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Zurich expands investment team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... across a number of investment positions and replaces Matt Vincent who was appointed chief investment officer at Zurich Malaysia. "With these appointments the investment specialist team is fully resourced and allows us to fully focus on the promotion ...

IAG ups Malaysian stake

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... insurance business, and increasing its interest in the general insurance venture to 49 per cent - the maximum allowable under Malaysia's current foreign investment rules. This business will be renamed AmG Insurance (AmG) and will retain the right to ...

Dow Jones launches Islamic ASEAN index

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The index currently includes Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. According to Dow Jones Indexes, the index is designed to serve as underlying ...

PIS expands dealer group

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... Corporate Unit Trust Agent licence in June. This financial planning practice previously opened a number of offices in Malaysia including Kuala Terengganu, Penang, and Kota Kinabalu.

ARCH buys FPG stake

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... in areas where the firm is already established and licensed, including Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, and the U.A.E. In turn, the investment will boost ARCH's presence in Asia and the Middle East and provide a platform for its ...

Malaysia boosts REITs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
The Malaysian Securities Commission has reviewed its guidelines on Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) to improve the country's attractiveness as a destination for REIT listings. The guidelines, which are in line with internationally accepted standards ...

ANZ appoints key staff in Asia

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... growing aspirations of customers in Asia, particularly in our key markets of greater China, Indonesia, Vietnam, India and Malaysia."

AXA APH appoints Asia Life CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
AXA Asia Pacific Holding appointed former Prudential Corporation Asia employee, Michael Bishop to regional chief executive AXA Asia Life. Prior to this appointment, Bishop worked as managing director at the Prudential Corporation Asia across the life ...

Islamic funds zone in on Malaysia

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
Australian investors monitoring the boom of Islamic funds management should look across the seas to Malaysia, which recently approved three international financial firms to set up shop in the country. The Securities Commission (SC) has approved the ...

Aviva chief joins IFSA board

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
Allan Griffiths, chief executive of Aviva Australia since 2003, joins the IFSA board this week. Griffiths takes the spot after the resignation of Dennis Fox, who retired from Suncorp where he was wealth management group executive in May. Griffiths has ...