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Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... highest since January 2008. The indexes were boosted by hopes for fresh Chinese measures to boost the economy as well as Beijing's decision on Friday to relax rules on access to mainland financial markets. Tokyo ended up 0.12 per cent, or 23.71 points ...

Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... dwindled, with Tokyo hitting a new 15-year high. Chinese shares were again the stand-out performers on Friday on hopes Beijing will announce fresh monetary easing measures after more disappointing economic indicators. Tokyo reversed a morning sell-off ...

Market to open higher after Wall Street record high

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... markets rallied after another weak reading on Chinese manufacturing activity raised hopes for further stimulus measures by Beijing. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 61.33 points to close at 27,523.72. Shanghai advanced 1.87 per cent, which came after ...

JPMAM appoints sovereign and institutional head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... East Asia, Australia and New Zealand and based in Singapore. Her new role is based in Hong Kong, with regional offices in Beijing, Taipei, Seoul, Sydney, Melbourne and Singapore. She will manage assets on behalf of over 100 Asian sovereign and institutional ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... are not made available." The region's equities had rebounded on Wednesday as weak Chinese economic growth data stoked Beijing stimulus hopes while the European Central Bank (ECB) pledged to fully implement its stimulus measures. HONG KONG - Asian markets ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... industrial output fell 0.6 per cent in March. LONDON - European equities rebounded as weak Chinese economic growth data stoked Beijing stimulus hopes while the ECB pledged to fully implement its stimulus measures. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose ...

Go south young (China) man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... 28% to their mainland-listed counterparts." "The main catalyst for the buying, though, was a decision by regulators in Beijing last month to allow Chinese mutual-fund managers to buy directly through Stock Connect, rather than make use of an existing ...

Platinum AM appoints independent director

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... ranked as one of Australia's leading corporate lawyers. As head of China practice for Ashurst, he oversaw the Shanghai and Beijing offices of that firm and as a senior lawyer he managed legal work of significant projects in capital markets and mergers ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... Reserve will bring forward an interest rate rise. But poor Chinese trade data on Monday lifted shares in Shanghai on hopes Beijing will introduce renewed easing measures. Tokyo ended 0.36 per cent higher, adding 63.43 points to 17,711.93 as the yen softened ...

China growth as Li likes it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... likes, remember? He'll move heaven and earth to get 7.5% -- just as government did to keep the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics rain free back in 2008. I digress. There's no cause for head-chopping and no dead people. For sometime in July last ...