Much has been said (and written about) the extraordinary events of last week involving the unveiling of China’s stimulus measures, aimed primarily at protecting the central governments 5% growth edict.

On the heels of a stronger than expected US June quarter results season, companies listed on the ASX posted results ahead of, or at least in line with, market expectations.

This week I attended a timely symposium, ‘Awakening The Dragon’, hosted by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in collaboration with CITIC CLSA and the Bank of China Syd Branch. There were several notable takeaways: