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China approves cross-border ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... directly in Hong Kong-listed stocks, each tracking a Hong Kong stock index," the SFC said in a statement. The move came as Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Hong Kong to celebrate 15 years since the territory was returned to China from British rule. ...

AMP Capital Infra fund closed

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... subordinated infrastructure debt, has attracted a,-400 million from 30 global institutional investors, including Australian, Chinese, Japanese, US, German and UK pension and endowment funds. "Infrastructure debt investments appeal to investors because ...

US equities a gateway to emerging markets

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... markets without the risk associated with direct investment. Investing in high-quality US stocks can offer exposure to Chinese growth drivers and wider emerging market consumer growth, but without the exposures to higher volatility associated with growth ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... prepared and just waiting for Europe to bring it on. And as far as slowing growth goes, investors already expected the US and Chinese economies to slow. So what are the palpitations all about? In spite of the negative headlines, US retail spending is ...

China manuf growth figures being misread

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... operations at Premium China, said that in the first place there is a disparity between the HSBC figures and the official Chinese PMI figures and this creates uncertainty when the numbers are close, as they are now, as to whether there is actually contraction ...

Census 2011: Australia is changing, and fast

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... changing with Mandarin now the second most popular language, surpassing Italian. Reinforcing this cultural metamorphosis, Chinese and Indian Australians are now our largest non-anglo heritage groupings and the West Asian language of Punjabi is the fastest ...

No random walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... edge on Greek elections, the Spanish banking system, what the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Chinese government, Angela Merkel, or the US Federal Reserve will do." Sounds familiar? And his is not the only hedge fund that ...

Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... whether the end game's gonna be their worst nightmare or their happiest dream. Never mind the ups and downs in US and Chinese stats - disappointing manufacturing readings one day (bad), better-than-expected service sector PMIs today (good) - and the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... per cent, gaining 73.44 points to close at 18,259.03. Seoul closed up 1.05 per cent, or 18.72 points, at 1,801.85, and Chinese shares edged up 0.15 per cent, or 3.37 points, to 2,311.92. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 fell 31.20 points, or 0.9 per cent, to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... the back of disappointing US jobs figures, slow US manufacturing growth, record unemployment rates in Europe and weak Chinese manufacturing data. Australia's market opened at a six-month low and bounced for just 10 minutes before falling again, and by ...