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Genetics will test life insurance sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... genetic test and stops insurers discriminating against an applicant who refuses to take a genetic test. For comparison, China, Finland, India, Spain and the United States have no regulation on the use of genetic test results, while Greece and Japan have ...

Australian trustee hits top 10 responsible investment list

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... America said the top 25 list represents aggregate assets that are larger than the GDP over every country but the US and China, and that as a result, a 1% allocation to sustainable investments in the developing world "would be equal to twice as much as ...

China A-shares ETFs launched

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
A Hong Kong investment firm has launched two smart beta China equity ETFs designed to provide investors with diversified exposure to the China A-shares markets. Asian ETF specialists Premia Partners said the new products track the Chinese Securities ...

Aussie super maintains good grades

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... real economic growth during the last three years and are projected to continue during the next three years. These include China, India, Indonesia, Ireland and Malaysia. Conversely, countries with significant pension assets and high mandatory contributions ...

Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... closer to home and perhaps, one that would have the most impact on the Australian economy, are the latest events and stats in China. First the stats, and latest China growth stats were mostly firmer: Retail sales growth accelerated to 10.3% in the year ...

Chinese wealth firm takes stake in investment platform

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... investment was geared towards facilitating cross-border business between high-net-worth and venture capital investors in China, Australia, Singapore and South Korea. Having made the investment, BMY Group chief executive Eric Gao has now joined Wholesale ...

Financial advice key for world in reverse: Geldof

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... baneful circumstances then you create endless opportunity for growth," he continued. As an exemplar, Geldof highlighted China's ability in the first decade of this century to pull 400 million of its people out of extreme poverty via strong shifts in ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... increases in input costs. Average selling prices rose for the 12th month running and also at the fastest pace since April." In China, it depends on what survey you subscribe to - Caixin's China manufacturing PMI slowed to 51 in September from 51.6 the ...

Emerging infrastructure funds struggling: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... managers in terms of size. With US$3.5 billion, US-based Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners II fund topped the list; while China's Nanjing Municipal Government fund rounded the top three. In 2013, the sector raised US $15.7 billion in aggregate capital ...

China industrial profits surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
It's still about three weeks before the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) convenes on the 18 October but the latest data on the country's industrial profits indicate that it'll be easier for the Politburo to achieve its targets ...