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The nub of being a hub

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... cent for US investors. But where Australia can really use its investment expertise to ramp up offshore FUM is in the Middle East and India. To date, local fund managers are running a tiny 0.3 per cent and 0.1 per cent in each region respectively. Dunnin ...

Friendster to fundster

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... Speaking at the IFSA conference yesterday, Richard Kimber, Google's former regional head for Australia, NZ, Korea and South East Asia, discussed how online technology can be used to reach a wider audience. He said while the public perception is that ...

Islamic funds zone in on Malaysia

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... Management and its associate companies currently manage $20.8 billion in assets with distribution channels in South East Asia, Middle East, Greater China and the Indian sub-continent. CIMB-Principal Islamic Asset Management is a joint venture between ...

S&P place Advance Asian fund 'on hold'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... Investors forms part of Singapore's Overseas Chinese Bank Limited, one of the largest asset management companies in South East Asia. Justine Gorman, Standard & Poor's analyst, said the firm would review the 'on hold' after it reviewed the new manager's ...

Zurich extends political risk insurance to EMs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... expected to generate over 29 million carbon credits over the next five years," said Anderson. "We are also active in South East Asia, where we have provided political risk coverage for a hydropower project and trade credit insurance for the construction ...

ASEAN's mute economic muscle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... economically, the Asia-Pacific region still point to the West for the heavy global lifting. ASEAN, or the Association of South East Asian Nations, comprises Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand ...

Franklin Templeton launches EM fund

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... companies across various sectors in emerging markets from Eastern Europe, the Asia Pacific region, Africa to Central and South America," said Mobius. "Many emerging markets have robust GDP growth, trade surpluses, high foreign reserves, low inflation ...

MillhouseIAG buys Huntley

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... acquisition would give the company an "ideal platform" to develop its international presence by targeting clients in South East Asia and Hong Kong. Millhouse IAG divested from Astarra Capital Limited in 2006 and has been scouting for an opportunity to ...

ING IM target resource rich states

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... speed economy where Western Australia and Queensland are benefiting from the mining boom and the price of resources and New South Wales and Victoria are struggling under the stress of higher interest rates," said Wright. "When developing portfolios we ...

Russell names IC director

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... clients in Australia and New Zealand, and leverage his background to capitalise on government fund opportunities in South East Asia. Prior to joining Russell, Franks was asset manager in North America and the UK for 25 years. Graeme Bibby, CFA, who is ...