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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... for the first quarter. South Korea's Kospi added 0.3 per cent to 1845.24. Benchmarks in Taiwan, New Zealand and the Philippines also rose. Mainland Chinese shares bounced back from early losses, buoyed by calls from the country's central bank governor ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... such as slower growth in consumer spending and first-quarter GDP. Stock markets in China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand were closed on Tuesday for a public holiday. CANBERRA - One of the country's ...

Invesco shuns global brands in Asian growth story

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... terms," said Yuen. "Most of the emerging Asian economies like China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines are all well below US$10,000 per capita so that gives us comfort that it's a long term story." Yuen cites the aftermath of the ...

AIA Australia creates Asia role, new CEO

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... life insurance group in the world with branches across Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, New Zealand and Macau. It has total assets of US$115,782 million as of May 31, it says ...

Former AFA president gets Asia-Pacific appointement

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... throughout the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand. In congratulating Dr Taggart, AFA CEO Richard Klipin said AFA members have a rich tradition ...

People powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... should know I've been in one - 25 years ago next week. I've participated in the first people power revolution - that in Philippines in 1986 - that toppled the 20-year authoritarian rule of our very own strongman Ferdinand Marcos. Yes, I was brave enough ...

ANZ to open Chengdu centre

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... Chinese-language hub complements ANZ's other technology and operations hubs in Australia, New Zealand, India, the Philippines and Fiji. Operating in China since 1986, ANZ will be locally incorporated in China from 1 October 2010 with branches in Beijing ...

The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... decline was 'temporarily' short-circuited by intervention from Asian central banks (again). South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Hong Kong bought the greenback to avoid being 'beggared' - hurt their exports - by its depreciation. ...

ANZ buys RBS businesses for $687 million

ASX RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... commercial businesses in Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong - along with institutional businesses in Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam. The portfolio of businesses represents 54 branches, $4 billion in loans and $8.9 billion in deposits serving ...

Pension fund suffers million-dollar meltdown

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Super funds could learn a harsh lesson from a Philippines based pension fund, after a software meltdown cost the fund an estimated $120 million in damages and led to a court case against a contractor for libel. Information technology contractor Questronix ...