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HSBC announces first int'l RMB bond

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
HSBC will issue an international 3-year RMB bond, the first to be launched outside Chinese sovereign territories. The move dovetailed with an initiative launched by George Osborne, British chancellor of the exchequer, to make London a centre for offshore ...

$10bn in Asia M&A deals so far in 2012

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... over one-third of all these opportunities were in China. Financial advisory firms involved in the most M&A transactions were HSBC, Maybank Investment Bank, OSK Investment Bank, PWC and SW Kingsway Capital. These top five firms helped steer 50% of combined ...

Wobble gobbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... was down again last night, this time due to reports that China's and the euro zone's PMI's fell this month. According to HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit Economics, China's purchasing managers' index fell to 48.1 in March to its lowest reading since November ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... Feb from 50.5 in Jan - indicating that the manufacturing sector expansion is gaining strength. While this is different from HSBC's measure - up to 49.6 from 48.8 - the direction is the same. And from our Japanese friends. Capital spending in the country ...

S&P Capital IQ closes local fund research, wealth services

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... statement and other products and services offered by S&P Capital IQ would continue unaffected. Paul Bloxham, chief economist for HSBC Australia and New Zealand said that due to the quality and volume of participants in the Australian market, the closure ...

Instos face debate on EM strategy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... response options to changes in the macro-environment, according to Morgan Harting, senior portfolio manager. For Peter Marber, HSBC head of emerging markets debt business strategy however, the merits of a dedicated manager for each emerging market asset ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... unmoved by official data from China showing manufacturing activity improved slightly in January, while a separate study by HSBC showed a continued contraction, albeit at a slower pace. Tokyo ended flat, edging up 7.28 points to 8,809.79, Seoul rose 0.18 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... Eight Capital Cities for December 2011, the Housing Industry Association (HIA) releases new home sales data for December, HSBC's quarterly economic media update is due out and the Australian Industry Group/PwC releases the Australian Performance of Manufacturing ...

HSBC launches new retail equity product

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
HSBC has introduced a new equity product bucking the trend of last year's Asia-heavy baskets. The five-year 100+ Series International Equity Investment gives exposure to the Australian equity index (S&P/ASX 200) in addition to indices in Switzerland ...

Long-term outlook bullish on emerging markets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... markets in eight of the last 10 years. There is no reason to believe that this trend cannot continue in the future." The HSBC Emerging Markets index for Q4 2011, released yesterday, is muted on short-term outlook as the decline in inflation is overshadowed ...