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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... reading of 53.4. The strong readings in both surveys were driven by accelerating expansions in production and new orders. China manufacturing survey Unlike the coherent indications of the ISM and Markit Economics' surveys of US manufacturing, the official ...

QIC inks deal with Chinese asset manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
QIC has signed a memorandum of understanding with one of China's largest asset managers. Ping An Asset Management Company (PAAMC), the asset management subsidiary of China's second-largest insurer, Ping An Insurance, represents the first relationship ...

Australia lags in infrastructure returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... environments that can attract the jobs and people required to support economic growth," Robbins said. The index revealed China as the number one country by overall built asset incomes, with built assets accounting for 52.9% of GDP returns in 2016. This ...

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... commodity exporters. All these would be of no consequence for emerging markets if the United States grows strongly - and China and Europe and Japan - there'll be demand for their produce...everybody wins. But not if Trump follows through on his protectionist' ...

Green bonds open impact avenue

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... do more," Bigley said. Bigley expects issuance will continue to grow in 2017, especially from emerging market economies. China has been the largest issuer of green bonds in 2016, however there are a number of nuances at company and industry level as ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... purchases from: Korea (39.7%), India (38.2%), the US (11.7%), the Philippines (10.4%) and Singapore (9.9%). Imports from China and Japan declined by 8.0% and 6.7%, respectively.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... November from 53.3 in October while that of services increased to 54.1 from 53.8. Both were better than market expectations. China MNI business sentiment "Businesses are finding additional support in a depreciating currency environment while new orders ...

Do super funds hold AAA rating key?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... changed, leaning too far to savings. Garnaut said the end of normal productivity growth in developed countries has extended to China in the last couple of years "and that's really bad news." This reduction in productivity growth reduces business investment ...

Australian private equity driving M&A

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... making Australian assets attractive to foreign acquirers. Together with this, an influx in foreign buyers (particularly from China) is resulting in increased competition in particular sectors and asset types (in particular health), and this in turn is ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... the GDP price deflator - worsened, down by 0.1% in the year to the September quarter from up 0.7% in the previous period. China fixed asset investment Fixed asset investment in China increased by 8.3% in the first 10 months of 2016 compared to a year ...