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Japan joins Asia Region Funds Passport

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... region will join the Asia Region Funds Passport, which will ease the trade of managed funds within economies in Asia. South Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand and Australia will also participate on the project. The inclusion of Japan "is a ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... Fund, for example, has exposure to eleven countries, including Hong Kong (23.6%), Singapore (21.7%), India (13.7%), South Korea (7.5%) or Thailand (4.4%). As much as 3.2% of the fund is invested in Asian companies listed in the United Kingdom, a strategy ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... Monetary Fund (IMF). Likewise, China is rumoured to be putting its hands up to buy the IMF's remaining 203 tonnes. South Korea, Brazil and even tiny Sri Lanka are reportedly also considering beefing up their holdings of the yellow metal. China, we just ...

LaSalle sells interest in Sydney office building

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... for the Asia Pacific region, focused on building a diversified portfolio of assets in Australia, China, Japan and South Korea. LaSalle currently manages US$7 billion ($9.4 billion) in real estate assets in Asia Pacific.

Investment Manager Regime passes through Parliament

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... promoting local financial services expertise in the wider Asia Pacific region. It says Free Trade Agreements with Japan, Korea and China, as well as the Asia Region Funds Passport are important steps for establishing liberalised trade. "Together with ...

Australia lagging in Asia-Pacific financial relationships

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... regionally-integrated ASEAN Economic Community; and the conclusion of three recent free trade agreements with China, Japan and South Korea. Co-author of the report, Amy Auster, said the report is a call to action for deeper research on financial integration ...

Australia bottom of the class for portfolio disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... emerging markets countries lead the way in portfolio disclosure. They are headed by India, but also including Brazil and South Korea. The Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, and Norway also figure prominently. The United States, the largest fund market ...

China infrastructure push to boost Australia exports

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... initiatives could "boost countries supplying infrastructure-related goods, such as Australia, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea," HSBC argued. However, in a new report titled Climbing China's Great Wall of worry, BlackRock said that the Australian economy ...

Funds management elite tours Asia to seduce investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
Representatives of Australia's top fund managers are visiting Japan and Korea along with Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to promote opportunities in Australia's financial services industry. The delegation includes chief executives and high level ...

Bond investors warned not to overlook defence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... come sooner than most investors expect; a very positive view in Asia, especially in lower volatility countries like South Korea; and a negative view on Europe, where the outcome from Greece's debt crisis remains uncertain. The strategy is unique in that ...