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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... points news that German retail sales, a closely watched measure of household confidence, increased in February. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose following a Wall Street rally as attention turns to the release of key data from Japan and the US later ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... scalp of then Prime Minister Hashimoto. Could be different this time. Japan's raised consumption tax was compounded by the Asian financial crisis in 1997, there's none of that this time (or is there?). And this time, both the Bank of Japan and the Abe ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... stronger commodity prices against falls across global markets. Wall Street and European markets dropped overnight, while Asian markets have also started Friday lower, following mixed economic data from the US. But CMC Markets chief market strategist ...

Forget shocks and stay the course: PM Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... underpricing quality companies, and can use this volatility to buy businesses at a discount to intrinsic value." Bertoli said the Asian market in particular is very volatile and sensitive to macro events. "Near term economic data in China has the potential ...

Wealth management sector key to Australian growth: Deloitte

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... fourth largest superannuation asset pool in the world, is an attractive proposition to both the domestic and the growing Asian middle classes. "The wealth management industry is positioning to win a new round of customers," he said. Brown explained that ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... Wednesday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens is scheduled to address the 17th Annual Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong while RBA deputy governor Philip Lowe gives introductory comments to the Centre for International ...

A$ rising on China slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... been in contraction territory (below 50). What gives? What gave is the statement HSBC's chief economist, China & co-head of Asian economic research, Hongbin Qu, made in the PMI report: "The HSBC Flash China Manufacturing PMI reading for March suggests ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... continuing selloff," he added. The euro gained to $US1.3910 from $US1.3863 late in New York the day before. HONG KONG - Asian markets sank, taking their lead from another selloff on Wall Street, while Tokyo took a hit as the yen climbed against the US ...

Asia Funds Passport on shaky ground

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... local fund manages to offer products to investors across the region. Stockell said while the principle makes sense, many Asian nations already have trade agreements in place with one another and see the European UCITS model as the best means of exporting ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... a row at 0.25 per cent. Likewise, the Bank of England voted to keep its main interest rate at 0.50 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose as Western and Russian leaders tried to broker a deal to end the Ukraine crisis, and Wall Street providing a tepid ...