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Australia winning silver in APAC fintech race

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... however. Japan-based investment providers ranked the highest in regards to digital transformation, followed by Australia, then China and Hong Kong. In Japan, 72% of respondents said they had used digital investment to create an "innovative culture" ...

China price rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
If inflation was the man driver of the People's Bank of China's monetary policy, the latest update on consumer prices would not have a significant sway on interest rate direction - up or down. China's consumer price inflation accelerated to 2.5% in ...

Vehicle sales hit the roadblock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) reported that total vehicle sales grew by a mere 0.2% in the year to January - the slowest since February last year. This compares with annual growth rates of 9.5% in December and 16.6 in November. ...

Trump matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... the US accounts for only 5% of total exports, its five biggest export markets have America as their major export market. China's exports to the US accounts for 18% of its overall exports; Japan, 20%; South Korea, 13%; and India and New Zealand, 12% each. ...

Look offshore for income: SSGA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... resilient, there are key issues that may suppress domestic dividend growth, including reduced demand for resources from China; high property prices; more fully-valued banking stocks; and constraints on consumer spending in the midst of "increasing government ...

Buying American

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... undervalued currencies. This is because as at December, the US remains in deficit relative to its major trading partners: China (US$27.8 billion deficit); European Union (US$12.3 billion deficit); Japan (US$6.5 billion deficit); Mexico (US$4.4 billion ...

Dwindling reserves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
China's foreign exchange reserves continued to decline, falling by US$12.3 billion in January to US$2.988 trillion - the first time since February 2011 that reserves had fallen below the important psychological threshold of US$3 trillion. Though this ...

Russell appoints senior analyst

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... managing director, private client services, Siva Sivakumaran said. Late last year Russell Investments signed an agreement with China Asset Management Co, one of China's leading fund management companies, to establish their position in the emerging market. ...

J.P. Morgan bullish on several asset classes

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... J.P. Morgan's modeling shows recession probabilities in the US, but this is beyond the next two to three years. She said China has stabilised with policy support and its economy will grow 6.5% in 2017. The Euro area is continuing to do well with about ...

India looking good in Trump's world

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... emerging markets due to its relative insulation from the trade policies of the Trump administration. Where the economies of China and other Asian nations are driven by exports, India's is primarily fuelled by domestic consumption - equal to 60% of its ...