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Cheap talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... China's yuan is undervalued, America's loose monetary policy, Japan's unilateral currency intervention, Brazil and South Korea's measures to prevent appreciation of their respective currencies, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. Surely, no one expected a ...

AIA ranks as best insurance brand

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... 10 countries in the region, took part in the survey. Consumers were surveyed from Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. AIA received the top ranking after consumers were asked two questions. ...

Food security back on the radar

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... wheat exports, a Chinese firm securing the rights to 2.8 million hectares of the Congo for palm oil production and South Korea has 690,000 hectares in the Sudan for wheat production. It seems that the growing demand for food is presenting an ideal business ...

Asian M&A deals to surge

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... Yap. Reinforcing this, the report highlighted China's move back into new asset management joint ventures along with South Korea and India's regulatory changes. "In China, we can expect new mainland joint ventures, consolidation among smaller firms, and ...

Liquidnet taps NZ market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... New Zealand will become the sixth market accessible in the Asia-Pacific region, joining Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Singapore. During the first quarter of 2010, these markets traded a record volume of more than $4.3 billion. In addition ...

US consumers to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's Super US consumer to the rescue! Technical rebound. Oversold levels. Buying on dips. Call it whatever you want, the fact is that Wall Street rose from the ashes of a deep 3 per cent-plus slump last night to close ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... but still in the red. Earlier in the day concerns about the health of the eurozone and tensions between North and South Korea sent investors fleeing from the stock market into safe-haven investments such as US government bonds. At one point, all 30 of ...

Norway pension manager expands into Singapore

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... represents $2.7 billion (Norwegian Kroner). Close to 10 per cent of its funds are invested in Singapore, China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. Yngve Slyngstad, chief executive at Norges Bank Investment Management, said Asia is increasingly ...

Trades jump for Liquidnet in Asia Pac

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
Liquidnet has reported a new quarterly record for principal traded in Asia Pacific equities, with more than $4 billion traded across five core markets. Orders worth $277 (US$257) million were traded on 28 January alone, setting another record for daily ...

Russell recruits Asian specialists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
Russell Investments has appointed several senior executives across Asia, including Singapore and South Korea, to strengthen management in those regions. Edmund Teo joined Russell on 1 April as regional director, sales and marketing. Singapore-based ...