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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... Australian share market was lower at noon weighed down by BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto amid concerns about the latter's deal with China's Chinalco. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 33.2 points, or 0.88 per cent, at 3,743.5, while the broader ...

IMF and Swan riding on doom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... do not increase our funding, government spending would. Enough said. And our dear Treasurer? Mr. Swan took reports that China's economic growth slowed to its weakest rate in a decade and ran with it, declaring that it 'provides stark evidence of the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... cent, to 3,038.18. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei stock average trimmed its gains to 0.1 per cent on Thursday after data showed China's quarterly growth at its weakest ever, prompting investors to lock in profits after the benchmark rose more than three per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... overnight to voice concerns about the proposed $US19.5 billion ($A27.1 billion) investment deal with Aluminium Corporation of China (Chinalco). Rival BHP Billiton eased 22 cents, or 0.66 per cent, to $33.32.

CBA adds Apama software

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... report highlighted the quality of Apama software's functionality and overall performance. ING, Deutsche Bank, The Bank of China International and the Financial Services Authority are among the technology firm's clients.

J.P. Morgan backs Chinese stocks

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... according to J.P. Morgan Asset Management. According to the firm's statement, J.P. Morgan Asset Management believes MSCI China valuations are "very close" to their lowest levels either on a price to earnings (P/E) or price to book (P/B) ratio. The firm ...

China caps executive pay

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
Developed world economies looking for China to buy their bonds and save their economies could also look to the Asian tiger to solve the problem of excessive executive pay. The Ministry of Finance in China has ordered all state-owned financial institutions ...

Global debt volumes jump one-third

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... issuance grew only 22 per cent. Asia's debt was raised through 155 issues in Japan, 104 in Australia, 205 in South Korea, 59 in China and 54 in India. While India and China had almost the same number of issues, China raised three times as much at $US ...

The good news in good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... deterioration in economic surveys and reports has eased. Some have even begun to improve - not only in America but also in China. Reports of a fall in US jobless claims heading into Easter added to encouraging data on durable goods, housing and job cut ...

BRIC to BIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... accountability. A survey of private equity firms conducted by the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) has revealed China to still be highly favoured, followed by Brazil and then India. "The majority of investors committed to recent emerging ...