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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... slight 0.31 per cent to 7,124 points. The euro retreated to $US1.2579 from $US1.2654 late on Friday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets ended mixed and the euro was down as a rally sparked by last week's surprise eurozone deal fizzled out, with weak ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... enthusiasm. In foreign exchange deals meanwhile, the euro soared to $1.2675 from $1.2442 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets surged after European Union leaders struck a surprise deal to allow the bloc's bailout fund to directly support ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... passed a 2012 austerity budget. The euro retreated to $US1.2435 from late Wednesday's $US1.2467 in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mixed as a positive lead from Wall Street was offset by low expectations of concrete action at a key EU summit ...

AMP recruits BNP Paribas equities team

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
AMP Capital has established a new Asian equities team to be led by BNP Paribas' former head of greater China equities and his team. The three, hired directly from BNP Paribas, will be joined in Hong Kong by two current AMP capital portfolio manager ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... government bonds. In foreign exchange deals, the euro fell to $US1.2582 from $US1.2702 late on Wednesday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets slipped on Friday following big losses on Wall Street following weak manufacturing data from China and Europe ...

Canadian pension funds eye Aust infra

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... stable returns in the current low yield environment and are showing a strong interest in Australia given its proximity to Asian markets and, in particular, China," said Andrew Cannane, head of business development and corporate client relationships ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... points. In foreign exchange deals, the euro dropped to $1.2472 from $1.2502 late on Monday in New York. HONG KONG - Most Asian markets fell on deepening European debt concerns after 28 Spanish banks were hit with a downgrade as traders remained downbeat ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... per cent. In foreign exchange deals, the euro dropped to $US1.2486 from $US1.2569 late on Friday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed lower on pessimism ahead of a European summit about the region's crippling debt crisis. Tokyo fell 0.72 per ...

Census 2011: Australia is changing, and fast

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... this cultural metamorphosis, Chinese and Indian Australians are now our largest non-anglo heritage groupings and the West Asian language of Punjabi is the fastest growing second language. Add in Cantonese and China based languages are now almost 3-times ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... government bonds. In foreign exchange deals, the euro fell to $US1.2582 from $US1.2702 late on Wednesday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly slipped on disappointment at the US Federal Reserve's muted stimulus measures aimed at kickstarting ...