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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... start on Thursday to put on strong gains in their first positive day this week, shrugging off the 6.4 per cent plunge in Japanese markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 180.85 points (1.21 per cent) at 15,176.08. The broad-based S&P 500 gained ...

Nikko AM restructures CEO and chairman roles

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... decision to separate the roles was taken unanimously by the board. Takumi Shibata has with extensive experience of both the Japanese and international markets. "Shibata is one of a handful of Japanese financial service executives who combines a deep ...

Fracking shock in store for US

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... possible Federal Reserve pull back from quantitative easing. However, Beazley, who's business is focused principally in the Japanese market and has no US-focused portfolios, believes Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is managing expectations to avoid ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... begin tapering its aggressive stimulus program. Tokyo climbed 1.37 per cent, or 185.51 points, to 13,774.54 after the Japanese government released a barrage of economic data just before the market opened, including a stronger-than-expected on-month rise ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... year when investors favored dividend-rich stocks like utilities. LONDON - European stock markets rose despite plunging Japanese stocks, as traders digested US growth data and signs of improved confidence in the eurozone. London's FTSE 100 index of leading ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... Tokyo, with the Nikkei swinging between positive and negative territory before ending 0.10 per cent higher at 14,326.46. Japanese stocks have made sharp intraday movements since the index plunged 7.3 per cent last Thursday as investors rushed to book ...

Abenomics strengthens investment ties with Japan

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The dramatic lift in confidence arising from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive stimulus measures has created opportunities for investment to flow between Australia and Japan in both directions, according to Nikko Asset Management chairman ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... 14,311.98. The Nikkei had gained about 60 per cent over the past six months under the pro-spending, pro-growth policies of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but tumbled 7.3 per cent on Thursday. The turbulence persisted for the next two sessions, with ...

Platinum remains bullish on Japan

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
Profits for Japanese companies are set to get higher despite the country already being in a bull market said Kerr Neilson, chief executive and founder of Platinum Asset Management. In an interview with Financial Standard, Neilson said the fund manager ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... awaited testimony from the US Federal Reserve chief, but Tokyo stocks finished at their highest level in five years. Japanese investors welcomed the weakening yen on Wednesday, with stocks ending up 1.60 per cent, or 246.24 points, at 15,627.26, the ...