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S&P launch three new Shariah indices

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... India, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey. "Muslim investors around the world have growing appetite for investable sector and thematic solutions ...

Confidence rising in emerging markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... Singapore at 57 per cent. The study found almost half of the countries, including China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand, chose local stocks as their preferred asset class.

Tawrrific APEC and the Berlin Wall

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... provides a rare opportunity for powerful world leaders to get together informally. Leaders of countries like China and Taiwan may not otherwise sit down at the same table let alone listen to the races together. Unfortunately this year with the timing ...

Aviva reshuffles its global deck

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
... chief executive Allan Griffiths widens his reach to include the Taiwanese and Malaysian divisions. The chief executives for Taiwan and Malaysia, Chris Knight, Ho Ming Heng, will continue in their roles, but now report to Griffiths. All regional heads ...

Ord Minnett STRIPES steps up the pace in Asia

... invests in five equity indices in Asia namely the FTSE Xinhua 25, Nikkei 225, MCSI Singapore, KOSPI 200 (Korea) and MSCI Taiwan. Unlike index funds however, investor money is 90 per cent capital protected. "The Asian markets have performed very well ...

More global, more professional: FPSB

... already started testing their procedures by putting through a select group of planner organisations in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong through a 40-hour conversion program. The 'conversion' means planners from these countries would have the same ...

SSgA launches neutral Asian alpha fund

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... will be a mix of Australian, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore listed equities, with potential to expand into Korea, Taiwan and Japan, will not actively manage currency and is pegged to the Australian dollar. The fund aims to outperform the cash rate ...

CommSec product to tap into Chinese neighbours

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
... in the indices of China's neighbours, including Japan (Nikkei 225), Korea (Kospi 200), Singapore (MSCI Singapore Free), Taiwan (MSCI Taiwan) and Hong Kong (Hang Seng). CommSec's chief equities economist, Craig James, tips a ripple effect will drive strong ...

Fidelity doubles commitment to Australia

... will be a central hub of finance, accounting and business between Fidelity's other offices in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Australia. Fidelity's total invested assets in the region have grown to around $90 billion, since it first opened ...

Institutional investors drawn to developed markets: State Street

Developed markets such as Canada, Chile, Norway and Singapore have attracted the largest amount of fund inflows over the last week, suggesting a thematic shift from 'safety first' to 'leverage', according to the latest research note from State Street ...