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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... hold "well above" its target of 2.0 per cent this year, and would fluctuate between 4.0 and 5.0 per cent in the near term. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed Wednesday, with Tokyo hitting a nine-month high on the back of a weaker yen, while upbeat ...

Grass greener for local bourse without SGX

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... wanted to get closer to China and Chinese listings, and they really believed that then they should go and merge with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange," he said, pointing out that many Chinese companies snub the SGX when it comes to public floats because ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... 0.38 per cent and the Swiss market up 0.37 per cent. Brussels nudged up 0.19 per cent and Amsterdam a mere 0.09 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian markets had a cautious day on Tuesday as traders digested Chinese data showing that January inflation came in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... per cent and the Swiss bourse stable. Among the losers were Madrid, down 0.27 per cent and Milan which shed 0.26 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets rose thanks partly to the easing of Egypt's political crisis, although there was caution about ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... Madrid was more marginally up, by 0.11 percent, while Amsterdam bucked the European trend, ending the day down 0.26 percent. HONG KONG - Asian shares were mixed on Friday while oil surged amid rising tension in Egypt after President Hosni Mubarak enraged ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... Paris, the CAC 40 edged up 0.11 per cent to 4,095.14 points, and in Frankfurt the DAX added 0.26 per cent to 7,340.28 points. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets were mixed on Thursday as Shanghai revived after China's rate hike put the region on edge, while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... down 0.6 per cent, Madrid lost 0.27 per cent. Swiss stocks fell back 0.11 per cent and Milan finished down 0.22 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell Wednesday after China raised interest rates for the third time in four months, causing nervousness ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... Brussels edged up 0.09 per cent, Madrid added 0.39 per cent and Swiss stocks were up 0.42 per cent but Milan fell 0.26 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday with Tokyo surging ahead on the back of a rally by the Dow, while reduced ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... Brussels each rose 1.19 per cent, Madrid put on 0.63 per cent, Milan was up 0.77 per cent and Swiss stocks gained 0.41 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets were mixed on Monday after a US jobs report gave a muddy picture of the state of the world's ...

Lombardo walks into OnePath

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... with positions in the individual and group markets in Australia. He also spent four years with Transamerica Reinsurance in Hong Kong. "Group risk insurance continues to be an area of focus for OnePath in 2011, and Claude's expertise will be particularly ...