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Asia equipped with high levels of defences to weather El Niño, food inflation
Asia equipped with high levels of defences to weather El Niño, food inflation
However, the risks should not be understated.
Hutchison Port Holdings Trust 1H14 profits edged up a measly 2%
Due to y/y container volumes growth.
China developers favored over Hong Kong peers amid upcoming results season
Partly because of very low expectations.
Brace yourselves for disappointing results from Hong Kong property firms
Will they be as heartbreaking as last time?
7,500 units completed in 1H 2014
Reaching 43% of full-year 2014 forecast.
Supply curve is shifting out for Hong Kong private housing
Developers to prioritize volume over margins.
New housing starts in Q2 were at 4,300 units
Bringing 1H 2014 housing starts to 12,300.
Asia Pacific office leasing gains momentum with 18% net absorption growth in 2Q14
Tokyo leads the charge.
Cross-border investment turnover in Asia Pacific surged by 109% QoQ in 2Q14: CBRE
Largest total recorded since global financial crisis.
ASEAN household debt surged in recent years
Loan growth to other borrowers outpaced.
Survey of Hong Kong SMEs reveals cost pressures are easing
China’s targeted policy loosening easing financial pressures.
Here are the 3 sub-indices that dropped in Hong Kong SME survey
Suggesting a more broad-based economic recovery.
Hong Kong SMEs set sights on a better Q3
This, after a soft start to 2014.
Here's solid proof that emerging Asia isn’t necessarily ‘under-investing’
Hopefully, “growth pessimism” will just be misplaced.
Despite growth in recent years, Asia lacks faith to pick itself up: HSBC
Firms are apparently afraid of taking risks.
2 Hong Kong banks sneaked in Asia's 50 largest
But China got the top spot.
Hong Kong Electric Investments Trust faces renewed regulatory risks
It could face subdued returns.
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