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Sterling dips over new Brussels battle while Japan economic sentiment steadies
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South Korea on Friday said its
National Pension Fund, the world's third-largest, would aim to
boost its ratio of risk assets, such as stocks and real estate,
to 60 percent over time from 50 percent now, as it looks to lift
investment returns.
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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
(SMFG), Japan's third-largest lender, plans to announce
on Friday that Chief Financial Officer Jun Ota will become its
president in April, taking over from Takeshi Kunibe, sources
said.
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China's real estate investment
rose 9.7 percent in the first 11 months of 2018 compared with
same period last year, the same percentage as the annual
increase for the January-October period, official data showed on
Friday.
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Police in New Jersey on Thursday urged
people who grabbed banknotes that spilled out of the back of an
armored truck during rush-hour traffic to return the cash, no
questions asked.
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China's central bank lent 286
billion yuan ($41.52 billion) to financial institutions via its
one-year medium-term lending facility (MLF) on Friday, rolling
over the same amount of such loans that were maturing, it said
in a statement.
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The Reserve Bank of New
Zealand (RBNZ) said on Friday it was considering almost doubling
the required capital banks would need to hold to bolster the
financial system's capacity to handle any shocks, sending the
currency lower.
The RBNZ, which regulates the banking sector, said in a
statement that the increase...
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Australian shares weakened on Friday,
tracking losses in S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes on Wall Street
overnight, as cautious optimism over U.S.-China trade relations
petered out.
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A federal appeals court on
Thursday narrowed an order that had blocked President Donald
Trump's administration from enforcing new rules that undermine
an Obamacare requirement for employers to provide insurance that
covers women's birth control.
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* EU also preparing for Britain crashing out in March
(Updates throughout after meeting ends, EU statement)
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