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Lonsec approves iShares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... extends to BGI's S&P Global 100, Russell 2000, S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, SmallCap 600, Europe 350, MSCI EAFE, MSCI Japan, MSCI Hong Kong and MSCI Singapore iShares. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets, MSCI Taiwan, MSCI South Korea, FTSE/Xinhua 25 and MSCI ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... 8,674.69, marking its biggest one-day loss in percentage terms since last Thursday, when it slumped more than 11 per cent. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares closed 5.15 per cent down to a three-year low, dragged by Citic Pacific after its warning that it ...

ANZ appoints Denby

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... worked at HSBC across risk management and in the corporate, investment banking and markets divisions. He will be based in Hong Kong and report to Chris Page, ANZ chief risk officer and Alex Thursby, ANZ Asia Pacific chief executive. Thursby said Denby's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... investors welcomed signs of a thaw in credit markets. The Nikkei-225 index climbed 300.66 points, or 3.34 per cent, to 9,306.25. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices closed down 1.8 per cent on Tuesday, as early positive sentiment was soured after Citic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... on the financial crisis. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index climbed 311.77 points to end at 9,005.59. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices closed 5.3 per cent higher on Monday, as investors gained some comfort from plans by world leaders ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... points, or 2.78 per cent, to end at 8,693.82, a day after plunging more than eleven per cent, the biggest drop in two decades. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices closed 4.4 per cent lower on Friday, tumbling in late trade as investor confidence drained ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... or 11.41 per cent, to end at 8,458.45, wiping out most of its gains earlier in the week. It has lost 45 per cent in 2008. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices closed 4.8 per cent lower on Thursday, matching market tumbles across the world on worries about ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... benchmark rose 99.90 points, or 1.06 per cent, to 9,547.47, a day after surging more than 14 per cent, its biggest-ever gain. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices closed five per cent lower on Wednesday, as profit-taking and uncertainty about the state ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... hopes of an easing of the global financial crisis. The Nikkei soared 1,171.14 points, or 14.15 per cent, to end at 9,447.57. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices closed 3.2 per cent higher on Tuesday, as stock markets across Asia rallied on international ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... was the third biggest loss ever for the Nikkei, which dived 881.06 points to end at 8,276.43, its lowest since May 2003. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices closed down 7.2 per cent on Friday, as panic about the state of the global banking industry gripped ...