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Sally Loane new CEO of the Financial Services Council

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... economicA growth through building the right regulatory architecture so Australian can develop a significant presence inA the Asian Region," she said. Loane is a director of Waratahs Rugby and SCEGGS Darlinghurst, is deputy chair of the Committee for ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... contracted 0.9 per cent in September. The euro slid to $US1.2430 from $US1.2456 late in New York on Friday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed, with Japanese shares succumbing to profit-taking but Hong Kong and Shanghai rallying after a date was announced ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... its lowest level since July 2008. The euro climbed to $US1.2423 from $US1.2371 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed following another record close on Wall Street, while the Nikkei resumed its surge as a brief rally by the ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... is running at just 0.4 per cent. The euro tumbled to $US1.2413 from $US1.2484 late in New York on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed following a record close on Wall Street, while profit-taking sent Japan's Nikkei to its first loss since ...

Rejoice for the A$ has fallen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... that is. It was the dollar-A's drop from around US$0.80 in late 1996 to US$0.57 in 1998 that shield Australia from the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis and the collapse of Long-term Capital Management (LTCM) and the Russian debt default in 1998. It was the ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... business-friendly policies in Washington. The euro slid to $US1.2477 from $US1.2545 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell, but Tokyo reversed early selling to add to the 10 per cent rally since the Bank of Japan's surprise ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... benchmark West Texas Intermediate hit a three-year trough at $US75.84 and later stood at $US76.22 a barrel. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed following a soft lead from Wall Street, while Tokyo tacked on another huge set of gains after last week's ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... gains as investors took profits and digested weaker-than-expected data, dealers say. The euro also tumbled to $US1.2440 in Asian deals, touching the lowest level since August 2012 on expectations of rising US interest rates. London's benchmark FTSE 100 ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... for more than two years, driven by speculation that the Fed could raise interest rates sooner than expected. HONG KONG - Asian markets rallied and the US dollar pushed past 111 yen after Japan's central bank said it would expand its vast monetary easing ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... asset purchase announcement. The euro was trading at $US1.2624, down from $1.2634 in New York late on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mixed while the US dollar resumed its upward march against the yen after the Federal Reserve wound up its ...