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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... previous month and marks the seventh straight month of positive year-on-year growth in home prices. New home prices in Shanghai increased by 28.0% year-on-year last month while those in Beijing rose by 18.3%. Eurozone inflation After the ECB governing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... in China have started showing positive year-on-year growth rates since October last year. Average new house prices in Shanghai jumped by 25% over the period and by 16.0% in Beijing. New Zealand inflation It matched market expectations and was higher ...

Australia aims to be APAC fintech leader

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison's recent trip to Hong Kong and Shanghai top-dressed the government's innovation commitment and complemented calls by financial services executives for Australia's fintech industry to immediately capitalise in a "booming" ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
In case you missed it, finance and central bank head honchos of the Group of 20 (G-20) met over the weekend in Shanghai. But you may as well have (missed it, that is) for it was more of the same - promised-filled and action-short. In its communique ...

China should have hardlanded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... wasn't supposed to happen. More so as it was in the third quarter when the stock market began tumbling (in July) - the Shanghai Composite Index dropped by 45.9% from peak to trough - and China devalued the yuan (in August) - triggering fears that the ...

Big trouble in big China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... only yesterday - the day "China's stocks rallied to the highest level in seven weeks and turnover jumped..."... when the Shanghai Composite Index rose by 3.3% and trading volumes reached their highest level in a month "amid speculation the government ...

AMP restructures China Fund to reduce discount

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... Growth Fund, AMP Capital has introduced key changes based on a review by Goldman Sachs. The changes include implementing a Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect trading platform to increase the fund's liquidity. It will also alter the current default dividend ...

Global Financial Inclusion winners announced

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... finalists. The winners were the Going To School program in India that teaches children about financial literacy, the Shanghai F-road Commercial Services program that helps banks provide rural China customers with mobile banking services, and the Kiva ...

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... because China's suddenly righted itself and not a single soul now expects the economy to crash and burn. In fact, the Shanghai Composite index dropped another 1.3% yesterday despite the PBOC's easing announcement -- 25bp cut in interest rates and 50bp ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... Its historic Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Australia will boost economic relations between the two countries and the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect will link China's two stock exchanges and open them to a wider range of investors. Looking beyond ...