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Singapore to win asset mgmt race: report

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Singapore is on track to become one of the biggest asset management hubs in the world by 2025 - usurping Tokyo and Boston. According to the See the Future report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, which maps the world's sectors growth including asset management ...

AIA ranks as best insurance brand

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
American International Assurance (AIA) has beaten Prudential, Life Insurance corporation of India and Ping An Insurance to be the top insurance brand in Asia. According to a survey by TNS and Media, AIA has won the top spot in financial services (insurance ...

ISS co-founder leaves proxy advice industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... of ISS. The Australian governance research team will continue to be led by Martin Lawrence and Simon Connal, with Alyssa Thai taking on increased client responsibility. In a release from ISS, the company maintains that it is well prepared for the handover ...

Asia primed for investments

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... consumer and Internet names as interesting secular themes and are accumulating positions opportunistically. "We also like Thai banks, where we see potential for multi-year expansion driven by a strong corporate investment cycle," Erlanson said. Seres ...

Norway pension manager expands into Singapore

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, has expanded operations to Singapore to get closer to the region it invests 10 per cent of its funds. The Singapore office will focus on investment and trading ...

Aberdeen appoints Aust eq manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... most recently as senior investment manager with the Asian equities team based in Singapore. Prior to that he was head of the Thai investment desk and office. Penaloza will take up his new role in May and will report to head of Australian Equities, Mark ...

While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
Whew! Thank goodness we got some reprieve from the avalanche of economic data released over the past few days. Wall Street closed flat to up overnight as it nervously awaits what the mother of all economic releases - the US Non-farm Payrolls report ...

Asian equities to open up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
A new technology deal struck by major Asia-Pacific stock exchanges with NYSE Technologies this month could pave the way for more Australian investors to buy Asian equities much easier than before. According to a press statement, Bursa Malaysia (BM) ...

The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
Falling US dollar equals increasing risk appetite? Hmmm...seems strange. The greenback fell to 14-month lows against major currencies last week before Big Ben Bernanke wagged his finger -- warning that, "The time will come when we have to tighten...We ...

AIA arises from AIG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
AIA has today become the new name and brand for AIG Life in Australia as the group takes another step towards becoming a fully independent Asian-based insurance giant. The initiative follows similar moves announced last month by other former AIG subsidiaries ...