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UBS reshuffles wealth management execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... executive. Based in Sydney, Cacciottolo will focus on developing the firm's wealth management business across Australia, Japan, Taiwan, China and India. Cacciottolo has worked at UBS for 17 years running the firm's wealth management division in the UK ...

HSBC appoints Australia CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009

HSBC appoints Davis as Indian CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... profit before tax by 42 per cent to over $240 million in 2008. Prior to taking the top job in Australia, Davis was HSBC Taiwan chief executive between 1999 and 2002. Before this he worked as managing director of HSBC Bank Australia from 1996 and 1999. ...

FTSE launches Asian sector indices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... provide access to countries included on the FTSE Asia Pacific Index including China, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, India, Malaysia and Thailand. Each sector index is derived from individual subsectors of the Industry ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... lowering interest rates like never before. South Korean interest rates are down to a record low of 2 per cent, while in Taiwan they are now at 1.25 percent. The trillions of dollars poured into the financial system in just under two years appear to just ...

IRESS eyes Asia

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... equity information and trading platform. During the first half of 2009, IRESS will introduce equities data from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Korea to its current offering of data for Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. The additional data is being ...

Bad tidings we bring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... battered by the global slowdown and compounded by a rising currency. Elsewhere in Asia, the central banks of Indonesia, Taiwan and South Korea cut interest rates. The Bank of Korea reduced interest rate to a record low of 2.5 per cent early in 2009 - ...

October mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... per cent. China began cutting rates last 15 September this year - the same day that Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. Taiwan's central bank cut its discount rate by 25 bps to 3 per cent - the third in a span of less than two months. On top of these ...

Lonsec approves iShares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... 600, Europe 350, MSCI EAFE, MSCI Japan, MSCI Hong Kong and MSCI Singapore iShares. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets, MSCI Taiwan, MSCI South Korea, FTSE/Xinhua 25 and MSCI BRIC are also covered in the rating.

ING offloads Taiwan life insurance for $850m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... real estate and wholesale banking activities." Fubon Financial Holding is the third largest financial services company in Taiwan and is listed on the Taipei Stock Exchange. The deal is expected to transform its life insurance, creating the second largest ...