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Asian shares wary before Obama speech, dollar soars vs yen
September 11th, 2014
Asian share market sentiment was cautious on Thursday after U.S. President Barack Obama vowed to fight Islamic State militants, while the dollar pushed to fresh six-year highs against the yen. Chinese inflation data pointing to an economy losing momentum ...
World’s leading economies warned over ‘global jobs crisis’
September 10th, 2014
The world’s largest economies are still failing to create enough jobs and too many of those that are being produced are too low quality to generate a meaningful boost to global growth, three leading international institutions warned on Tuesday. ...
U.S. regulator would welcome delay of EU clearing rules
September 10th, 2014
A top U.S. regulator said on Wednesday he would welcome a delay by the European Union that gave more time to resolve a conflict with Washington over making derivatives markets safer. Reuters reported last week that the EU is ...
Is bigger better for ASEAN in a mega-regional world?
September 10th, 2014
Big-block trade agreements or ‘mega-regionals’, revolving around one or more major powers, are the latest trend in trade policy negotiations. ASEAN is involved in two: the American-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Chinese-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). But ...
ASIC cancels margin forex company’s AFS licence
September 9th, 2014
The Australian regulator, ASIC, has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of Global Derivative Services Pty Ltd (GDS) after an investigation found it failed to comply with a number of its AFS licence obligations. According to its website, ...
Asian Equities Mixed on Soft Lead
September 9th, 2014
Asian indices were mostly higher on Tuesday amid light volumes as markets in South Korea and Hong Kong were closed for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Overnight in the U.S., Wall Street closed mixed with energy producers leading losses on oil’s ...
Joe Hockey announces new move against multinational tax evaders
September 4th, 2014
Multinational companies who seek to avoid Australian tax but also charge disproportionately higher prices here are in the sights of a new crackdown. Joe Hockey has told parliament the Commissioner of Taxation has been asked to “double his efforts” ...
Asian stocks dip, euro stuck near one-year lows
September 2nd, 2014
Asian shares slipped on Tuesday as a U.S. holiday robbed markets of momentum, while the euro hit a fresh one-year low on uncertainty over the European Central Bank’s policy decision later this week. Spreadbetters expected an effectively flat open ...
RBA maintains run of record low rates
September 2nd, 2014
The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept official interest rates on hold at record lows as investors await the official update of Australia’s economic growth rate and remarks from RBA governor Glenn Stevens at lunchtime tomorrow. For the 13th ...
Asian shares wobble in early trade, euro sinks
September 1st, 2014
Asian shares edged higher on Monday, with investors wary of a deepening crisis in Ukraine and a downbeat China manufacturing survey, while the euro touched a fresh one-year low ahead of this week’s European Central Bank meeting. “Naturally, developments ...
