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ASEAN's mute economic muscle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
The near invisible response of ASEAN to the Myanmar disaster highlights how despite all the talk of the world realigning economically, the Asia-Pacific region still point to the West for the heavy global lifting. ASEAN, or the Association of South East ...

G'day Vietnam

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
A Vietnamese investment company with a 20 per cent plus target return is set to list in Australia, offering local investors access to the second fastest growing economy in Asia. Lawrence Nguyen, chief executive of Vietnam Emerging Capital Limited (VECL) ...

S&P launch three new Shariah indices

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
Standard and Poor's has launched three new Shariah law-compliant indices, targeting infrastructure, healthcare and large-midcap stocks. The three indices are the S&P Global Infrastructure Shariah, S&P Global Healthcare Shariah, and S&P/IFCI Large-MidCap ...

Confidence rising in emerging markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
Investor sentiment across developing countries in Asia remains buoyant, and higher than in more established and sophisticated markets, according to an ING study. The ING Investment Sentiment Tracking Study surveyed 1,308 'mass affluent' investors in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... rose 0.88 per cent as higher oil prices pushed up energy stocks and trading firms, while TDK Corp gained on its plan to buy Thai-based Magnecomp Precision Technology. The benchmark Nikkei ended 140.99 points higher at 16,153.82. HONG KONG - Blue chips ...

AXA inflows surge on 30 June deadline

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
Fuelled by the impending 30 June concession deadline for one-off super contributions, AXA Asia Pacific has reported a huge 51 per cent increase in net retail inflows for the three months to the end of March. Net inflows for the quarter hit $782.9 million ...

Macq making progress on restructure

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
Macquarie Bank has had "positive discussions" with the Commonwealth Treasury about legislative change needed for it to move to a non-operating holding company structure. Macquarie chief executive Allan Moss said the bank was encouraged by feedback from ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
The Director General of the 140 member World Trade Organisation, Pascal Lamy, has moved the deadline for several key countries to accede to opening up their agricultural markets more to March of next year following frictions at the Cairns round of 18 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open stronger today following the US Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates at 5.25 per cent. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0727 AEST, the September share price index contract gained 20 points ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2006
... today shed 12 cents to $14.25. Australia's losses followed a fall in US stocks on Tuesday, as Internet stocks dropped and the Thai army seized power in the country's first coup in 15 years, rattling international financial markets. The Dow Jones industrial ...