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Afternoon market wrap: Shares dip following Istanbul bombings

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2003
... Spencer said. Overnight, two truck bombs at Britain's Istanbul consulate and the offices of the London-based banking giant HSBC killed 27 people and injured 400. In the United States overnight, stocks closed lower as investors, shaken by news of the ...

Strategist departs HSBC Asset Management

HSBC Asset Management has sacked its investment strategist, Kerry Duce, industry sources have told the Financial Standard. Mr Duce had been with HSBC since July 2002, and was formerly an economist with the local arm of broking house CSFB and the Australian ...

ANZ poised to buy Lloyds NZ unit

... it tries to revive its UK retail banking operations. The bank agreed to sell almost all its Brazilian assets to UK rival HSBC Holdings Plc on October 9 for $815 million, and sold its French wealth management business to UBS AG in May. ANZ, Australia's ...

August House finance supported by low rates: economists

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2003
... established dwellings, today's data are consistent with the expected slowdown in housing construction over coming quarters." HSBC senior economist Anthony Thompson said the high amount of work in the pipeline plus further additions to this work should ...

Housing finance expected to have risen in August

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... publishes the data tomorrow at 1130 AEST. Housing finance by volume fell 0.5 per cent in July, seasonally adjusted, to 57,686. HSBC senior economist Anthony Thompson said a rise of two per cent would keep the uptrend intact for the ninth consecutive ...

RBA expected to hold rates, but hikes will come

... convinced strong second-half growth in the United States - the driver of the global economy - would be sustained in 2004. But HSBC chief economist John Edwards said a surprise rate hike would act as a cold shower for the overheated Australian housing ...

Higher budget surplus has little economic implications: HSBC economist

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2003
... Australia's 2002/03 Budget produced a final surplus of $7.5 billion, compared to the $3.9 billion surplus forecast in May. HSBC chief economist Dr John Edwards said a poor forecast of expected revenue was not unusual because companies have a certain ...

Morningstar to review HSBC ratings following new appointment

... Mornigstar will be keenly reviewing the appointment of Robert Hook as head of Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation's (HSBC) Australian equities on 8 September 2003. As a result of the new appointment, Morningstar will be reviewing the three star ...

Moody's rates HSBC Bank Australia

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2003
Moody's Investors Services has assigned ratings to HSBC Bank Australia Ltd with long-term deposits and senior rated A1 and subordinated debt rated A2. Short-term deposits have been rated Prime-1, and a Bank Financial Strength Rating of D-plus was assigned. ...

Morning market Wrap: US stocks, bonds steady

... close at 1,714.1. Earlier in London the FTSE 100 edged up 1.7 points to 4,100.1, helped by a strong result from banking group HSBC. The US bond market shrugged off news that durable goods orders rose 1.7% in June, somewhat higher than market forecasts. ...