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Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... to the English language and to economic thought. It wasn't that long ago that the international community frowned when Malaysia's Mahathir Mohammad imposed capital and currency controls to stem the attack on the ringgit, now they prescribe the very thing ...

Ex-Macq fund manager gets jail for insider trading

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
The NSW Supreme Court has sentenced a former Macquarie Bank fund manager to two-and-a-half years jail for insider trading. Oswyn Indra de Silva, 37, must serve at least 18 months for 12 illegal transactions he made while employed by Macquarie, ASIC ...

Bloomberg opens doors to Islamic finance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... information on leading Shariah scholars and further regional specific content. In cooperation with Islamic Banking Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM), Bloomberg has also launched a Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) sukuk index to provide a benchmark for investors seeking ...

Malaysia pioneers Islamic Finance framework

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
Malaysia is stepping up its push to become a world centre of Islamic finance with the release of a Shari'ah Governance Framework for Islamic Financial institutions that will apply to Islamic organisations from June this year. Development of the framework ...

Nikko snaps up Singapore fund manager

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... had Nikko ranked 113th in a list of the world's top 500 fund managers. The deal gives Nikko a significant foothold in Malaysia through DBSAM's large stakes in two asset managers - HwangDBS Investment Management Berhad (Malaysia's largest independent ...

Liquidnet taps Malaysian equities

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
Liquidnet has expanded its trading operations to include listed securities in Malaysia. Liquidnet, which brings together asset managers and public companies on a single network that directly connects traders and portfolio managers, among others, started ...

Rise of Asia bonds: Temasek

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
Asia's appeal as multi-trillion dollar bond hub is set to accelerate as the region primes itself to become a key alternative funding source for investors, said the chief financial officer of the $147 billion Temasek Holdings. Leong Wai Leng, chief financial ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... 9,300 against the dollar and buy foreign currencies to limit volatility, Governor Darmin Nasution said today. Bank Negara Malaysia Governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz told Bloomberg Television yesterday she favors a gradual strengthening of the ringgit. President ...

Commercial property sales rebound: CBRE

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... director, global research and consulting at CB Richard Ellis, told Financial Standard that pension funds from Korea, Malaysia and Singapore had been active in the sector. "There are some deals in here from Australian super funds but they are very small ...

Singapore to win asset mgmt race: report

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... as Beijing for a share of the asset management market. "As a more independent cluster in close proximity to Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, we expect Singapore to attract the internationally footloose capital and become the second largest global asset ...