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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... 0.55 per cent, or 30.9 points, to close at 5,607.9. Shanghai ended marginally higher, adding 0.10 points to 2,326.53. Japanese exporters were the main winners in early trade, a day after the US dollar broke above the Y106 level for the first time since ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... Nikkei-225 index rose - up 0.5% -- on the first trading day immediately following the weekend's Jackson Hole summit. The Japanese yen weakened by as much as 0.4% against the US dollar the same day - both prompted by Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... shrugged off early losses to close 0.35 per cent, or 52.32 points, higher at 15,213.63, despite data which showed the Japanese economy contracted sharply in the latest quarter as a sales tax increase slammed the breaks on household spending. Shanghai ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... was hit by news that several huge mergers had collapsed, including 21st Century Fox's bid for Time Warner and that of Japanese-controlled US wireless operator Sprint for T-Mobile. Sydney shed 3.0 points, or 0.05 per cent, to finish at 5,509.0, while ...

Legg Mason acquires UK global equity manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... global equity strategies, including global equity. Martin Currie's global emerging markets, Asian equity, European equity, Japanese equity and Chinese equity strategies give the US investment giant specific regional capability to complement existing ...

Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... with interest rates at bargain basement rates and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) right in the midst of liquidity pumping. The Japanese stock market's underperformance to date could be due to the yen's renewed strength and/or growing doubts over the economy's ...

Standard Life expands real estate team

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... market, according to head of real estate David Paine. "Toshio brings a wide breadth of knowledge and experience of the Japanese real estate sector and represents an important addition to Standard Life Investments' global real estate franchise," Paine ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... growth, it's AAA-rated debt, its high yield. That takes care of Iraq and geo-political crisis. It's the destination for Japanese and European carry traders. The RBA don't have scope to lower rates further mainly due to high property prices (the third ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... Vladimir Putin saying he would be supportive of the outcome of elections held in Ukraine at the weekend. Strength on the Japanese market was also boosting the local bourse. Mr Shamu said trading volumes through the day are likely to be low, with markets ...

Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... before jumping back up to a reading of 48 of the same year - on fears of euro disintegration; Jasmine Revolution and Japanese earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown. The Fed's QE3 and the ECB's "whatever it takes" announced in September 2012 appear to have ...