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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... CAC 40 index lost 0.55 per cent to 4,937.20 points. But Frankfurt's DAX 30 rose 0.27 per cent to finish at a new record close of 11,582.11 points. In late afternoon London deals, the euro was essentially flat at $US1.0849, compared with $US1.0842 late ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... following gains in New York. Tokyo climbed 1.17 per cent thanks to a weaker yen. The Nikkei 225 index rose 219.16 points to close at 18,971.00 while Seoul closed 0.73 per cent, or 14.56 points, higher at 2,012.9. Sydney was flat, edging down 5.26 points ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... higher to 11,449.30 points, and the CAC 40 index in Paris won 0.94 per cent to 4,963.51 points compared with Wednesday's close. HONG KONG - Hong Kong and Shanghai markets sank in Asian trade after China set tepid 2015 economic and trade growth targets ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
And it's off and... running. Whoops, sorry Virginia, I've gotten ahead of myself. It won't be hitting Europe's pavements till Monday, 9 March 2015 - the first instalment of the ECB's QE worth a,-60 billion, and a,-60 billion monthly hereafter until ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... as the eurozone awaits fresh central bank stimulus. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index dropped 0.74 per cent on Tuesday to close at 6,889.13 points after reaching a record intra-day high on Monday. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index sank 1.14 per cent to close ...

Majority slammed (again), equities dunked, A$ fouled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... red"; "sell-off in higher-yielding stocks". Spooky words to describe the S&P/ASX 200 index's monster drop of 0.42% at the close of yesterday's trade. A mammoth dive that's not even enough to erase the teenie-weenie 0.51% uptick it gained the day before. ...

PIMCO exec joins Western Asset Management

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
Legg Mason affiliate and fixed income specialist Western Asset Management has appointed a new head of client service and marketing. Michael Dale joins the fund manager from PIMCO where he worked within client service, focusing primarily on business ...

I cut, you cut, I cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
Like an expectant father, the Australian stock market is beaming with gleeful anticipation of a birth of another child. It's coming! It's coming! Expectations that the RBA would deliver another 25 bps cut in the official cash rate - taking it down to ...

Government seeks further Asia Funds Passport consultation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
The government has released a consultation paper on the rules and operational arrangement for the Asia Region Funds Passport. The paper has been prepared by the Asia Region Funds Passport Working Group which includes Australia, Korea, New Zealand, the ...

Fight or be beggared by the neighbours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... at US$0.7820 a day before rate cut announcement and dropped to US$0.7690 on the day. The A$ traded for US$0.7828 at the close of trading last week. 'Tis so because the RBA must counter the Fed's counter move delivered on 23-24 Feb when Yellen told the ...