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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... HONG KONG - Asian markets slumped as China manufacturing data showed the world's second-largest economy losing strength and Japan logged its worst-ever January trade deficit. HSBC's preliminary reading for its purchasing managers' index (PMI), which ...

Action!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
So there we have it folks, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has responded. The financial presses and commentariats may be calling the Japanese central bank's decision to expand its lending facilities a surprise but we know better, do we not? The BOJ must have ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... $1.3724 late in New York on Monday. HONG KONG - Asian shares were mixed, but Tokyo surged 3.13 per cent after the Bank of Japan expanded its lending scheme to stimulate borrowing, while holding off on fresh easing measures. Tokyo's Nikkei-225 index soared ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... "Those were the days, my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day." - Mary Hopkin The days of Japan 2013, that is. Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of 2013 when all bets on Japan paid off oh so sweetly. The Nikkei-225 index ...

Australia's pension pool fastest growing in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... study also showed that Australia remained the fourth largest pool of pension assets in the world, behind the US, the UK and Japan. In terms of defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) ratio, Australia's system was the most weighted towards DC ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... is going to look by the end of next month." Mr Le Brun said the Australian market could get a lift later on Wednesday as Japan's Nikkei is expected to gain 1.5 to 2 per cent due to the yen falling overnight. He said cyclical stocks such as materials ...

New EM bond rater proposes fresh approach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
ARC Ratings SA, a debt market ratings service formed during the GFC to focus mainly on midsize European companies and emerging markets, is proposing a new approach to its bond risk categorisations. ARC Ratings, formed in 2008, is a joint venture ratings ...

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
From this day forth, we'll all be trying to get inside that lady's head. Janet Yellen has just been sworn in as the new chief of that mightiest central bank in the world - the US Federal Reserve - but given the backdrop to her swearing in, Janet must ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... or 24.74 points, to 4874.58. Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul, Taipei, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila and Singapore were closed. Japan's fight against deflation had a boost after official data showed consumer prices rose 0.4 per cent last year, the first annual ...

Of horse trades and the January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... trouble... the bloc would be threatened by division in May." Hong Kong astrologer Chow Hon-ming: Tensions between China and Japan "will rise to a peak and they will possibly go to war". This could happen by mid year because "May is known as the 'snake ...