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AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... edged up to $1.3027 from $1.3009 late on Thursday in New York. The dollar fell sharply to 97.85 yen from 99.29. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed at the end of a broadly positive week, with Tokyo dipping on the back of a pick-up in the yen after the ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... without jobs surpassed six million. The euro fell to $US1.3004 from $US1.3014 late on Wednesday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets have mostly finished up, with quiet trade after an anaemic close on Wall Street and the dollar's recent rally seeming ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... and Milan gained 2.93 per cent. The euro slid to $US1.3011 ($A1.27) from $US1.3059 late on Monday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian shares mostly fell as fresh data showed Chinese manufacturing weakening further this month, while Japan's Nikkei succumbed ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... President Giorgio Napolitano over the weekend. The euro edged down to $US1.3048 from $US1.3049 late on Friday. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly climbed, with Tokyo surging as the US dollar pushes back towards the 100 yen mark after the G20 cautiously ...

Lonsec expands research team

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... most recently a senior research analyst at Russell Investments, where he was responsible for researching Australian and Asian equity funds. Lonsec has also appointed Edward Rickard and James Kirk as graduate investment analysts. Lonsec has launched a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... ero firmed to $US1.3073 from $US1.3049 late in New York on Thursday. The greenback rose to Y99.29 from Y98.14. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose at the end of a tough week for global equities and commodities as dealers keep an eye on a meeting of world ...

Switzerland falling out of favour with UHNWs

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... expected Singapore to overtake Switzerland as the favourite destination for the wealth of the world's richest people. The Asian country had some $550bn in assets under management at the end of 2011, up from $50bn in 2000. Singapore is benefiting from ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... chatter that a French bank might be in trouble and this, in turn, sent banking stocks sharply lower," he added. HONG KONG - Asian markets took a hit on Thursday after losses on Wall Street, while dealers were also put off by a warning from Germany's ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... decade," Weidmann - who also sits on the European Central Bank's governing council - told the Wall Street Journal. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mixed as a rebound on Wall Street settled nerves after a two-day sell-off sparked by weak Chinese growth ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... world output would expand by 3.3 per cent this year, compared with the 3.5 per cent it predicted in January. HONG KONG - Asian shares finished mixed on Tuesday, with earlier losses pared after a huge sell-off on Wall Street, while traders were spooked ...