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ANZ to open Chengdu centre

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... Chinese-language hub complements ANZ's other technology and operations hubs in Australia, New Zealand, India, the Philippines and Fiji. Operating in China since 1986, ANZ will be locally incorporated in China from 1 October 2010 with branches in Beijing ...

The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... decline was 'temporarily' short-circuited by intervention from Asian central banks (again). South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Hong Kong bought the greenback to avoid being 'beggared' - hurt their exports - by its depreciation. ...

ANZ buys RBS businesses for $687 million

ASX RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... commercial businesses in Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong - along with institutional businesses in Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam. The portfolio of businesses represents 54 branches, $4 billion in loans and $8.9 billion in deposits serving ...

Pension fund suffers million-dollar meltdown

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Super funds could learn a harsh lesson from a Philippines based pension fund, after a software meltdown cost the fund an estimated $120 million in damages and led to a court case against a contractor for libel. Information technology contractor Questronix ...

FTSE launches Asian sector indices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... indices provide access to countries included on the FTSE Asia Pacific Index including China, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, India, Malaysia and Thailand. Each sector index is derived from individual subsectors ...

Dow Jones launches Islamic ASEAN index

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The index currently includes Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. According to Dow Jones Indexes, the index is designed to serve as underlying for financial ...

Sun Life appoints Goodall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... will be responsible for developing new distribution channels across Asia Pacific, specifically in India, Indonesia, Philippines, Hong Kong and China. "In this role, I will work in very close collaboration with the country leaders to help develop and ...

Philippines axes cheques for ATMs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
The Philippines is revving up its pension scheme by phasing out archaic cheques disbursement arrangements for an ATM-based system. The country's Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) brought the new system in place last month. The fund's 81,000 ...

AXA APH appoints Asia Life CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... at the Prudential Corporation Asia across the life businesses in Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and the Philippines. Bishop was also president and chief executive of Prudential Corporation Asia's life business in Korea and head of alternate ...

Sovereign bonds bouncing back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... issues may however not be enough to convince lenders to dive back into the market, being Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. Despite the sovereign debt issues recovery so far this calendar year, rolling 12 month debt issues are nonetheless on par ...