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Family offices put focus back on equities: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... Asia-Pacific family offices are looking at healthcare, education and consumer/tech enabled sectors primarily in the US and Asia, China in particular," he said. The report also highlighted a pick-up in succession planning amongst Asia-Pacific family offices ...

A matter of assumptions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... movement. In its September policy statement, the RBA wrote about its optimism over the global economy and was concerned about China and expects Australia's terms of trade "to decline over coming years." The RBA wrote about a gradual pick up in the domestic ...

Transparency to the max

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... escalation of US-North Korean tensions (and this time, it became personal between Trump and Jong-Un); S&P's downgrade of China's credit rating; distortions caused by the hurricanes; elections in New Zealand and Germany; and of course the policy meetings ...

AIA acquires CBA life insurance businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... said it is considering a range of strategic options for its stake in BoComm Life, which would require approval from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission. AIA and CBA anticipate the acquisition process to be completed in calendar year 2018. In further ...

Peak iron ore?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... the earlier released statement. There was nary a single sentence mentioning members' discussion about "the influence of China on the global iron ore and steel markets more generally" and their expectations for iron ore prices "to fall in the period ahead ...

Platinum LIC reaps Asia rewards

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 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 ...

China slows to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
Li gets what Li likes. A day after the executive meeting of China's State Council chaired by Premier Li Keqiang resolved to continue supply-side structural reforms aimed at "reining in excessive production capacity, reducing corporate costs and improving ...

Markets are stronger than Trump

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... changed that much." The one concern Hobson did highlight from an investment perspective was the prospect of a trade war with China, in light of the President's recent threats in regards to ceasing business with any country with an economic stake in North ...

Aussie super funds increase world ranking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... Retirement Thrift U.S. $485,575 4 National Pension South Korea $462,161 5 ABP Netherlands $404,310 6 National Social Security China $348,662 7 California Public Employees U.S. $306,633 8 Canada Pension Canada $235,790 9 Central Provident Fund Singapore ...

Who's afraid of North Korea? Not the South Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... as she urged the 15-member UN Security Council to slap the "strongest possible" sanctions against Pyongyang. But without China's backing and Pyongyang having hardly anything to lose, stick and stones may break Kim's bones but sanctions would only hurt ...