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Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... week. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), the European Central Bank (ECB), the Bank of England (BoE) and the Bank of Canada (BoC) all held monetary policy meetings last week. And guess what? Not a single central bank announced a reduction in interest ...

Three steadies and a cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... major central banks will hold monetary policy meetings this week. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), The Bank of Canada (BoC), the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank (ECB) will each decide their respective economies' interest rate ...

Weekly switching for BOC Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
Corporate super fund BOC Super joins the growing list of super funds that are vastly improving their administration, with a new system that updates 'investment option' changes from monthly to weekly. In the past, BOC Super implements switches between ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
... chips rebounded 0.28 per cent as HSBC led the way to recoup some of the previous session's losses, while investors chased BOC Hong Kong and other recent underperformers. The benchmark Hang Seng index closed 53.67 points stronger to 19,008.30. WELLINGTON ...

Star ratings on staff? Only in China

The third largest bank in China, the Bank of China (BOC), has introduced the penultimate in 'customer satisfaction' surveys, asking customers to rate individual banking employees on the spot with a one-star to five-star rating based on service level. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... to 15,872.02. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks rallied 1.18 percent in their biggest one-day percentage gain in three weeks as BOC Hong Kong shares jumped. The Hang Seng Index ended 201.43 points higher at 17,284.71. WELLINGTON - The NZ-50 index closed up ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2006
... 16,489.37. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks ended higher, boosted by rising property shares and a strong earnings report from BOC Hong Kong. The Hang Seng index closed at 15,771.17, up 128.36 points. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket shrugged off ...

BOC Gas Super breaks $500m while closing mandates

BOC Gases Superannuation Fund has broken through the $500 million barrier as it puts in place their implemented consulting deal with Intech by shifting $350 million across to the consultant. And with the fund achieving their RSE license earlier this ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2006
... Composite Index was up 31.85 points at 2313.24. LONDON - UK stocks surged above 580 as bid talk boosted industrial gases group BOC and mobile phone operator Vodafone rebounded from three-year lows. The FTSE 100 closed at 5844.1, up 52.6 points. FRANKFURT ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2006
... Leading UK shares closed lower with a 2.7 per cent fall by mobile phone heavyweight Vodafone outweighing a 21 per cent leap by BOC on a bid for the industrial gases group. The FTSE 100 closed at 5633.8 points, down 27.1 or 0.48 per cent. FRANKFURT - ...