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Today on Money For Nothing, guest host Peter Lewis and Reenita talk with Puru Saxena of Puru Saxena Wealth Management about turmoil in the currency markets and whether hefty fines imposed on six Too Big To Fail banks will bring an end to fraudulent beha

- Wall street halts its winning streak as small caps advance - Tencent profit misses analyst estimates as finance costs climb - Big banks are fined for foreign exchange manipulation Six of the world's biggest banks have been fined 4.3

Tencent has reported Q3 profits that missed analyst estimates after the Chines internet company’s revenue gained at the slowest pace since 2007, and development and staff costs increased. Ernie Diaz – Director of Marketing at Web Presence in Chin

Investing in early stage capital – can this be considered an asset class? "There is a lot of capital in Hong Kong but the investor does need to be actively involved in his investment," says Iain Reed, President of TIE HK. "Most of today

Today on Money For Nothing, we will look at how foreign investors will gain access to more than 180 consumer-related companies in Shanghai, making it easier for them to add exposure to the part of China's economy that Morgan Stanley estimates has grow

The Hong Kong Shanghai Stock Connect looks like it is finally set to launch. Today on Money for Nothing, we'll ask Francis Lun of GEO Securities about what Shanghai stocks we should keep an eye on as we open up to this new phase of regional investing

On Money for Nothing, Rich Fernandez and Parneet Pal of Wisdom Labs tell us how they are transforming Starbucks' Hong Kong staff through integrative mindful living techniques. That's after a rundown of the APEC meeting in Beijing with our economics c

On Money for Nothing we’ll talk interest rate policy with Andrew Cossor of DZ Bank. Expect interest rates to stay on hold when the European Central Bank unveils its policy rate decision later Thursday. Iit’s possible that a new round of QE will be un

On Money for Nothing we will talk about Tesla earnings with VOA reporter Ira Mellman. Tim Culpan of Bloomberg will join us to discuss mainland smartphone maker Xiaomi, its new Mi4 phone, and the war of words underway with Apple Inc. over allegations of c

On Money for Nothing we will have a look at local property trends with John Saunders of BlackRock Real Estate. We’ll also take a look at the growing connections between the financial services industries of Hong Kong and Ireland. Peter Ryan, Consul Gen

In our featured segments on Money for Nothing this Tuesday we will have a look at how the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests represent a public relations minefield for companies. Joining us for that discussion is Paul Gillis of the Guanghua School of M

The October Phenomenon (3.11.2014) Volatility was the name of the game in October yet Wall street ended the month with record highs. After a strong enough start, stocks plummeted to their worst slump in two years but then the U.S. markets rebounded and

On Money for Nothing, we’ll wind down the week by discussing Japan with David Pilling of the Financial Times. David will talk about Abenomics and the resilence of Japan’s political and social order. Simon Powell of CLSA will join us to talk about

On Money for Nothing we’ll talk about the financial compensation claims made against the organizers behind the Umbrella movement. Joining for that discussion is legal expert Rick Glofcheski, a faculty member of the Department of Law at the University

On Money for Nothing we’ll talk regional security issues with author Bill Hayton. We will also get an update on China and Hong Kong equity strategy with Erwin Sanft of Standard Chartered Bank. Also on deck to share an update on the Hong Kong Shang

This morning on Money for Nothing we will discuss markets with Mark Matthews of Julius Baer. Alberto Moel of Sanford C. Bernstein will talk about the smartphone endgame in China. And Fredrik Öqvist, of ChinaRAI, will speak to us about about mainland

My two cents' worth (27.10.2014) Wall street just had its best week in almost two years so what should we be looking out for in the markets this week? Click here for this week's editorial note. On Money for Nothing we discussed China’s evolution of inte

On Money for Nothing we’ll talk about China’s latest “flash” PMI reading with guest host Richard Harris, Chief Executive Port Shelter Investment Management . We’ll also take a look at the pending launch of upstart HKTV and how its plants to use an Int

On Money for Nothing we’ll look at how Australia inflation numbers and Japan’s trade balance are reinforcing the trend of slowing global GDP and disinflation. Rajiv Biswas, an IHS Global economist will join us to discuss this along with Peter Lewis,

On  Money for Nothing we took a closer look at China's soft third-quarter GDP print and asked whether it pointed to a definitive slowdown in activity. Joining us on markets was Francis Lun of Geo Securities. Next up was James Tan of Friends Provident