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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... gained 3.7 per cent last week. HONG KONG - Stocks rose, led by financial and resources plays, and buoyed by a strong rally in China's main stock index as investors shrugged off the biggest monthly fall in US jobs in five years. The Hang Seng Index ended ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... 130.88 points at 12,656.42. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks rose, buoyed by property plays, but trade was volatile as a slide in China's main stock index in Shanghai and $US19 billion ($A20.83 billion) in new writedowns for Swiss bank UBS rattled investors. ...

Baring Asia pumps $95m in green fuel

... Green energy is the new black in private equity after Baring Asia injected $95 million into an energy investment company in China, home to the third largest reservoir of coalbed methane, an alternative fuel source. Baring Private Equity Asia, which boasts ...

Stagflation cross-winds

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... largest monthly increase since the Labor Department began reporting the data in 2003. Orlic said strong demand growth in China is pushing up the price of oil, metals and foodstuffs. "Problems with pig-meat in China have added to inflation there but growing ...

Lehman Bros wins Japanese trading approval

... increased its global reach in international carbon markets in the past 18 months by developing origination capabilities in China, India and Latin America. "The global carbon market is rapidly taking shape, as national markets are developing, and link ...

Platinum posts 29pc profit

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... year return. The Asia Fund primarily invests in listed companies' securities in the Asian region, including firms based in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Pakistan among others. The fund's portfolio typically includes 50 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... 2.69 per cent or 362.54 points to end at 13,859.70. HONG KONG - Stocks jumped 3.77 per cent, boosted by strong gains in China's main stock index after Beijing took steps to support share prices and as news of mergers and acquisitions lifted sentiment. ...

World growth to drop by one-fifth, but no US recession: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... given that this region is currently sitting on 7.8 percent this drop still puts them in prime position. Meanwhile growth in China is expected to fall to 10 percent in 2008. The only region expecting improved economic growth is Africa, which the IMF is ...

China's investor confidence crisis

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... now believe the prospect of stock gains within a weakening global economy could significantly dampen growth prospects in China. Last year officials in Beijing repeatedly warned investors that prices could fall sharply. But they have refrained from issuing ...

Mercer expands RI team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... institutional investors around the world seeking advice on a comparative analysis of corporate governance in the resources sector in China and Australia," Ambachtsheer said.