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No-bull bull market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... in return for EU/IMF aid), China and other emerging markets remain in tightening mode, and just last night, Burma and Thailand were shaken by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake. But did equity markets care? Here's Bloomberg's overnight wrap: "The MSCI gauge ...

Fin services group wins 'employer of choice' for women

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... Australia, above the global average of 20 per cent. Australia sits sixteenth in Grant Thornton's global rankings, while Thailand is number one with 45 per cent of senior management positions held by women.

Value a plus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... Peoples Bank of China announce that it is lifting the reserve requirement for its large commercial banks and the Bank of Thailand and the Bank of Korea both raising their policy interest rates. More are expected to follow. However, these do not readily ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... limits for institutions. 'Having already removed a 15 percent tax exemption for foreigners on income from domestic bonds, Thailand Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij warned on Oct. 25 that regulators are "keeping an eye" on speculative inflows." The ...

Singapore to win asset mgmt race: report

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... a share of the asset management market. "As a more independent cluster in close proximity to Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, we expect Singapore to attract the internationally footloose capital and become the second largest global asset management ...

AIA ranks as best insurance brand

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... Consumers were surveyed from Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. AIA received the top ranking after consumers were asked two questions. The first was 'which best brand came to mind when consumers ...

Norway pension manager expands into Singapore

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... (Norwegian Kroner). Close to 10 per cent of its funds are invested in Singapore, China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. Yngve Slyngstad, chief executive at Norges Bank Investment Management, said Asia is increasingly important to the firm. ...

While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... the fourth quarter supported by strong net exports and domestic consumption. Despite the current political tension in Thailand, its economy expanded by 5.8 per cent over the same period against expectations for a 4.0 per cent gain. Don't think we still ...

Asian equities to open up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... statement, Bursa Malaysia (BM), the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) have all signed the letter. The award marks a significant first step towards the establishment of an integrated ASEAN ...

The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... '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. And this ...