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It's more fun in the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... China would have repercussions - good or bad or ugly - on the rest of the world. But there's a tiny country in southeast Asia that appears to be going its own, silently but steadily improving over the past two years. Introducing the Philippines -- the ...

$10bn in Asia M&A deals so far in 2012

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
M&A activity in Asia, on the back of economic growth in the region, accounted for $10 billion in deals in the last three months alone, despite this activity being in a dip. "Southeast Asian M&A rebounded 50.5% in Q1 2012 after a lacklustre last quarter ...

J.P Morgan strengthens Treasury Services

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... appointed a new head of treasury services, Australia & New Zealand and has made two senior appointments to its Southeast Asia teams. Nadia Schiavon has been appointed head of treasury services, Australia & New Zealand. Schiavon will be responsible for ...

People powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... 25th anniversary of that very first people power revolution. Yet 25 years hence, the country remains a laggard in southeast Asia. Political patronage and corruption remain, along with all the ills and evils associated with them. Those celebrating Egypt's ...

Singapore: the cloud computing hub

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Not content with dominating financial services, Singapore is emerging as the cloud-computing hub for the Asia Pacific region, according to new research. Cloud computing enables a financial services company to access its IT applications through the web ...

Beggar thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
2009 will be the Year of Africa if Pope Benedict the XVI has his way. Chances are, given the way the global community is now suffering from its greed-infected wounds, he may not have long to wait. Despite all the technological advances, medical discoveries ...

FT opens Malaysian office

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... be supported by the firm's global resources. Stephen Grundlingh, Franklin Templeton Malaysia regional head for Southeast Asia, said the country is a key market of the firm's investment management business. "This will allow us to deepen our participation ...

Dow Jones launches Islamic ASEAN index

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Dow Jones Indexes has launched the Dow Jones Islamic Market (DJIM) ASEAN Index - the first of its kind that represents the performance of Shari'ah-compliant companies in six of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). ...

Credit Suisse appoints private banking head

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... Australia. McGregor will be based in Sydney reporting functionally to Francois Monnet, head of private banking Southeast Asia and Australasia, and locally to country chief executive for Australia, David Trude. McGregor previously held the role of co-head ...

Ryan joins Fidelity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... Fidelity is a financial services and investment resources firm with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Southeast Asia and Japan.