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Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... investors to emerging markets, where growth has been aided by the rebound of commodity prices and a stable Chinese economy. "China is experiencing a lot more stability, and the manufacturing and services we were worried about in 2016 are all heading ...

ANZ unloads UDC Finance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... program. The announcement follows news last week that ANZ has also sold its 20% share in Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank to China COSCO Shipping Corporation and Shanghai Sino-Poland Enterprise Management Development Corporation. The sale of UDC Finance ...

China's inflation off target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
China's consumer price inflation eased to 2.1% in the year to December from 2.3% in the previous month. This is below Beijing's target of 3.0% and less than market expectations for a 2.3% increase - sparked by four consecutive months of rising producer ...

Will 2017 be a mirror image of 2016?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... Trump, think about the Fed's expected four interest rate hikes that was coming over the course of 2016, think also about China's hard landing. Not surprisingly, gloom and doom was the catchphrase in the early days of last year. Just in case you've forgotten ...

Trump keeping M&A on a leash

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
... 3/CenturyLink merger and General Electric's US$31.6 billion deal with Baker Hughes. The other region that may stifle M&A in 2017 is China, which the report said previously had a "seemingly unquenchable appetite for overseas acquisitions." Thanks to new ...

ANZ selling stake in Chinese bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
... operations in Asia, ANZ has agreed to sell its 20% stake in Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank. ANZ is selling its stake to China COSCO Shipping Corporation and Shanghai Sino-Poland Enterprise Management Development Corporation. Each entity will acquire ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... (-6.9%); Taiwan (-1.2%); India (-1.2%); and the US (-1.8%). Shipments increased to South Korea (+11.9%); Malaysia (+5.9%); and China (+4.4%). Imports shrank by 8.8% over the 12 months to November after dropping by 16.5% in the previous month. This is ...

Trump to boost Aussie commodities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... transparent vehicles for their fixed income exposure. Only four of the major categories experienced outflows - European, Japan, China and Asia ex-Japan equity ETFs."

ANZ director retires after nine years

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... director at Woolworths. He has also served on the international advisory boards of Goldman Sachs and held senior roles at the China Banking Regulatory Commission and the Lowy Institute for International Policy. In 2004, he was awarded the Companion in ...

The year that was and the year that will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... 2016 adieu! And what a year 2016 was. It scared you, I and Irene at the open. The Fed was going to raise interest rates and China's economy was heading for hard landing. These two factors alone (never mind what's happening in Europe and Japan) sent financial ...