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Platinum sells $24m Asia stake

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
... experimentation in the West." "In our view, Asia's attractions for investors remain as strong as ever," Platinum said. Three markets - China, Korea and India - were highlighted as performance drivers over 2017, and the industry sectors which delivered ...

Chinese financial services giant eyes Australian expansion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... which offers microloans to businesses and consumers. Over 10 million brick-and-mortar merchants now accept Alipay across China.

Good news or bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
Depending on one's proclivity, the latest batch of higher than expected liquidity and lending data out of China could be either good or bad. Good because they're indicative of continued strong growth momentum in the Chinese economy. Bad because they ...

Aberdeen Standard expands in mainland China

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... market via its subsidiary Aberdeen Asset Management (Shanghai). The licence granted by the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) will enable the firm to manufacture and offer onshore private securities investment funds to institutional and high-net-worth ...

Thinning trade surplus shaves A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... exports over the month. Iron ore shipments dropped by 10% while coal, coke and briquettes fell by 3% -- a consequence of China's on-going efforts to clean its air quality and reduce over capacity. As for imports, the ABS reports that, "goods and services ...

Fixed income specialist wins mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
Alpha Fund Managers has awarded a mandate to a specialist equity and fixed income boutique investment manager. Premium China Funds Management's Premium Asia Income Fund was selected for its ability to manage emerging market debt sector exposure and ...

NAB boutique appoints distribution director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... institutional equities. Prior to that, he was a senior advisor at Ord Minnett, executive general manager of investments at Australia China Capital Management and an institutional equities investment banking director with Credit Suisse. He has also held ...

All up and all together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... growth rates in the US, the Eurozone, Japan, the UK and India all accelerated in the September quarter from the previous one. China's GDP remained unchanged at 6.9% over the same period but his is more by design and above the targeted 6.5% growth rate. ...

Life insurance M&A outlook gloomy: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... opportunities in Australasia. Instead, a large portion (40%) is targeting the growing middle class of emerging Asian countries such China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam, and look at developed Asian countries such as Hong Kong before focusing any acquisition ...

No big deal or not yet?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... holiday or it could be that everybody and their dogs were busy gearing up for the Black Friday sale that the big drop in China's stock market last Thursday got just a little hoo-ha last week. Even the S&P/ASX 200 index closed a mere 0.06% weaker on the ...