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Asia's de-coupling is on track

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... more room for a fiscal stimulus to support growth. Nevertheless, some Asian economies, like Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia with exports to America equivalent to 20 per cent or more of their GDPs have greater exposure to a US downturn than China and ...

EM property posts Q4 boom

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... reported losses of up to 32 per cent. The quarter's biggest winner was Egypt, which returned 198 per cent trumping Chile, Malaysia, and China, all of which gained more than 50 per cent. To put in context however, Mark Wist, director at Property Investment ...

Oil prices a two-way street

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... bonds while state-owned enterprises are buying stakes in companies as diverse as General Electric Plastics, HSBC bank and Malaysia's Maxis telecommunications group. This may only be the tip of the iceberg, to mix metaphors for the desert Kingdom. The ...

S&P launch three new Shariah indices

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... emerging markets, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey. "Muslim ...

Confidence rising in emerging markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... 1,308 'mass affluent' investors in 13 countries across Asia, including Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and China. China and India represented the most confident countries in the region, with 70 ...

AMP names new chief

AMP appointed the head of its largest division as the successor to long-time chief executive Andrew Mohl. Craig Dunn, the current managing director of AMP Financial Services, will be the new chief executive effective 1 January next year, after seven ...

Aviva reshuffles its global deck

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
... 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 report to group ...

Canada next on PIS list

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
... Investment Services (PIS) looks set to add Canada to the list of its overseas operations that already include New Zealand, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Creating momentum for the latest initiative, called Project 500, PIS chief executive ...

Allco opens door to Malaysia

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
Allco Finance Group has entered into a joint venture arrangement with Malaysia's second largest financial services provider to pursue opportunities in the region. Allco and its joint venture partner in Malaysia CIMB Group will first launch the CIMB ...

AXA boosts profits, broadens Asian market reach

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... billion. AXA's spread into the Asian markets continued, with Allert referring to purchases in New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Hong Kong, combined with joint ventures in India and Malaysia - two of the fastest growing life insurance markets in Asia ...