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HLB Mann Judd launches Asia-focused business

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... company has also appointed a head of Korea practice to focus on opportunities HLB Mann Judd is already developing in South Korea. "Our aim is to be a one-stop-shop for our clients throughout the Asia-Pacific region," Chew said. "Australia and New Zealand ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher after a mixed night in overseas markets. At 0652 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up seven points at 5,885. The Dow Jones index was down 0.2 per cent going into the ...

Inflows from overseas double in four years

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... potential for future opportunities under the Japan Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA). New Zealand and South Korea were also prominent investment sources in the Asia Pacific region contributing 14% ($4.3 billion) and 3% ($1.0 billion) to ...

Insurance industry has trust issues

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... just 53% compared to a global average of 70%. The Australian results are on par with the UK and Germany, with only South Korea ranking lower on trust (at 47%). Contrasting other industries, 78% of respondents trust their supermarket while 71% trust the ...

China's mean regression

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... rage that was the NICS - the newly industrialised countries of Hongkong (long before the 1997 handover to China), South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore. I did my own, dig, dig, dig for data and found that... Lant & Larry could be onto something. The economies ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... slightly weak start, with resources stocks again among the worst performers. But he said with markets closed in China, South Korea and India for public holidays, trading volumes were likely to be light. "That could keep volumes quite light so there may ...

Sixteen Aussie funds make top 300 pension funds list

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... Fund, with funds under management of $858 billion. The Netherlands' ABP came in third with $415 billion, followed by South Korea's National Pension fund, at $406 billion. The report showed the continued demise of defined benefits schemes, with 66.7% ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... Shanghai dropped 0.74 per cent, or 16.41 points, to 2,206.47. Seoul ended flat, edging up 0.86 points to 2,063.22 after South Korea's central bank cut interest rates for the first time in 15 months, under growing government pressure including warnings ...

Australia's unit trust dictum is killing the funds industry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... global funds managers by allowing fund managers to use UCITs, Cayman structures or other legal frameworks. Indeed South Korea allows fund managers to use six different structures. The ability for Australian fund managers to offer investment products ...

Korean military fund puts $40m in Aussie infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
South Korea's $8.5 billion Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) has become the first overseas investor to invest in industry super investment vehicle The Infrastructure Fund. As well as being the only non-Australian stakeholder in The Infrastructure ...