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The good news in good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... deterioration in economic surveys and reports has eased. Some have even begun to improve - not only in America but also in China. Reports of a fall in US jobless claims heading into Easter added to encouraging data on durable goods, housing and job cut ...

Sustainability grows in EMs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... over US$50 billion," she said. The IFC-Mercer report also produced the first rating on ESG practices of fund managers in China, India, South Korea, and Brazil, identifying best-practice examples to pre-empt ESG risks and enhance returns. The project ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... Friday to take the weekly gain to nearly 10 per cent, as another drop in stockpiles resuscitated hopes of a demand pick-up in China. Copper for May delivery in New York rose 3.55 cents to close at $1.6890 a pound.

China could own America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... allowed to fail. Or could it? While America is bailing out its institutions, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in China cup in hand begging the Chinese to continue sending money the US way. In a Chinese television interview, Mrs. Clinton said ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... after earlier rising 3.3 per cent. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares also rebounded sharply as hopes of new stimulus measures in China boosted sentiment. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed up 287 points, or 2.25 per cent, at 13,063.89. WELLINGTON - The ...

AXA Asia Pac growth mixed

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
AXA Asia Pacific enjoyed strong year-to-December fund flows in China, India, Thailand and Malaysia but 'new business' outside insurance slowed in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. The company announced last week that due to the weak markets globally ...

Dragon still on the rise

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... weather the financial crisis. Rio Tinto's chairman Paul Skinner told Lateline Business that he expects a further weakening in China's economy, despite the government's efforts there to reinvigorate demand.

The best forecaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... rationales have been put forward to explain the long-term interest rate conundrum. The accumulation of surplus and savings in China, the oil exporting countries and Asia are recycled back into US Treasuries. Inflation is no longer a problem. And in case ...

Yen caught in crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... 1990s, would make a comeback. Years of the economy bumping along the bottom would see a repeat. Thanks to the rapid growth in China and India that began in the late 1990s, the weakness in the Japanese economy through these years was hardly felt. But ...

JV moves Invesco into China PE

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... both firms to identify and assess private equity investment in power generation and develop a private equity business in China. The firms appointed Shen Zhongmin as chief executive of the joint venture. Zhongmin was previously managing director of China ...