China

We’re going to be a little cheeky: before discussing Asian equity markets, we are going to examine the setup for global equities, in particular the US, which dominates...

It is no accident that Chinese mega property developer Evergrande is struggling to stay ahead of its creditors and nor is it alone – it is all part of the central...

Fidelity has just released its 2022 Outlook with an around-the-ground series of summaries from the firm's cadre of portfolio managers. Livewire’s David Thornton has...

The recent wave of regulatory reform in China has been highly visible, resulting in a knee-jerk reaction among investors, some of whom are questioning the viability of...

Rising levels of education, entrepreneurship and wealth in Asia’s female population has fueled demand for luxury goods such as watches and jewellery. In the following...

The demise of Chinese property developers is likely to be the credit story of the year. But as Jonathan Rochford writes, without government intervention it could also...

Incitec Pivot was one of the Firetrail Absolute Return Fund’s top performers in the September quarter. We remain confident in the near-term prospects for its...

Setting up a new fund is a time of joy and nervous anticipation. There's deciding on a new name, hiring talented investors and putting your own capital into the fund,...

We have so far looked into the reasons driving a recent sell-off in Chinese tech, as well as what the future holds for the sector. Many stocks remain at heavy...

When we last detailed our outlook for the Australian dollar (AUD), in mid-September, we re-identified the fundamentals of our domestic currency’s worth using a...

Value investors, including Charlie Munger, have been snapping up cheap shares in China in recent months. So is now the time to be greedy as fear levels rise? Angus...

Recent regulatory crackdowns in the Chinese market have triggered selloffs across many of their largest tech names. BAT stocks (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent) alongside the...

While the Evergrande episode continued, Fantasia, a Chinese property developer, missed its $205 million bond repayment on 4 October. The latter is making the headline...

When macro maestro Ray Dalio speaks, investors listen. (True, they don't always agree. But they listen.) Especially when the world can't seem to decide what sort of...

Emerging markets have been in the news with concern about the contagion impact of the potential failure of Chinese property developer Evergrande. This crisis...

Reports on the financial strains at the property developer China Evergrande Group have been unnerving global markets, drawing comparisons to a level of systemic risk...

The financial market topic of the day seems to be China Evergrande Group (aka Evergrande), and the news on 15 September 2021 that China’s Ministry of Housing and...

So far, the equity market has only fallen a few percentage points. A lot of ink spilled for a relatively modest market reaction. (Examples: here, here and here to list...

The Evergrande saga is intensifying daily. The firm’s equity is all but gone. Its debt barely trades. Its sales and assets are crashing in value. Its brand damage is...

Innovate. Disrupt. Iterate. Deliver. These four words have a very modern ring but there's nothing especially modern about them. They apply equally to the creation of...