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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... quarter of a percentage point last month. The euro to $US1.3247 from $US1.3089 late in New York on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets sank following a sell-off on Wall Street, where dealers were spooked by disappointing US jobs data. The US dollar ...

The death of QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... historic role - that of shielding the economy from the pitfalls of our bigger neighbours as it has done during the 1997 Asian crisis, the 1998 LTCM bankruptcy and Russian debt default, September 11, 2001, the 2002 US recession and the 2008 global financial ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... $US1.3089 from $US1.3079 late in New York on Tuesday, and before Thursday's ECB interest rate call on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell, taking a negative lead from Wall Street as data showed the US trade deficit had widened, while Tokyo slumped ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... in May for a third straight month. The euro edged up to $US1.3080 from $US1.3076 late in New York on Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mixed, with weak US data weighing on buying sentiment while Tokyo enjoyed a bounce after the previous day's ...

Martin Currie expand Asian Equities team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
Martin Currie has appointed Damian Taylor as investment manager in the Asian Equities team. Taylor has worked in the industry for 13 years. He began his career at Goldman Sachs, and has since worked at Morgan Stanley equity business Boundary Capital. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... in April, the first time for months that the reading has increased, separate official data showed on Friday. HONG KONG - Asian stocks were mixed, with Tokyo clawing back some ground after plunging in the previous session, as tepid US data eased concerns ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... index advanced 0.76 per cent to 8,400.2 points, while in Paris the CAC 40 rose 0.56 per cent to 3,996.31 points. HONG KONG - Asian stocks have fallen, with Tokyo plunging more than five per cent as the yen gains strength following a series of economic ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... stimulus plan has sent US bond yields to 12-month highs, and hiked fears of a possible correction in the markets. HONG KONG - Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after upbeat US economic data sent Wall Street soaring to a fresh all-time high and pushed ...

Abenomics strengthens investment ties with Japan

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... with Japan in recent months. When a Chinese fishing boat rammed a Japanese coast guard vessel, hostilities between the two Asian powers threatened to close the door on Japanese resource imports. However, within 48 hours of the incident, Julia Gillard ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... in German import prices has fuelled expectations of further easing from the ECB at next week's rate meeting". HONG KONG - Asian stocks rose on Tuesday, with Tokyo clawing back some ground in choppy trade following sharp declines in recent sessions as ...