FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES – CHINA

China fears greatly exaggerated, says Aviva

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Original article by Ruth Liew
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 30 : 16-Feb-16

The Chinese sharemarket was resilient on 15 February 2016, despite concern that it would fall sharply when trading resumed after the week-long holiday for the Lunar New Year. Meanwhile, Aviva Investors CEO Euan Munro has downplayed concerns about the outlook for the Chinese economy, noting that it is still growing despite its shift from a focus on commodities. However, he says the yuan could potentially fall by 15-20 per cent against the US dollar in the next several years.

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AVIVA INVESTORS, AVIVA PLC, STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENTS LIMITED, PEOPLE’S BANK OF CHINA, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, SHANGHAI COMPOSITE INDEX

ASX loses $50b in new year rout

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Original article by Mark Mulligan
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 6 : 7-Jan-16

A move by the People’s Bank of China to devalue the renminbi by 0.22 per cent weighed on the Australian sharemarket on 6 January 2016. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index fell by around 1.2 per cent. It has now shed 3.3 per cent in the year to date, reducing the local sharemarket’s capitalisation by $A50bn. Global investor sentiment in 2016 has also been hit by factors such as concerns about the economic outlook for China, weak commodity prices and North Korea’s detonation of a hydrogen bomb.

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STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX 200 INDEX, PEOPLE’S BANK OF CHINA, PEAK ASSET MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, SHANGHAI COMPOSITE INDEX, HSBC BANK PLC, SOCIETE GENERALE, UNITED STATES. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, BLOOMBERG LP