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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... points higher at 10,525.19. But the Topix index of all first section shares lost 0.26 per cent, or 2.47 points, to 939.16. Hong Kong shares rose 1.71 per cent as global oil prices showed signs of easing and Shanghai made modest gains. The benchmark Hang ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... very small losses, 0.07 per cent and 0.03 per cent respectively while Milan bucked the trend, just, gaining 0.03 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets suffered sharp falls on Monday, with rising oil prices hurting overall sentiment and Tokyo hit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... News Corp to win control of the company after it offered to spin-off the Sky News channel to address competition concerns. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets mostly rose Thursday on upbeat US economic news and bargain hunting, but optimism was tempered ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... slipped 0.84 per cent, Brussels slid 0.86 per cent and Madrid fell 1.10 per cent. Milan bucked the trend to gain 0.05 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian stocks tumbled on Wednesday following a surge in crude prices caused by concerns about a wave of instability ...

Asia specialists join Premium China

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... management and was previously the head of Asia Asset Management's retail business division for Credit Suisse in Australia and Hong Kong. Jonathan Wu remains as Premium China's head of distribution and operations, directly serving the WA and SA market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... 2.17 per cent. The Swiss and Amsterdam stock markets made smaller losses, down 0.50 per cent and 0.87 per cent respectively. HONG KONG - Asian stocks were mixed on Monday as escalating violence in the Middle East depressed sentiment and sent oil prices ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... upwards, though more marginally, were Amsterdam, where the market put on 0.32 per cent, and the Swiss bourse, up 0.19 per cent. HONG KONG - Oil prices remained high in Asia as a Japanese minister fretted about the effects of Middle East unrest, while ...

BNP enjoys wealth lift

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... division will capitalise on the existing organisation in Asset Management, improve its position in the top five private banks in Hong Kong and Singapore, maintain its drive in insurance in India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan and keep expanding the presence ...

Asian funds invest more in Taiwan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... in Asia, only Japan has a lower rate of inflation than Taiwan, where it sits at around 1.5 per cent. Another fund manager, Hong Kong based Louis-Vincent Gave, manager of the Certitude Asian Opportunities Fund, sees the possibility of an infrastructure ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... per cent. Milan gained 0.05 per cent while the Swiss markets joined Frankfurt in sneaking downwards by just 0.08 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian stocks moved higher on Thursday after the Federal Reserve raised its growth forecast for the US economy, while ...