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HSBC AM names regional chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
... business. Before Fidelity, she held senior management roles in the wealth management divisions of JPMorgan, AXA, and Hang Seng Bank. In her new role, Ho will be responsible for leading and growing HSBC AM's business in Asia Pacific and increase Hong ...

Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... security -- on July 1 and Trump' sanction reaction. Both China's Shanghai composite index and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index have registered daily gains since then - sending China's benchmark index up by 11.7% this year to date (compared ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... have been straightforward and fait accompli had it not been for the adverse reaction in the financial markets - the Hang Seng index slumped by 5.6% on the day of the pronouncement and the Hong Kong dollar slipped by 1.5% versus the greenback. Not if ...

Market recovery or dead cat bounce?

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... rising 1% and the DAX gaining 1.9%. Meanwhile in Asia, the Shanghai Composite lost 0.9%, the Nikkei lost 1.6% and the Hang Seng fell 1.3%, as rising coronavirus cases caused fears of economic fallout. So, despite rising COVID-19 figures, are we really ...

Coronavirus in, climate change out: Costello, deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... has had. On Monday in Asia, markets suffered dramatic blows, with the Shanghai Composite falling 2.7%, the Hong Kong Hang Seng dropping 1.1%, and Japan's Nikkei falling 2%. Meanwhile in Europe, the composite European Stoxx 600 fell 1.7% at the open ...

Chief economist update: Equity markets struck by coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... Asia Pacific index (ex-Japan) dropped by 1.0%, the Nikkei-225 fell by 0.8%, the Shanghai composite gave up 1.5% and the Hang Seng index plunged by 2.0% -- in contagion fears. According to The Guardian: "China confirmed 291 cases of infected patients ...

Chief economist update: This land is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
... unconditionally freed. Months of disruptions to everyday life and businesses in Hong Kong are taking their toll on the Hang Seng index, compounding the US-China trade war the territory appeared to have overcome since it started in early 2018. After rising ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... territory - Dow, Stoxx 600, FTSE-100, All Ords, Strait Times, Jakarta Composite, Taiex, KLCI, PSEi - or in a bear market -- Hang Seng - or highly volatile - Shanghai Composite - or down big time last week - Nikkei-225, Kospi, S&P/TSX composite. Yes Virginia ...

Market set to fall

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... fifth straight session with investors returning after China moved this month to avert a mainland meltdown. The benchmark Hang Seng Index eased 253.81 points to finish Wednesday at 25,282.62 on turnover of HK$81.73 billion ($A14.22 billion). Shanghai ...

From Greece's frying pan into China's fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... "contagion."A And it showed with most Asian markets suffering large losses on the same day, punctuated by the 5.8% slump in the Hang Seng Index, the 3.1% drop in the Nikkei and the 2% fall in the ASX 200 index. The "fear" of contagion springs from the ...
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