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Advanced economies lack tools to deal with sluggishness

Since the 2008 global financial crisis struck, policymakers in advanced economies have adopted various kinds of measures, ranging from fiscal, monetary to structural ones, to try to revive the economy, but to no avail.

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HKEX set to launch circuit breaker to control volatility

Brokers says volatility control mechanism is unlikely to cause a repeat of China’s circuit breaker chaos in January

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Shenzhen-Hong Kong link benefits HK more: China Daily

The Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect may benefit the Hong Kong stock market more than Shenzhen's due to valuation concerns, the foreign exchange factor and value-hunting.

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Shenzhen-HK connect big step for China's global ambitions

Betting on the future of China's stock market, Eddie Tam set up a Shenzhen branch of his Hong Kong-based hedge fund six years ago. Now he hopes a stock market link between Hong Kong and Shenzhen will bring him rewards.

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China largely succeeds in RMB exchange rate reform over past year

China's authorities have largely succeeded in its objective of revamping the foreign exchange mechanism to make the currency renminbi (RMB) more market-oriented and relative stable to a basket of currencies over the past year, thanks to improved policy communication, U.S. experts have said.

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Anniversary of exchange rate reform: RMB weathered three depreciations

Today marks the one year anniversary of China’s exchange rate reform started from August 11, 2015, when the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) decided to launch reform on the central parity price mechanism of RMB, the Chinese currency. Over the past year, RMB has experienced three sharp fluctuations.

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14 killed in terror attack in NE India

At least 14 people were killed and more than 20 others injured after terrorists opened fire and hurled grenades at a busy market area in the northeastern Indian state of Assam Friday, a top police official said.

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Off-market margin financing resurges

Since last year, the regulators have taken actions to clean up off-market margin financing. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has previously prohibited securities companies from providing any convenience or service for the securities margin trading between their customers and other parties or between customers by selling umbrella trust on commission basis, P2P platform, self-developed margin trading services and systems and etc. Online financing has been officially prohibited.

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LeEco breaks into India's TV market as it seeks further international expansion

Chinese tech conglomerate LeEco on Thursday launched its line of smart TVs in India, marking the company’s second entry into an overseas TV market as it looks to expand internationally.

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Easing policies launched globally, surging gold price to hardly reverse

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decided to lower the cash rate by 25 basis points again this Tuesday after announcing interest rate cut in May. After rolling out small stimulus packages including a bigger ETF buying program last week, the Japanese cabinet approved an economic stimulus package worth 28.1 trillion yen, aiming to boost the Japanese economy in next two years.

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Aussie stocks continue climb in wake of U.S. Federal Reserve

The Australian market has climbed higher in early Thursday trade on broad-based buying in the wake of the U.S. Federal Reserves policy meeting.

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Uneven property recovery tests Chinese policy makers

The recovery in China's property market helped support the economy in the first half, but diverse market situations in different parts of the country are making life difficult for policy makers.

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EU should grant China market economy status

European Union (EU) lawmakers should grant China market economy status (MES) as the excuses put forward to choose otherwise are untenable.

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EU should grant China market economy status

European Union (EU) lawmakers should grant China market economy status (MES) as the excuses put forward to choose otherwise are untenable.

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Exchange rate of CNY/USD dropped below 6.7, reasons being searched

The spot exchange rate of CNY/USD dropped below 6.7 last night, setting a new low since November 2010. Yesterday, the central parity rate of CNY/USD plummeted by 159 base points to 6.6961, a new low for a half and five years.

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The world’s most powerful stock pickers don’t manage a penny

​MSCI Inc. isn’t usually a name that springs to mind when one thinks of the most powerful players in the global equity market.

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Vietnam's gold price shaking in post-Brexit era

Vietnamese domestic price of gold has been fluctuating over the past three days due to psychological effects among investors following exit of Britain from the European Union (Brexit).