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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... eight-and-a-half months at $1.3588 before pulling back to $1.3539, which compared with $1.3524 late on Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mixed after political gridlock in Washington triggered the first US government shutdown in 17 years, while ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... Madrid slid 0.46 per cent to 9,186.1 points. The euro rose to $1.3547 from $1.3519 late on Friday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets slumped as the US government edged towards a shutdown over a budget battle. The face-off in Washington also sent ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... his conviction on tax fraud charges. The euro climbed to $1.3538 from $1.3487 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mostly higher following a bounce on Wall Street that was fuelled by better-than-forecast US jobs data. However ...

Super funds hungry for global equities specialists

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... equities or global equities," he said. This fact gives truly global equity funds - rather than specifically emerging market or Asian equity funds, for example - an advantage. Carnegie's success on these shores may serve as a confidence booster for other ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... seat in the Senate following his conviction on tax fraud charges. The euro was at $1.3484, down from $1.3525. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed as attention turned to another stand-off in Washington over the US budget that could see parts of the government ...

Most EM currencies bounce back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... recovery shows that the EM region is vastly more robust now compared to what it was like pre-GFC and especially during the 1998 Asian Financial Crisis. "The difference between then and now is like the difference between day and night," said Dr Feriani. ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... releases an evaluation of ASX200 companies' gender diversity practices. In Australia, the market on Wednesday defied other Asian markets, rising on the back of strength in the energy and consumer goods sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index added 41.7 ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... 35 stocks index closed up 0.64 per cent. The dipped to $US1.3488 from $US1.3491 late in New York on Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets slipped following losses on Wall Street, as attention turns to a brewing budget row in Washington that threatens to ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... analysts' forecasts for an increase to around 49 points this month, and was the highest level since April 2010. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell as a broadly positive lead from Wall Street was offset by caution before the US Federal Reserve's policy ...

Signing of Asia Passport agreement expected

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013
... Australia. The Asia Region Funds Passport, as the agreement is known, will make it easier for Australians to invest directly in Asian equities and allow domestic fund managers greater access to outside sources of funding. Financial Services Council (FSC) ...