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Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... Asian Development Bank's (ADB) recent downgrade of the country's growth outlook. The ADB lowered its forecasts for the Indian economy to 5.6% in 2012 and 6.7% next year from 7.0% and 7.5%, respectively, because of high inflation, slowing consumption ...

Invesco acquires 49% stake in Religare

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... management business. "This investment is indeed a validation of Religare's belief in the long term growth potential of the Indian financial services industry." Religare's asset management business's main focus in recent times has been on developing its ...

Bad news sells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... pleasant day y'all! But wait, I almost forgot, there were some interesting news that came out yesterday. Although reports that Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, is plans to build a spaceship headed for Mars (amid slowing growth in his country) is ...

ACCI calls for right to sue foreign govs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... said. "If Australian companies are to fully grasp opportunities of the Asian century and emerging markets of Africa and the Indian Ocean Rim, trade agreements must provide investor certainty for private companies, not just governments." The ACCI has ...

Indonesia woos infra investment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... to put together the conference. It comes on the back of India's announcement last week that it will give full support to Indian entrepreneurs who invest in Indonesia via soft loans. India's investment in Indonesia grew more than 370% last year to US$41.9 ...

Census 2011: Australia is changing, and fast

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... Mandarin now the second most popular language, surpassing Italian. Reinforcing this cultural metamorphosis, Chinese and Indian Australians are now our largest non-anglo heritage groupings and the West Asian language of Punjabi is the fastest growing ...

BRIC slows on Europe woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... to go again next month. Russian rates are down by only 25 bps to date but easing inflation provides it scope to do more. Indian rates are lower by 50 bps and earlier this month, the Peoples Bank of China reduced rates by 25 bps on top of chopping the ...

AMP infra fund buys into Indian energy

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
The AMP Capital Asian Giants Infrastructure Fund has acquired a significant minority stake in Indian clean energy company Shalivahana Green Energy Limited for approximately US$29 million. Based in Hyderabad India, Shalivahana Green Energy Limited (SGEL) ...

Asian private equity grows rapidly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... Australia is also a market leader with two Sydney-based private equity managers in the top 10. The surprise is the absence of Indian private equity managers from the study's top 30, they noted, due to investor sentiment in the sub-continent cooling "despite ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... repairs completed by the end of 2013, a spokesman says. NEW DELHI - The head of ailing Kingfisher Airlines has been asked by Indian authorities to explain the latest round of flight cuts and the carrier risks losing its flying licence, a report said ...