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Australians as Asians

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... Index (PMI) remained at an 18-month high of 55.2 in November, indicating continued expansion in the manufacturing sector. HSBC Holdings' PMI measure for China was even better - it rose to 55.7 in the month from 55.4 in the October. This is the fastest ...

Top 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley; Canada -- Royal Bank of Canada. Europe: UK - Barclays, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, Standard Chartered; Switzerland -- Credit Suisse, UBS; France -- BNP Paribas, SociA(C)tA(C) ...

Yamashita's treasure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... bars, ingots and coins, warehouses and vaults are overloaded and running out of space. The Wall Street Journal reports that HSBC - owner of one of the biggest vaults in the US - are sending retail investors away to make room for its institutional clients. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... from four straight days of gains. The benchmark Hang Seng Index lost 229.64 points, or 1.01 per cent, to end at 22,397.57. HSBC fell 1.1 per cent after rising 6.2 per cent to a 13-month high in the previous session due to strong third-quarter earnings. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... 22,627.21 points. The market is at its highest since July 31, 2008, and has risen 6.5 per cent in the past six sessions. HSBC led the blue-chip rally due to a brightening outlook on its losses from bad loans, rising six per cent to $HK94.00. It contributed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... Barclays Bank lost 5.10 per cent after disclosing a sharp slide in third-quarter net profits as its bad debts soared. Rival bank HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, gained 4.02 per cent after reporting that underlying quarterly pre-tax profit was "significantly ...

HSBC takes over local distribution

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
HSBC has dropped its local funds distribution arrangement for its Asia and China investment strategies with Challenger this week in favour of distributing the funds itself. Charles Genocchio, head of global investments at HSBC in Australia, said Challenger ...

HFA appoints non-exec director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
HFA Accelerator Plus (HAP), a listed hedge fund, has appointed former HSBC Investment Banking Group executive Bill O'Neill as independent non-executive director. O'Neill was nominated by Carrousel Capital, one of HAP's largest shareholders holding approximately ...

Challenger selects Five Oceans for Asian equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... Halbis Capital Management to Five Oceans Asset Management, resulting in a revised investment strategy. Challenger bought HSBC's asset management division in 2005, around the same time the firm decided to outsource the investment management of the Asian ...

Perpetual appoints GM for Aust eq sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... joining Perpetual, Norris worked with ING Australia and a number of investment firms including AMP, Colonial First State and HSBC. Both appointments are effective immediately.