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Asian banks still insulated from sub-prime

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... Pacific. Specifically, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam face negative industry outlooks, while Cambodia, the Philippines and Thailand have stable outlooks. "In the case of the negative industry outlooks, common reasons include the global economic ...

ASEAN's mute economic muscle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... Association of South East Asian Nations, comprises Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The group was created in 1967 at the height of the Vietnam war as a quasi security-cooperation ...

ING IM and Credit Agricole win $1.1b Philippine mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... portfolio volatility. Investing abroad was necessary, Garcia said, due to the limited investment opportunities in the Philippines. He said ING IM's initial asset allocation proposal included global high dividend, global property securities, global fixed ...

Jumping volatility not yet swaying sentiment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... fourth quarter of 2007 but overall sentiment going into 2008 is still robust with investors in India, Hong Kong, and Philippines the most optimistic. But in paradoxically welcome news, the unbridled enthusiasm of Chinese investors has at last taken a ...

S&P launch three new Shariah indices

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... Brazil, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey. "Muslim investors around the world have growing ...

Confidence rising in emerging markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... Tracking Study surveyed 1,308 'mass affluent' investors in 13 countries across Asia, including Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and China. China and India represented the most confident countries ...

IFM bolsters infrastructure team

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... $35 billion. At SBC Warburg, Mangini played a leading role in the restructuring of the BOT system of Napacor (in the Philippines), one of the largest public/private BOT programs in the world. Landman joined IFM in March 2007, and covers the evaluation ...

AXA inflows surge on 30 June deadline

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... was up 103 per cent to A$78.1 million on a constant currency basis, with particularly strong growth in Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand. At midday the market had received the news well, with AXA shares up 11Ac.

Citigroup taps into migrant banking needs

... regulated channels." Among the top destination countries that will benefit from the new service are Mexico, India, the Philippines and the South Asian and Latin American regions. Put simply, Citigroup will provide the website hosting, foreign exchange ...

Deck reshuffle at Challenger

... microfinance and micro enterprise development (MED) services to the working poor in Indonesia, Ghana, East Timor, the Philippines and India. Cuffe will help the organisation raise investment capital and manage strategic partnerships. Meanwhile, current ...