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data show that China's manufacturing PMI rebounded ...

Chief economist update: Strike while iron ore cools

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... 2021 - they remain at levels indicating continued expansion. Moreover, ""Optimism regarding future business activity in China remained robust in February amid hopes of an end to the pandemic and a successful vaccine rollout, leading to a release of pent-up ...

Chief economist update: When 6%-plus growth is deemed too low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
GDP growth of over 6% for 2021. Chinese premier Li Kequiang announced this target growth rate at the opening of the fourth session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing on March 5. Many a time, China's annual economic growth ...

Chief economist update: OECD sees stronger growth ahead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... it - annus horribilis 2020 - when economic growth forecasts were being sliced as the coronavirus epidemic that started in China turned into a pandemic of biblical proportions. You and I and Irene had nowhere to hide. The butcher, the baker and the candlestick ...