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Aviva Investors forms $488bn FM

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
Aviva yesterday launched its newly integrated global asset management business Aviva Investors - a $488 billion investment powerhouse with 10 companies rolled under one brand. Aviva announced in February that Australian based Portfolio Partners and ...

FTSE 'watches' Greece and South Korea

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
FTSE's annual review of county classification resulted in a new 'watchlist' that could see the promotion Taiwan to 'developed' status and Greece being demoted to 'advanced emerging' status. FTSE classifies each country into four categories: developed ...

Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... bonds. S&P assigned an 'A' rating to a proposed floating rate transferable deposit to be issued by the Sydney branch of Taiwan's Mega International Commercial Bank. And while the bank has a A$600 million debt issuance program, it has established a pattern ...

BGI adds two more ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... and the iShares S&P Asia 50 exposes investors to the 50 largest and most liquid stocks in Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. The iShares MSCI BRIC allocates roughly one third to Brazil, one quarter to both Russia and China and the remainder to India. ...

AXA APH appoints Asia Life CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... Bishop worked as managing director at the Prudential Corporation Asia across the life businesses in Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and the Philippines. Bishop was also president and chief executive of Prudential Corporation Asia's life business ...

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 ...

UBS launches soft com and Asia prod

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... cattle. The product also provides exposure to emerging and developed markets in Asia including China, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan via the MSCI Emerging Markets Index or Asia Index. The primary investments of each unit class provide the fund with 100 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... 1213 AEDT, United Group shares were up 49 cents at $11.59. Macquarie Media Group will sell its 60 per cent interest in Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC) to another fund managed by Macquarie Group for about $400 million. MMG shares were up eleven ...

Platinum posts 29pc profit

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... Fund primarily invests in listed companies' securities in the Asian region, including firms based in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Pakistan among others. The fund's portfolio typically includes 50 per cent or more net exposure ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... Woodside Petroleum gained $1.82, or 3.88 per cent, to $48.69 after announcing an agreement to supply CPC Corporation of Taiwan with gas from its Browse project in Western Australia. It is also a joint venture partner with BHP in the $US760 million ($A848.83 ...