Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 111 - 120 of 167 results for "East Asia"

NAB exits AXA AP bidding war

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... to December 2009 was $679.2 million, up from losses of $278.7 million in 2008. The best regional performer was South East Asia, where operating earnings rose 44 per cent to $50.2 million. According to the report, Australia had a mixed year - full-year ...

India funds in short supply

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
The options available for Australian investors keen to ride the India growth story are surprisingly limited, in stark contrast to the choices they have to invest in China. According to Morgan Stanley, Indian GDP will surpass the US$6 trillion mark by ...

RBC appoints Asia Pac execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... Capital Markets as director and will be based in Singapore, focusing on institutional clients in Singapore and South East Asia. He joins RBC Capital Markets from Calyon where he was head of capital markets in Singapore. Prior to this, he also held positions ...

PM repeats calls to make Australia a fin services hub

... country and [Sydney] in particular becomes a natural take-off point to make Australia a financial services hub for wider East Asia," he said. The PM's speech was delivered to wealth management industry professionals at a breakfast event hosted by the ...

PGI appoints CEO for Asia

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... appointed former Fitch Ratings chief, Andrea Muller, as managing director for Asia-ex Japan and chief executive of PGI East Asia. Effective March 30, 2010, she will be responsible for activities in the region including the Singapore and Hong Kong offices. ...

AXA AP angles for bigger slice of Aus market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... particularly strong, with operating earnings up 17 per cent on the first half. The best regional performer was South East Asia, where operating earnings rose 44 per cent to $50.2 million although it was Hong Kong that brought the big bucks with $290 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Australian stocks are set for a weaker opening with worse than expected US employment data causing significant falls on Wall Street. At 0821 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 72 points lower at 4,575. In economic ...

Arise Chindonesia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... world's third biggest democracy and is slated as having the freest media in any Asian nation, according Simon Long, south east Asia correspondent for The Economist. Long cautioned however that the worldwide environmental costs could be catastrophic without ...

Money flows lead to Africa

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... United Nations, West Africa enjoyed more than 60 per cent growth in FDIs over 2007. Inflows into South, East and South-East Asia also witnessed a 17 per cent expansion to hit a new high, while FDIs to West Asia continued to grow for the sixth consecutive ...

ESSSuper appoints new CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... in banking, funds management, life insurance, consumer lending and utilities organisations within Australia and South East Asia. ESSSuper was formed following the merger of Emergency Services and State Super in 2006. ESSSuper members include police ...