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Asian stocks higher after US gains as jobs data awaited
April 3rd, 2015
Asian stock markets were mostly higher in holiday-abbreviated trading Friday following gains on Wall Street as investors awaited American jobs data. Keeping Score: Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.3 percent to 19,377 points and Seoul’s Kospi was up 0.5 percent ...
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 ...
Asia shares higher ahead of holiday
April 2nd, 2015
Asian shares headed higher on Thursday but investors were cautious ahead of a Good Friday public holiday tomorrow in some major markets. Japan’s shares were up despite a central bank survey showing firms expect inflation to rise 1.4% a ...
Subsidiaries of HKEx and SSE Sign Market Data Vendor Licence Agreement
March 31st, 2015
HKEx Information Services Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), signed a market data vendor licence agreement with SSE Infonet Limited (SSE Infonet), the information business subsidiary of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), on 27 ...
Chinese shares end mixed after volatile trading session
March 31st, 2015
Markets in China ended mixed following a volatile trading session on Tuesday in spite of moves by the government to boost its economy. The Shanghai Composite closed down 1% at 3,747.90, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 0.2% to 24,900.89. ...
Deutsche Börse and China Construction Bank agree strategic partnership
March 31st, 2015
Deutsche Börse: Deutsche Börse Group and China Construction Bank (CCB) have entered into a strategic partnership and have signed an agreement. Deutsche Börse Group is a leading global provider of financial market infrastructure services and is based in the European ...
Exchange Publishes Results of its Latest Review of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual Reports
March 30th, 2015
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), today (Friday) published a report on the findings and recommendations from its review of issuers’ annual reports1 for the ...
Asia shares swing higher as China nears seven year high
March 30th, 2015
Asian stock markets rose on Monday, with China stocks nearing a seven-year peak on hopes for more infrastructure spending and policy stimulus, while oil prices suffered further from excess supply. Activity was guarded most elsewhere in a week book-ended with holidays ...
Abu Dhabi’s FGB completes stake sale in brokerage
March 27th, 2015
First Gulf Bank, the second largest lender by market capitalisation in the UAE, has said a deal to sell its 45 percent stake in brokerage First Gulf Financial Services to an Abu Dhabi investment company has been completed. FGB, ...
China Bonds Drop Most Since December This Week on Debt Swap Plan
March 27th, 2015
China’s 10-year government bonds headed for their biggest weekly decline since December on speculation a move to allow regional authorities to swap debt into municipal notes will increase supply. The government will permit as much as 1 trillion yuan ...
