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Franklin Templeton, Pendal funds shutter

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... companies operating in countries such as Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, India and Vietnam. After careful consideration, Pendal said "we have determined that terminating the fund is in the best ...

Vision Super defends new but 'archaic' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... Planning's Daniel Boce told Financial Standard he was surprised when his personal assistant - who is located in the Philippines - was denied information relating to a third-party authority sent to the fund. Allegedly, a Vision Super representative declined ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... outposts in the form of naval bases and airfields strategically encircling China and Taiwan. In its former colony, the Philippines, the US demarcates nine naval bases and airfields, a New York Times analysis shows. It has 10 launchpads in Japan and seven ...

Foreign investors optimistic about Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... continued to show strength in the emerging market rankings within the index, with Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines placing among the top 15. The emerging market ranking was introduced in last year's FDI Confidence Index to give business ...

SWFs shrink for first time ever: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
... significant progress with SWFs that have been proposed and passed. "Namely in Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines," it said. "We shall also see more of the superannuation consolidation down under, with the merger of Hostplus and Maritime ...

Primewest rebrands to Centuria

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
... also made sense to come under the one umbrella with our co-workers across east coast Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. "This is still the same highly proficient group of professionals who have managed our investors' funds for years." Other ...

Australian retirement system given B+

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... Thailand received the worst ranking, coming in last with an overall score of just 41.7. Turkey, India, Argentina and the Philippines were also among the poorest rankings. In terms of the sub-indices measured, Iceland scored the best on adequacy (85.8) ...

Australia ranks 40th for crypto spend

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... Chainalysis' 2022 Global Crypto Adoption Index said Vietnam holds the top spot for the second consecutive year, the Philippines follows, and Ukraine sits in third place. The fourth spot is held by India, followed by the US, Pakistan, Brazil, Thailand ...

AZ NGA, Blue Invest acquire VBP stake

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2022
... will co-invest in Virtual Business Partners (VBP), a paraplanning and back-office solutions provider based in the Philippines. Under the deal, AZ NGA and Invest Blue will acquire a 40% interest in VBP with the group's management team increasing their ...

JBWere seals strategic alliance with Lombard Odier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... Indonesia's Mandiri private, Mizuho securities (Singapore), Taipei Fubon bank and UnionBank private banking in the Philippines.