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Who you know overshadows rules: Freehills view on Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... Malaysia in particular is trying to compete aggressively with Singapore on operating and compliance costs. In contrast, in Indonesia investment funds are constituted under civil law contracts not trust law, said Fakhri Hilmi, head of the investment management ...

J.P. Morgan buys into online shopping

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... successful internet sites and replicates them in other countries. Lazada is an online department store with operations in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines and Thailand. Considered to be a replica of Amazon, Lazada caters for everything from ...

IAG urges Asia focus

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... laggards. IAG is currently targeting six priority markets in Asia including Thailand, Malaysia, India, China, Vietnam and Indonesia. Wilkins said that IAG currently has $460 million investment in five of those six countries but are yet to enter Indonesia. ...

It's still the hole, stups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012

ACCI calls for right to sue foreign govs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... signed a FTA with Malaysia and is currently in the process of negotiating agreements with China, India, Japan, Korea and Indonesia among others.

Playing with a loaded dice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... E. This didn't make the headlines but, there's also the brewing "food fight". Bloomberg Businessweek reports that, "Indonesia will suspend a 5 percent duty on soybean imports until the year-end after makers of tofu and tempeh halted production to protest ...

BRICs plus four will drive world investment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... include the BRIC economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China but supplemented by four others - South Korea, Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey. Katie Koch, senior strategist Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) who is also chief-of-staff to the GSAM chairman ...

Indonesia woos infra investment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
Indonesia is currently hosting a world-first Global Airports conference to bring together experts on airports and development in infrastructure as part of a broader plan to ensure the country's economic growth is properly supported. The World Bank has ...

$10bn in Asia M&A deals so far in 2012

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... continued to be the most popular targets in terms of deal value, accounting for eight deals worth $4.3 billion, they said. "Indonesia attracted most deals in the region along with Singapore with 19 deals in the first quarter and significantly, the only ...

Indonesian inflation falls to 4.25pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... prices is still the wildcard for the economic outlook across the Asian region, according to the latest market update from Indonesia's Mandiri Investasi. Adding to the speculation is that central governments are trying to control the amount they spend ...