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Modern Silk Road presents investment jewel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
... capitalise on "the biggest macro-economic story of the century." A 21st century replication of the famed Silk Road, the China-led Belt and Road Initiative will involve the construction of ports, warehouses, and connections to overland transport in strategic ...

Emerging markets need a rethink

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... same stuff: they all own Samsung, they all own Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. And if you look at the index, China, South Korea and Taiwan make up almost 60% of the benchmark. The problem is, a lot of those markets considered 'emerging' have ...

Japanese broker targets Aussie SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... said Asian investors may be more inclined to have a trading mentality. The proportion of overseas-born Australians born in China has jumped from 6% to 8.3%, according to the latest Census data. Monex was originally founded in Tokyo as an online brokerage ...

Trump and Kim go ballistic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... hike speculations were the "fear du'jour". But even that was not high enough compared to 2016's high of 27.59 triggered by China's devaluation of its currency and expectations of a sharp slowdown in its economy. This is not to say that the fear gauge ...

Wealth begins its blockchain reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... transaction between two commercial banks. The transaction involved a shipment of 88 cotton bales from Texas to Qingdao, China using a distributed ledger known as Skuchain's Brackets system. In July 2017, ANZ and Westpac teamed with IBM and shopping centre ...

Not showing: inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... The chart below shows that most major economies' core inflation rates remain below their 2% target (the People's Bank of China's target is 3.5%). Only the UK's core inflation rate is above the Bank of England's (BOE) target driven by no other than the ...

Asset managers feeling profit squeeze

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... but it won't be enough - managers will differentiate themselves by managing costs on a structural basis. BCG highlights China as an area of opportunity for asset managers given it has recently opened a pathway for foreign players. China is the notable ...

AMP Capital appoints independent directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... serves as chair of the AMP Capital Managed Investment Schemes Compliance Committee and was also the chair of AMP Capital China Growth Fund Advisory Committee. The three appointees will also become members of the audit and risk committees, which will ...

The bull and bear market in iron ore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... million tonnes (from 330 to 340 million tonnes). Recent indicators showing strengthening momentum in iron ore's biggest buyer, China - underscored by the higher than expected and above target 6.9% expansion in the second quarter - augurs well for iron ...

The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... commodity prices were falling - the Bloomberg commodity price index decline from 89.36 in February to 79.36 in mid-June; and China's economy were showing signs of slowing, it's foreign exchange reserves dwindling and its credit ratings downgraded by ...