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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the firm to "AA-" from "AA", citing "weak profitability". Investors in mainland China took a sunnier view, however, after comments by a top official allayed immediate fears of a rate rise. In other markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... cent to 991.1. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks ended flat in quiet trade as dealers awaited key economic data from mainland China on Thursday. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed up 17.9 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 22,121.43. Turnover was $HK57.96 billion ...

HSBC Bank hires Contango director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... non-executive director at HSBC Bank (China) and chair and non-executive director of HSBC's seven rural banks in mainland China. These appointments replace Kerrie Kelly and Vincent Cheng, who are retiring from their roles.

Trustees snub Asian equities

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... very much a China-Hongkong story. The top three markets with the lion's share of the Asian equities portfolio are mainland China (55 per cent), HK-listed equities (32 per cent) and Singapore (21 per cent). But Evans found more super funds will invest ...

Chinese Australians return to the East

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... asking us for some form of access into China. "Most Chinese people who are here have families in Hong Kong and Mainland China and they get news about how their markets are doing, and we get feedback from that. "We looked into the market but we didn't ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... cent, to 10,187.11. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices closed 2.82 per cent higher Friday, tracking strong gains on mainland China's market. The benchmark Hang Seng Index finished 556.94 points up at 20,318.62. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... 65.82 points to 10,214.64. HONG KONG - Hong Kong share prices closed 1.23 per cent higher, tracking strong gains on mainland China's market despite an overnight tumble on Wall Street. The benchmark Hang Seng Index finished 239.68 points higher at 19,761.68. ...

Macquarie enters China JV

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Macquarie Group has established a trust company joint venture in mainland China - the second JV in less than a week following its recent deal with Middle Eastern investment bank, Gulf Finance House. The Chinese JV, which will be called Sino-Australian ...

HK investors wary of local market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... derived, also found around 40 per cent of investors have invested in overseas market in the past six months, with mainland China the most popular destination followed by the US and the emerging markets. "Faced with the uncertainties of the global economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... rose 15.97 points, or 0.18 per cent, to 8,727.3. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares lost 2.67 per cent as a sell-off in mainland China stocks and profit-taking erased the day's earlier gains. The Hang Seng Index ended down 407.44 points at 14,878.45. WELLINGTON ...