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Investment cloud clears with Govt draft proposal

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... Australian Financial Centre Forum, the Government has proposed to align Australia's regime with similar markets such as the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore. Currently Australia holds $57 billion in foreign invested managed funds, these proposals have been ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... session that saw the benchmark FTSE Mib index in Milan open high but then fall by up to three per cent before recovering. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets mostly fell but closed off their earlier lows as traders went bargain-hunting despite huge falls ...

ETF provider wants to expand asset class range

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... yesterday. Scott Ebner, managing director and global head of exchange traded fund product for SSgA flew into Sydney from Hong Kong on Sunday to meet the team face-to-face and talk products. He will then return to his London base for a well-earned break ...

HSBC adds China region exposure to retail market

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... structured investment product to provide retail investors with capital protected exposure to equities in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The HSBC 100+ Series China Region Investment II is a five-year product, launched at the start of August, giving access ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... early gains to close down more than four per cent while the ruble halted its two-week slide against both the dollar and euro. HONG KONG - Asian stocks rallied, part of a global uptick after the US Federal Reserve pledged to keep interest rates near zero ...

SimCorp appoints new head of sales in Asia

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... management software provider, SimCorp has appointed Nigel Ford to head the sales team in wealth and portfolio operations in Hong Kong and Singapore. Ford has lived and worked in the Asia region for over 20 years with prior experience in the finance and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... Lisbon fell by 0.99 per cent. Amsterdam rose 1.30 per cent, Brussels gained 2.80 per cent and Switzerland rose 0.60 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian stocks mostly fell, extending recent losses amid fears about the global economy, but well off the troughs ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... exchange closed, the Capital Market Commission imposed the two-month ban on short-selling, which comes into effect on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian stocks tumbled after last week's historic downgrade of the United States's credit rating, which compounded ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... 2.14 per cent. For the week, London dropped by 9.77 per cent, Frankfurt slid 13.27 per cent and Paris lost 10.73 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets plummeted on Friday following carnage in the US and European markets over fears the world was heading ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... with some of Italy's banks losing up to nine per cent while Madrid shed 3.24 per cent and other European markets slumped. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets surged after US President Barack Obama said lawmakers had reached a last-minute deal that would ...