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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... gave up 0.27 per cent, or 7.51 points, to end at 2,767.06. Hong Kong and Shanghai extended Monday's poor performance after HSBC released preliminary manufacturing data suggesting China's economy was slowing down. In Tokyo, Sony, which is reeling from ...

Judgment Day bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... always China. Be afraid. Be very afraid for the latest Chinese PMI numbers indicate that the Chinese economy could be slowing. HSBC's preliminary purchasing managers' index for China fell to 51.1 in May -- a 10-month low - from April's final reading ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... out of its debt hole. Sentiment was also hurt by preliminary data suggesting a slowdown in the Chinese economy, with the HSBC Purchasing Manager's Index at a 10-month low in May. Tokyo shed 1.52 per cent, or 146.45 points, to end at 9,460.03 and Sydney ...

HSBC targets planners with Asian wide product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
HSBC is targeting financial planners with a new product that gives Australian investors exposure to seven key Asian markets. The HSBC100+ Series Asian Equity Investment is a structured product offering capital protected exposure to equity markets in ...

UBS expanding Asian fund business

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... out of Hong Kong, as it bids to enhance its asset services offering in the Asia Pacific region. Lunn recently resigned from HSBC, where he was head of business development, Asia Pacific fund services for HSBC Securities, and will take up the newly created ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... previous five sessions. Manufacturing growth in China held steady in April, according to an independent reading released by HSBC on Friday, easing concerns about a potential sharp slowdown in the economy due to Beijing's tightening measures. However ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... official Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 53.4 index points in March, from 52.2 points in February, while an index from HSBC was up at 51.8 from 51.7. A reading above 50 indicates expansion while one below 50 points to contraction. That came on ...

HSBC targets super funds with China access

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
Global banking powerhouse HSBC ramps up its local presence with the launch of Asia-centric products and a senior appointment. The main products it will be pushing are Asian equities, Asian Fixed interest and China A shares, "a highly differentiating ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... China's National People's Congress, starting Saturday, for signs of any changes in policy direction. Hong Kong was weighed by HSBC after investors were unimpressed by its outlook for the current year, in the banking giant's latest earnings report. In ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... top Chinese refiner Sinopec. Hong Kong rose 1.26 per cent, or 293.4 points, to 23,595.24, partly lifted by banking giant HSBC, which has gained about seven per cent so far this month ahead of its annual results, and partly led by property stocks following ...