Posts Tagged ‘ China ’

China and India R&D spend continues to outstrip

October 28, 2011 By: Gerry O’Kane CleanBiz.Asia Implications in the cleantech war that is developing globally can be seen in the latest research into R&D investment and innovation. Research from consultants Booz & Company into the world’s top 1,000 spenders on R&D, show that while there had been recovery in spending by North American...

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That Burma dam story in full

Follow the Money Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 By: Gerry O’Kane One simply cannot ignore the Burma/China debate over the Myitsone hydropower plant project, which the Burmese president Thein Sein cancelled unexpectedly earlier this month. The story has the cynics guffawing in the aisles. On the one hand you have a Chinese state administration spluttering...

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Multi-billion dollar Asian shark fin industry under pressure

Multi-billion dollar Asian shark fin industry under pressure

Date: October 05, 2011 By: Gerry O’Kane CleanBiz.Asia The seedy business of shark fishing is coming under increasing pressure in its own main market – Asia. It’s a business that could be worth over USD30 billion a year. The latest move against the business was the announcement of Singapore’s supermarket chain Cold Storage (a...

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A share on which to base your dreams?

A share on which to base your dreams?

Follow the Money CleanBiz Asia, Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 It seems not even the prestige of winning, not one, but two high-profile contracts to provide fleets of electric buses to Singapore and Frankfurt could help Chinese rechargeable battery and auto maker BYD Company raise what it expected from the Shenzhen markets. As CleanBiz.Asia pointed...

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Follow the Money: Dodgy dealings damage prospects for China cleantech hopefuls

Follow the Money Cleanbiz Asia.com June 19th, 2011 The advance of China’s clean and green firms on international stock markets is facing a spirited defence from independent financial researchers, fund managers and regulators. Like all Chinese companies considering an IPO, they are likely under increased scrutiny as a litany of allegations of fraud and...

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China cleantech pulls heavy funding but Asia gets big slice too

Cleanbiz Asia.com May 14th, 2011 Private equity companies, banks and funds are throwing money at cleantech projects in China but other parts of Asia are also set to get large amounts of investment. A slew of recent announcements back up a report just released by World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) that China spent...

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China’s green energy policies under attack – the politics

Asian Correspondent, Sep 14, 2010 One piece of news that hasn’t made much of an impact in Asia yet has been the re-emergence of the steelworkers in American politics. And why should it? Well because, last week the United Steelworkers Union alleged that China has been illegally helping its companies take dominant market share...

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Tackling state firms is the key

Financial News 14 December 98-3 January 99 The government’s priority is to develop its equity markets, writes Gerard O’Kane The recent low volumes on China’s equity exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen are a poor reflection of just how active the nation’s power brokers have been in reforming China’s financial institutions and markets. Foreign observers...

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How the peg works

Benchmark – Fourth quarter 1998 By Gerry O’Kane The peg to the US dollar was introduced in October 1983 after a period of serious instability with the Hong Kong dollar. Otherwise known as the linked exchange system, it is managed now by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). The HKMA was only established in...

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Active Strategies – currency hedging that delivers smarter risk management

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Currency Investor, Active currency management is getting a new breath of life. As global economies lurch towards stagnation and the thermometer of equity markets...

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Performance analytics – helping to bring transparency to the FX pricing process

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Currency Investor For years, many professional currency practitioners have seen trustees’ and investment managers’ eyes glaze over when asked two questions: how much they...

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Middle East: regional E-forex perspective

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Gerry O’Kane looks at growth in e-FX throughout the Middle Eastern markets and how resistance to electronic systems is changing rapidly in the fast...

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Timing: – just how important is it for achieving currency alpha?

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Currency Investor, Winter 2010 Within the equities world there has been some discussion over whether market timing is a viable investment strategy or simply...

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