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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... points, up 88.8 or 1.37 per cent. PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 4,719.53 points, up 42.85 or 0.92 per cent. TOKYO - Japanese stocks fell 0.8 per cent, with electronic parts maker TDK Corp plunging nearly 8 per cent on a newspaper report that it ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... exporters such as Toyota Motor after a big interest rate cut in the US helped ease concerns over demand in a key market for Japanese products. The Nikkei average ended up 296.28 points at 12,260.44, rising for a second straight day after hitting a 2 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... FRANKFURT - The DAX index fell 65.91 points to 6448.08. PARIS - The CAC-40 index dropped 51.97 points to 4566.99. TOKYO - Japanese stocks fell two per cent as fears that the US economy was in recession hurt exporters, like Sony. The Nikkei lost 250.67 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... points, up 138.67 or 2.12 per cent. PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 4,756.42 points, up 80.51 or 1.72 per cent. TOKYO - Japanese stocks ended at a six-week closing low as weaker-than-expected company spending data dampened investor confidence about ...

Good governance pays 18pc more

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... growing concern, an IPE news report found one of the UK's largest pension funds, British Railway Pension Fund, demanded Japanese companies improve their corporate governance.

Russell appoints CIOs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... Peter Gunning's promotion. Caspar has been involved with Russell Investment Group (Russell) for nine years in Asian and Japanese equity portfolios, most recently as chief investment officer in Russell's Investment Management (IM&R) team in Japan. He ...

Charles River signs MUAM

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
Japanese financial services industry giant Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Financial (MUAM) recently announced that it has successfully implemented the Charles River Investment Management System (IMS). MUAM said that the IMS was implemented to automate ...

Lehman Bros wins Japanese trading approval

... carbon markets. The company is the first foreign financial firm to receive the nod and joins a select list of leading Japanese trading houses and companies. "We are delighted that the Japanese authorities have recognised our capabilities in this area," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... points, up 103.41 or 1.50 per cent. PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 4973.07 points, up 53.81 or 1.09 per cent. TOKYO - Japanese stocks gave up early gains to end lower after scoring a six-week closing high the previous day, with mobile carrier KDDI ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... sentiment improved after a newspaper reported that China's sovereign wealth fund planned to buy as much as $10 billion in Japanese stocks. The Nikkei average rose 3.1 per cent or 414.11 points to end at 13,914.57. HONG KONG - Hong Kong blue chips fell ...