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Days of outstanding emerging markets returns numbered

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... emerging market economies may well be included in developed market indices. A case has already been made for Taiwan and South Korea to be classed as developed economies. Forster said Principal is considering ways for it to grant access to frontier markets ...

FSC leads Asia Funds Passport delegation to Korea

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
The Financial Services Council is today leading a delegation of fund managers to South Korea to discuss the Asian Region Funds Passport (ARFP) and the Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA) with Korean CEOs and officials. Parliamentary Secretary ...

APEC releases Asian Funds Passport discussion paper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... on the Asia Region Funds Passport. The paper was authored by the passport working group, which includes Australia, South Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. It discusses the objectives of the passport, conditions for participation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... 22,151.06, but Shanghai slipped 0.41 per cent, or 8.41 points, to 2,033.31. Investors were unmoved by news that North and South Korea had traded live artillery fire across their disputed maritime border on Monday, forcing South Korean islanders to take ...

Asia Funds Passport on shaky ground

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... its first steps towards a workable funds passport by signing aA statement of intent with New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea. The Financial Services Council (FSC) is a vocal supporter of the government's bid to ease the export of financial services ...

Catching the big wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... China got some major Asian countries - including Australia - in its bag. Bloomberg reported on 19 February that, "South Korea is moving closer to seeking the first direct trading between the won and the yuan following calls within the ruling Saenuri ...

FSC acclaims free trade agreement with Korea

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... have the resources to open a full commercial presence. "With a large and ageing population with high average incomes, South Korea is one of the most important markets in Asia for Australia," FSC chief executive John Brogden said. "The Free Trade Agreement ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower, taking its lead from Wall Street which is down one per cent after weaker-than-expected Chinese manufacturing figures. At 0855 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was down 31 points ...

Developed economies to outshine emerging world in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... affordable to other economies. "This is benefitting Japan, but it is also pushing deflationary pressure into economies like South Korea and Taiwan," the report explained. Drawing one the increasing inter-connectedness of the world's economies, the report ...

OS property no place for risk taking

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
As institutional investor interest turns global, a major property manager has cautioned that international property markets are no place for increased risk taking. Christopher Andrews, head of client relationships and marketing at M&G Real Estate, said ...