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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... 1.36% in July while its yield-to-maturity tightened 17 bps to 3.25%. Within the index, star performers were the S&P Indonesia Bond Index that climbed 3.36% in July and 15.63% YTD. The S&P Philippines Bond Index was up 2.37% in July with a YTD total return ...

Magellan eyes 'exponential growth' from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... investment in YUM!, the owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, is a play partly on the growth in consumption in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. In his update to investors, Douglass was candid about predictions he made last year for a ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
FTA with Indonesia gets closer Australia's trade minister, Steve Ciobo, is in Jakarta this week holding talks with Indonesian Minister for Trade, Enggartiasto Lukita, trying to negotiate details of the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... share sitting between the twelfth place Spain and the fourteenth placed Russia. Hot on Australia's heels however is Indonesia which is currently in sixteenth place with a GDP of A$1.2 billion but which is widely expected to overtake Australia within ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... major employer of Canada's Aboriginal people and major contributor to economic development in Canada's northern regions. Indonesia keen to promote PPP infra Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has said he is open to relaxing regulation and adjusting Indonesian ...

Malaysia drives growth in Shariah funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
Support for Shariah-compliant investment funds in Asia is on the rise, particularly in Malaysia and Indonesia, but the sector still face challenges, according to global research house Cerulli Associates. Shariah finance principles forbid the acceptance ...

Bloomberg partners with DFAT for health program

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... "priorities" in a country. The first 18 countries to join the initiative are: Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malawi, Morocco, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... strong gains in May, of 13.2% and 14.8% respectively. The 'time to buy a major household item' sub-index was unchanged". Indonesia trade balance Indonesia's trade surplus dropped sharply to US$370 million in May from the US$1,080 surplus recorded in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... Philippine GDP faster than most Asian countries. Over the same period, China's economy expanded by 6.7%; Vietnam by 5.5%, Indonesia by 4.9%, Malaysia by 4.2% and Thailand by 3.2%. According to the National Economic Development Authority, "This robust ...

Mirae backs Asian consumers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... Investments' head for Indian equity funds, Rahul Chadha, said if economies such as China, India, the Philippines and Indonesia get their act together there will be powerful money making opportunities driven largely by the consumer. Chadha said this was ...