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Asian shares shrug off losses, Greek woes pressure euro
May 19th, 2015
Asian shares shrugged off early losses on Tuesday, as rallying Chinese shares and Wall Street’s record close offset euro worries over Greece‘s fiscal woes. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was up 0.2 percent. The CSI300 ...
Asian shares rebound, sterling jumps on UK exit polls
May 8th, 2015
Asian shares rebounded from one-month lows on Friday, helped by signs global bond markets are stabilising after a big selloff, though investors were on guard ahead of U.S. jobs data and crunch talks between Greece and its creditors at the weekend. ...
Asian stocks at 2-week lows, bond woes spread, dollar slips
May 6th, 2015
Selloff in government bonds from Germany to Australia China stocks bounce after moderately encouraging PMI data Commodities rally in what might be a return to reflation Dollar softer on trade blow out, Fed’s Yellen speech awaited (.) A selloff in global ...
Greek Nerves Turning Asian Money Off Europe, ADB Economist Says
May 4th, 2015
Asian companies are thinking twice about their dealings with European partners as jitters persist over whether Greece will splinter the euro area, the Asian Development Bank’s chief economist said. “The private sector is trying to adjust their strategy,” Shang-Jin Wei said ...
Asian shares rise as weak China data spurs stimulus bets
May 4th, 2015
Asian stocks bounced off lows on Monday and the Australian dollar pared early losses as weak China factory activity reinforced views that Beijing will roll out fresh support measures soon for the world’s second-largest economy. Spreadbetters expected the equity ...
Fidessa named Trading Platform of the Year at Asian Banker awards
April 20th, 2015
Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) has won Trading Platform of the Year at The Asian Banker Financial Markets Awards 2015. Judged by an international team of experts, backed by a comprehensive 3-month research programme, these awards recognise leadership in ...
Asian markets stumble over China
April 15th, 2015
Asian markets stumbled on Wednesday as relief China had matched its own growth target was soured by poor readings on consumer demand and industrial activity, underlining the need for more policy action by Beijing. Growth in China’s colossal economy did slow ...
Asian central banks back in action this week
April 6th, 2015
The week ahead starts with Asian markets digesting the crucial U.S. nonfarm payrolls report, which continued to fuel the ongoing debate over when the Federal Reserve will launch its first interest rate hike. After digesting the U.S. jobs data, ...
Chinese investors trade way more often than Americans
April 2nd, 2015
One of the easiest ways to mess up your investment portfolio is by tinkering with it too much. That’s when pesky fees and human error tend to drag down performance. Unless you get super lucky, this common mistake can ...
Asian stocks mixed as Mideast worries linger, oil eases
March 27th, 2015
Asian stocks were mixed on Friday and the dollar rebounded as rising tensions in the Middle East clouded the investment outlook. Spreadbetters expected Britain’s FTSE .FTSE, Germany’s DAX .GDAXI and France’s CAC.FCHI to tip toe higher while the markets awaited fresh cues from ...