China's manufacturing engine contracted in the first quarter of 2014, a private survey showed Tuesday, adding to market expectations of government stimulus to arrest a loss of momentum in the world's second-largest economy this year.
HSBC's flash Purchasing Managers Index retreated to an eight-month low of 48.1 in March, but new export orders revealed growth.
The Chinese yuan is ready to secure a larger spotlight on the world’s currency stage.
Some banks like HSBC are trying to trim their retail-brokerage arms as competition is heating up in an already tough market.
The preliminary index for February got smaller in all categories except for suppliers' delivery times.
DeVere Group CEO Nigel Green wants the global financial reporting regime to be repealed, a call that has gained little political traction to date.
The dip to 49.5 in January from the previous month's 50.5 signals a renewed deterioration in business conditions.
The contraction in factory sector activity shows that a moderate slowdown at the end of 2013 continued into this year.
But the services sector saw an increase in payroll numbers for the fourth straight month.
But HSBC economists predict that rate spikes won't hurt growth in 2014.
Growth in Chinese manufacturing activity slowed in December, according to two separate surveys.
Manufacturing activity has continued to expand in December but at the slowest rate in three months.
Not only do more than half of U.S. retirees expect to leave an inheritance, they expect to leave a considerable one.
The uptick in local demand reflects China's policy changes this year to steer the economy toward a domestic-consumption model.
Now, foreign banks can set up subsidiaries and acquire privately-run banks in the country, almost like their local competitors.
Unlike developed economies, many Southeast Asian economies are fueled by a growing working-age population.
A HSBC research note makes explicit what has become increasingly clear to gold investors this year regarding the gold market's most bullish factor.
A humanitarian disaster is avoided after a court tells Barclays it must continue to transfer money to Somalia despite terrorism fears.
After a solid performance last week and month, stocks look set to open higher. Earnings and factory data will hold market's interest.
The final HSBC/Markit Purchasing Managers' Index is up from 50.2 in September and the same as a preliminary flash estimate released last week.
Five of the 10 most satisfying destinations for expats are in Asia, HSBC says.
In an attempt to shield Chinese banks from bad debt, policymakers created a new security comprised of bundled bank loans.