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ASX to set up shop in Hong Kong

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... companies to potential investors for the last eight years. In 2014, ASX launched a renminbi settlement service with the Bank of China and in early 2015 signed an MOU with the China Futures Association.

So bad it could only be good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... the Chinese economy. Expect further weakness in Beijing's foreign purchases of goods and services as the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) surprise devaluation of the yuan last month makes the price of "made in other countries" dearer. Similarly, lower ...

Yuan stable (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... year - to 7.3% may have raised only a few eyebrows but it certainly added fuel to accusations that the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) was engaging in "beggar thy neighbour" policy when it devalued the yuan - 3.4% in total - last month. The Chinese central ...

August angst to September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... individual on planet earth has speculated, talked and warned about it for as long as I can remember and the People's Bank of China's successive announcement of stimulus measures confirm that it is. The known unknown is China central command's inclination ...

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... line is that the central bank puts of the past few years are still alive. It's already started with the People's Bank of China's recent easing announcement and we got this make no mistake statement from European Central Bank executive board member and ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... adverse spillovers from slower economic growth in China raised some concerns." And this was before the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) devaluation of the yuan. "While the recent Chinese stock market decline seemed to have had limited implications to ...

Bangkok bombs and Malaysia's terror

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... - which accounts for roughly 10% of the economy - in addition to the hits from China's slowdown and the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) recent devaluation of the yuan, capital outflows out of emerging markets on speculation of a near-term Fed lift-off ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... volatility prompted by the mayhem in the Middle Kingdom's stock markets. That calmed but was replaced by the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) surprise devaluation of the yuan on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (when the ECB meeting minutes were released) ...

Easing cycle over for now

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... Reynolds is holding some Italian and Spanish debt. Concerns over weakness in China's economy, as shown by the People's Bank of China's decision to devalue the currency, has benefitted the fund, which is short a basket of Asian currencies. "Despite being ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... are inherently funnier, more satisfying, or more effective than other numbers of things". (Wikipedia) The People's Bank of China (PBOC) must be a believer for yesterday it went for a devaluation trifecta - 1.9% Tuesday, 1.2% Wednesday and 1.1% Thursday. ...