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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 ...

Asian banks still insulated from sub-prime

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... systems, and has been put together by Moody's Financial Institutions Group for Asia Pacific. Specifically, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam face negative industry outlooks, while Cambodia, the Philippines and Thailand have stable outlooks. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... more than $US2.00 to $US122.30 per barrel on the back of a sharp increase in US inventories and on news that India and Malaysia had cut fuel subsidies. Woodside Petroleum lost $4.15, or 6.49 per cent, to $59.45, Oil Search fell 26 cents, or 4.13 per ...

PIS gets Malaysian license

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... Planner (SFP) is set embark on an expansion spree after being granted a Corporate Unit Trust Agent (CUTA) licence. The Malaysia's Securities Commission granted SFP the licence recently, making it the first financial planning group in Malaysia to hold ...

ASEAN's mute economic muscle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... lifting. ASEAN, or the Association of South East Asian Nations, comprises Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The group was created in 1967 at the height of the Vietnam war as ...