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Treasury Group makes more Asian moves

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
Treasury Group has acquired a 20% equity stake in Singapore based multi-strategy Asian equities manager, Octis Asset Management. Treasury Group (TRG) said that it had also acquired an option to increase its stake by 10% if requirements linked to new ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... index rose by 0.58 per cent to 6726.9 points and Rome's FTSE Mib was 0.40 per cent higher at 13,868 points. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell, as weakening demand for imports in China provided new evidence of a slowdown in the region's biggest economy and ...

It's more fun in the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... and the jump in its bond yield above 7% -- that brought Wall Street lower and a negative lead when trading begins in the Asian time zone today. And the beat goes on... Certainly, what happens in America and Europe and China would have repercussions - ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... points. The euro traded for $US1.2305, up from $US1.2287 late on Friday in New York after falling as low as $US1.2251 in Asian trade, its lowest point since July 1, 2010. The price Spain must pay to borrow for 10 years rose sharply to 7.023 per cent ...

'Brownfield' infra better suited to pension funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... Chinese sovereign wealth fund just bought a stake in a French infrastructure company and we're seeing a lot of activity by Asian investors in various countries all over Europe," Crosbie said. "Canadian investors have been making acquisitions in different ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... foreign exchange deals, the European single currency fell to $US1.2302 from $US1.2391 late Thursday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets have fallen as apparently coordinated action by Europe and China to stimulate growth failed to reassure wary investors ...

Regulation biggest concern for SFOs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... witnessing a growing interest in setting up family offices. Rather than blindly copying European and American models, many Asian families are adapting various elements to suit the particular business, cultural, familial and socio-economic environments ...

Research key to Asian small caps

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
There are opportunities for investors willing to take a research-heavy approach to Asian small cap equities. "It is an area that is under researched, and nowadays when liquidity is low, there is even less broker coverage," said Douglas Loh, chief operating ...

BlackRock to buy private equity business

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... SRPEP platform," added David Blumer, chief investment officer for Swiss Re. The purchase expands BlackRock's European and Asian business and establishes a presence in Switzerland with about $15bn in client commitments, according to the firm. In a separate ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... 6,578.21 points. Madrid rose 1.34 per cent. The euro rose to $1.2620 from $1.2582 late on Monday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose and the euro firmed on hopes that central banks in the United States and Europe would take action to boost ...