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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... Milan closed up 1.55 per cent at 17,159 points and Madrid finished 1.20 per cent higher at 8,363.60 points. HONG KONG - Most Asian stock markets recovered some equilibrium but Tokyo slumped 3.22 per cent on profit-taking and a stronger yen while comments ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... calmer as investors weighed up whether the fall was the first phase of a much deeper correction still to come. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed in rollercoaster trade after routs sparked in part by fears of tighter US monetary policy. Tokyo ended ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... or 1.97 per cent, to 5,040.8 points. NEW YORK - US stocks finished slightly lower, little-affected by a sharp selloff in Asian and European markets led by the 7.3 per cent plunge of Japan's Nikkei 225 index. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 12.67 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... BoE's last monetary policy meeting revealed on Wednesday. The euro slid to $1.2864 from $1.2906 on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian shares closed mixed despite a strong lead from Wall Street as markets awaited testimony from the US Federal Reserve chief, but ...

Lazard AM Australia names new CEO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
... previously director of strategy at MLC. Meanwhile, Robert Prugue will lead the establishment of a new office supporting the Asian Equity team and has temporarily relocated from Sydney to Singapore. He will continue to serve as senior managing director ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... currency does what it does best - restore equilibrium in the economy. The A$ absorbed some of the negative shocks from the Asian crisis when it dropped from more than US$0.80 to below US$0.60. It deflected the fallout from the 2001 US recession and September ...

Austerity can be hazardous to your health

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... highest level since January 2010. It later stood at 132.06 yen compared with 132.05 late in New York on Friday. HONG KONG - Asian shares were mixed, but the yen's accelerated fall against the greenback drove Japanese stocks to a fresh five-year high ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... banking shares leading the way down. The euro dipped to $US1.3067 from $US1.3116 late on Friday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose after a strong US jobs report revived optimism over the US economic recovery and drove Wall Street to record highs. ...

Aussie instos hungry for EM debt assets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
Australian institutional demand for Asian and emerging market debt strategies will intensify in 2013, according to HSBC Global Asset Management chief executive for Asia Pacific Joanna Munro. The investment manager is meeting with Australian clients ...