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Asia markets close mostly down; Japan, Australia near bear markets
January 18th, 2016
Markets in Asia closed mostly lower Monday, on the back of another Wall Street sell-off Friday. Major indexes in Australia and Japan were nearing bear market territory, down over 18 percent from their 52-week highs. Down Under, the Australian ...
Crude oil prices fall almost 20 percent since beginning of the year
January 12th, 2016
Crude oil prices continued a relentless dive early on Tuesday, falling almost 20 percent since the beginning of the year as analysts scrambled to cut their 2016 oil price forecasts and traders bet on further price falls. U.S. crude ...
Slater & Gordon bankers bring in investigative accountants
January 8th, 2016
Slater & Gordon faces further scrutiny after it emerged that the company’s lenders have appointed investigative accountants to take a closer look at its books. The move follows a shock abandonment of its earnings guidance in late 2015 that unnerved shareholders ...
Britain’s stock market just had its worst year since the financial crisis
December 30th, 2015
2015 is a year that investors in Britain’s biggest companies won’t want to repeat for a long, long time, and it’s all down to crashing commodity prices. At the time of writing, the FTSE 100, Britain’s blue chip share index dropped by ...
CCI approves acquisition of RBS India wealth management biz by Sanctum Wealth
December 30th, 2015
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), in September, signed an agreement to transfer the India private banking operations to Sanctum Wealth Management. Fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of Royal Bank of Scotland Group’s ...
Which of Australia’s biggest companies are not paying tax
December 17th, 2015
Out of 1539 of Australia‘s largest corporate entities, 38 per cent did not pay any tax in 2013-14. Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan has released the tax details of corporate entities with $100 million or more annual turnover – 985 of which are ...
‘Too big to fail’ Chinese banks face $400 billion capital call
November 11th, 2015
China‘s four biggest banks may have to raise up to $400 billion to meet new global capital rules, an onerous task that could pressure them to slow down lending at a time when Beijing wants them to help prop ...
Asian stocks fall after tepid China PMI survey
November 2nd, 2015
A general view of market boards at the ASX Exchange Centre in Sydney, Australia. Asian stocks mostly slipped into the red on Monday, as investors digested a private survey which showed China‘s mammoth manufacturing sector remaining in a tough ...
China stocks rally as trading resumes
October 8th, 2015
Asian stocks traded mixed on Thursday despite a positive lead from Wall Street, with Chinese equities outperforming after mainland markets resumed trade following a week-long holiday. Major U.S. indexes closed higher overnight, helped by a recovery in health care ...
U.S. oil extends gains on stock-draw, Brent lags with Asian economies
September 16th, 2015
U.S. oil prices extended gains in Asia on Wednesday on an unexpected stockpile draw and higher gasoline prices, while international crude markets were weaker on the back of low Asian economic growth expectations. Front-month U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) ...
