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HSBC appoints Davis as Indian CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... for the bank. HSBC India has posted pre-tax profit of more than $45 million in 2004 to over $900 million last year. The Indian division employs more than 37,000 local residents, making up 11 per cent of the company's total workforce. "As one of the fastest ...

The Indians are coming

WITH THESHEET.COM.AU  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
Australian financial institutions looking to expand into the Indian sub-continent are being outflanked by a rush of Indian institutions announcing rapid plans to open offices Down Under. According to The Sheet banking industry newsletter, two of India's ...

JV raises $1bn for Indian infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
The State Bank of India and Macquarie Group raised over $1 billion in capital to invest in Indian infrastructure projects with a goal to raise around $2 billion in additional capital over the next few years. According to a joint statement, global investors ...

China and India investment themes remain: Actis

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
Chinese consumer good producers and Indian finance companies are some of the best emerging market private equity opportunities this year, according to specialist private equity firm. After raising almost more than A$4 billion in investments last year ...

WA planning firm moves east

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
Sydney-based financial planning firms are set to face even more competition after Western Australian advice group, Indian Ocean Capital, announced plans to expand into NSW. Indian Ocean Capital is made up of 14 financial advisors in Western Australia ...

Aus FMs avoid Satyam scandal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... Management, had previously held the stock but sold out late last year, before the troubles at the firm emerged. This follows the Indian government sacking the board of Satyam Computer Services after the information technology provider's co-founder Ramalinga ...

AMP taps Maple-Brown Abbott for Asian eq expert

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... strategist at CSFB Australia and portfolio manager at Martin Currie Investment Management where he managed Asia Pacific and Indian portfolios. Reoch joins five other investment professionals who make up AMP Capital's Asian equities team, located in Sydney ...

India tech giant opens local devt base

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
Multi-billion dollar Indian outfit HCL Technologies plans to hire more IT staff and open a Melbourne office, shortly after opening a major IT development centre in Sydney this week - all part of an ambitious plan to better serve its growing client base ...

Atom joins SII global group

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... for further expansion," said Johan van der Merwe, chief executive officer of Sanlam Investments. Atom, formerly known as Indian Ocean Rim Asset Management, strategy is heavily focused on company research which is conducted in its offshore offices in ...

Pereira bullish on Indian equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
Indian equities are right for the picking as price to earnings (P/E) ratios fall and the country's gross domestic product (GDP) continues to grow at more than nine per cent per annum, according to John Pereira, India Equities Fund chief executive. Pereira ...