China’s shrinking workforce has big repercussions

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  The coming years will be favourable ones for Chinese workers seeking hefty pay rises. A big contraction in the labour force will help their bargaining position no end, as

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China likely to maintain a ‘fine balance’

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The following Q&A was extracted from a Bloomberg interview in Hong Kong with Catherine Yeung, Investment Director. As the National People’s Congress gets under way in China this week, Catherine

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China: rising inequality poses a political and economic menace

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China’s now-disgraced ex-politburo member Bo Xilai revealed one of China’s most sensitive pieces of information just before he was ousted from his leadership role last year. No, it wasn’t a

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The US is imposing austerity

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Portugal’s President Anibal Cavaco Silva warns about the great threat his country faces; the spending cuts and tax increases imposed by Portugal’s rescuers. He warns that the austerity conditions tied

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Michael Bargholz joins Fidelity Worldwide Investment

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Fidelity Worldwide Investment is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Bargholz as Senior Investment Director for Australia.  With over 25 years of industry experience at leading global investment houses,

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Eric Wang joins Fidelity Worldwide Investment

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Fidelity Worldwide Investment is pleased to announce the appointment of Eric Wang as Chief Operating Officer for Australia. Eric is an experienced strategist, with a strong operational background, who will

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Investment thinking for tomorrow’s world

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Fidelity Worldwide Investment has released the findings of its third annual “Analyst Survey” which highlights some of the long-term themes that are expected to shape the global economy and investment

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2013 could hold some silver linings for global equities

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Global stock indices posted double-digit returns in 2012 as Hong Kong and Germany performed best while Japan and Spain lagged. Bond markets offered steady returns as emerging-market debt, high-yield and

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Equities outlook 2013

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2013 will be another challenging and event-driven year for equity investors to negotiate. Markets face a number of risks with binary outcomes, not least the imminent fiscal cliff facing the

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Dangers in the rush to buy bonds

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Investment bubbles are hard to spot. Just ask Alan Greenspan. The former chairman of America’s central bank famously warned in December 1996 that stock market investors were displaying “irrational exuberance”. He

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