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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... 3.66 points, to end at 2,021.29. HSBC said preliminary data from its purchasing managers index (PMI) showed activity in China's factories declining at a much slower pace in May than in April. The banking giant's PMI improved to 49.7 from 48.1 last month. ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... concerns about China's economy were the cause of lower iron ore prices. "The fact that there are concerns about a slowdown in China, and particularly in the property sector, will really limit demand for our exports," she said. BHP Billiton was down 15 ...

La Trobe registers for the Shanghai Free Trade Zone

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... Financial has formally registered in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (Shanghai FTZ ) as part of an effort to participate in China's proposed financial market deregulation. "Asia's development and population base means it is now well on track to be a significant ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... Wall Street on Friday but heavy falls in the price of iron ore have changed that. The steelmaking commodity's spot price in China is at a year low $US100.70 an ounce while steel prices have also hit 12-month lows. "That is certainly the drag and the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... JP Morgan has raised its rating on the sector to "overweight" from "underweight" and has pointed to signs of a rebound in China's economy, the world's biggest metals consumer. This and a strong rally in technology stocks that lifted US markets overnight ...

Timely market surge for a tough budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... Ireland's credit rating; exit polls showing the Opposition to win in India; and just as the headline say, market measures in China - that is, market boosting measures. But hey... all our Christmases can't happen all at once, can it? Perhaps not. Then ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares closed 1.28 per cent lower after a closely watched survey indicated manufacturing activity in China slowed more than first thought in April. The benchmark Hang Seng Index ended down 284.34 points at 21,976.33 on turnover ...

World Bank issues Kangaroo Green Bond

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... mitigate climate change and that help countries adapt to the effects of climate change. These projects include eco farming in China, waste management projects in Colombia, and urban transport in India. "UniSuper... has been working with the World Bank ...

PM Capital eyes Asia fund listing

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... industries not well represented on the ASX," PM Capital chief executive Chris Donohoe said. "Additionally, with the moderation in China's demand for commodities, and Australian banks trading at historically elevated levels and at a significant premium ...

Better than good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... "the average reading over the first quarter as a whole (53.4) was the best outcome since the second quarter of 2011"; In China, the official PMI inched up to 50.3 from 50.2 in Feb but... HSBC's final measure dipped to 48 from 48.5; for Japan, the BOJ's ...