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Ares buys GCP International in $5.5bn deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... the US. It has established itself as one of the leading industrial platforms in emerging economies, such as Brazil and Vietnam," Ares said. "GCP International is also gaining a reputation as a leading player in global data center investing and operations ...

AI could see emerging markets flourish: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... regions. We expect this to provide a secular tailwind in capital investment in places such as Mexico, Indonesia, India, and Vietnam," Grana said. Still, EM is highly volatile with unavoidable events. Speaking on recent setbacks, Grana blamed geopolitical ...

SSGA takes 5% stake in Raiz

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... enables us to accelerate our activities in both of these areas," Malone said. Raiz shuttered its operations in Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand during the last financial year. The divestment of the Indonesian business finalised during the period, while ...

Billionaire quant investing legend Jim Simons dies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... Analyses, where he worked as a code breaker for the National Security Agency. He was dismissed for publicly opposing the Vietnam War but soon became head of the mathematics department at Stony Brook University, part of the State University of New York ...

Institutional investors eye increased exposure to Vietnam

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
Most pension fund managers and institutional investors plan to increase their exposure to Vietnam over the next three years, according to research from Dragon Capital. Dragon Capital, a Vietnam-focused investment firm reported that 96% of them expect ...

Billionaire receives death penalty for embezzlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... (US$27bn) to SCB. "To cover the wrongdoing at SCB, Lan ordered her subordinates to bribe auditors of the State Bank of Vietnam," the report said. Citing the judges, VN Express said that Lan indirectly owned a 91.5% stake in SCB through many individuals ...

Janus Henderson launches new fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... firm said the disruption presents a dual landscape of challenges and long-term growth prospects for emerging markets like Vietnam, Indonesia, India, and Mexico, where outsourcing capabilities form the core of their burgeoning supply chain networks. As ...

Don't discount Vietnam: Dragon Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
Having dropped by 34% last year, the Vietnam stock market is now seeing very attractive valuations, according to investment manager Dragon Capital. Dragon Capital, which manages the largest and oldest Vietnam-focused fund, Vietnam Enterprise Investments ...

Zurich Australia adds chief information officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... in senior roles within financial services, including as chief information officer and chief client officer for Sun Life Vietnam and director of technology for Sun Life's Asia Service Centre, which also supported the Canadian business. He also spent 10 ...

Australia ranks 40th for crypto spend

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... are putting the biggest share of their wealth into cryptocurrency. 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 ...