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Economic round-up: Yearning for a yuan inspired Asian euro

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... greater control over its economy, and sooner rather than later. Jim O'Neil, head of Goldman Sachs global economic research in London, suggested China needed to slow export growth as a "more effective weapon to slow the economy down." O'Neil believes ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... per cent, to finish at 1,525.10. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 20.34 points, or 0.80 per cent, to close at 2,578.79. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 ended a choppy session just inside negative territory, as a last-minute slide in heavyweight GlaxoSmithKline ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
... 10.00 points, or 0.66 per cent, to 1,522.75. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 19.07 points, or 0.75 per cent, to 2,558.45. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index rose nearly one per cent to its highest close since September 2000 as oil shares surged on talk ...

Mercer appoints ex-RBA exec as principal

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... senior manager in the payments policy department of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). She also spent time in the RBA's London office, as manager of the Bank's EUR8 billion European fixed income portfolio and worked as a consultant at the Bank of England ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... weaker with New York finishing lower and industrial metals prices plunging, with copper dropping to a six-week low on the London Metal Exchange. At 0755 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was down 18 points to 6,376 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
The local market will likely take direction from New York, despite base metals heading lower on the London Metal Exchange. At 0803 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was up 34 points to 6,341, on a volume of 1,855 ...

Macquarie seeks banking licence in Britain

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
... seeking permission to set up a locally incorporated banking entity. The bank already operates as a foreign branch. Moss said London was the bank's biggest overseas centre, with about 700 staff, and had been under consideration as a location for the bank's ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
... & Poor's 500 Index was down 1.96 points at 1,501.19. The Nasdaq Composite Index also was down 21.15 points at 2,525.29. LONDON - Britain's leading share index ended up recovering early losses as slightly weaker-than-expected US inflation data lifted ...

Listed FoHFs gain traction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... of hedge funds (FoHF). Dexion Absolute Capital, available in Australia through IXIS Asset Management, is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). In the second half of last year it raised A$580 million, of which about 16 per cent was from Australia. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 2.70 points at 1,503.15. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 15.78 points at 2,546.44. LONDON - The FTSE 100 of Britain's leading shares ended down 0.2 per cent as miners fell and inflationary concerns pulled stocks ...