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China central bank sees economic growth slowing to 6.8 percent in 2016
December 16th, 2015
China’s annual economic growth is likely to slow to 6.8 percent next year from an expected 6.9 percent this year, the People’s Bank of China said in a working paper published on Wednesday. The world’s second-largest economy still faces ...
Shares climb, dollar dips as Fed prepares to lift rates
December 16th, 2015
Shares and bond markets rose and the dollar dipped on Wednesday, as investors readied for what is expected to be the first rise in U.S. interest rates in almost a decade. After more than a year of posturing and ...
Asian stocks trade lower, China bucks trend
December 14th, 2015
Asian equities traded mostly lower on Monday, as investors remain focused on the mid-week decision from the U.S. Federal Reserve. The Chinese market bucked trends and traded up, boosted by upticks in shares of brokerages and banks. Kathy Matsui, managing ...
Chinese Finance-Sector IPOs Set to Maintain Strong Presence in 2016
December 11th, 2015
After dominating in Hong Kong this year, more Chinese finance-sector IPOs are expected to come to market next year China’s banks and brokers have had a tough year with rising bad loans, a stock market crash and weak share performance. ...
Nikkei closes up, ASX hits one-month low
December 11th, 2015
Asian markets closed mixed on Friday, despite Wall Street’s positive finish overnight, as record low oil prices weighed resources plays and China shares traded in negative territory as another top executive was reported missing by local media. “Most investors ...
Falling Oil + Rising Dollar = Crisis For A Whole Lot Of People
December 10th, 2015
Oil is plunging again, this time in the wake of OPEC’s inability to limit its members’ production. The US dollar, meanwhile, is up on the divergence between Fed tightening and ECB/BoJ/BoC easing. This widening gap is a perfect storm ...
Asian markets trade lower, China bucks trend on IPO reform news
December 10th, 2015
Chinese stocks bucked a generally downward trend in Asian markets on Thursday to trade in positive territory after news broke that Beijing will finally introduce much-need IPO reforms. Oil prices, which remain under pressure due to a global supply ...
Asian stock markets end lower; economic data in focus
December 9th, 2015
Asian equities ended lower on Wednesday as major markets such as Japan and China released economic data. Oil prices also ticked up during Asian trading session after closing near six-year lows overnight. The U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were ...
Citic Securities Chinese brokers missing as Beijing crackdown intensifies
December 8th, 2015
The scandal at Citic has already scuppered a proposed takeover of Russell Investments Two investment bankers from Citic Securities, China’s biggest broker, have gone missing, sparking fresh concerns about a state-led crackdown in the wake of this summer’s stock-market ...
China Forex Reserves Fall to Lowest Level in More Than Two Years
December 8th, 2015
Numbers suggest Beijing is struggling to control capital outflows as a U.S. rate increase looms China’s foreign-exchange hoard fell in November to its lowest level in more than two years, reigniting concerns about Beijing’s ability to stem the outflow ...