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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... rejecting independence from Britain. But all three indices retreated from their peaks as Alibaba began trading before 1600 GMT. LONDON - London's stock market jumped out of the blocks early as investors welcomed Scotland's rejection of independence from ...

Hedge fund allocators pick unstable funds

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... have moved from $2 billion to $3-$4 billion. You can just feel the pips squeaking as they do it," he finished. Based in London, Haydon is a fund of hedge funds specialist responsible for over US$8.2 billion on FRM's managed account platform. The company ...

Billionaires: How typical are you?

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... scattered broadly evenly across the regions with New York home to the highest number - 103 - with Moscow (85), Hong Kong (82), London (72) and Beijing (37) and Sao Paulo (36) following suit.

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... investor euphoria that set in on Wednesday after the Fed signalled it would keep interest rates near zero well into 2015. LONDON - Europe's stock markets have risen, boosted by hopes the US central bank will keep its monetary policy loose and expectations ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... DuPont into two companies. DuPont finished 5.2 per cent higher, by far the biggest gain in the 30-stock blue-chip index. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have closed mixed, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index shedding 0.17 per cent to 6,780.90 ...

BNP Paribas makes key Asia Pacific appointments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... Paribas since 1995, holding roles in operations, sales and relationship management and corporate trust services in Paris, London, Frankfurt and Hong Kong. Raccat has been with the firm since 1996. He was appointed head of global markets - covering forex ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... prices jumped nearly $2 a barrel. Dow member ExxonMobil rose 1.2 per cent, while ConocoPhillips advanced 1.7 per cent. LONDON - European stock markets have dipped as investors looked ahead to a policy meeting of the US Federal Reserve and the looming ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... ahead of Wednesday's Federal Reserve monetary policy decision and Scotland's vote Thursday on independence from Britain. LONDON - European stock markets have closed narrowly mixed, the start of a significant week as the US Federal Reserve holds an interest-rate ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... cent, hurt by lower oil prices and by worry that sanctions on Russia will curtail the oil giant's plans in the country. LONDON - European stock markets have closed the week mixed, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index inching up 0.11 per cent to 6,806.96 ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... low of 2.0 per cent in August, while German inflation stood at just 0.8 per cent, its lowest level since February 2010. LONDON - European stock markets have closed lower, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index losing 0.45 per cent to 6,799.62 points. ...