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Global REITs to gain double-digits: INGIM

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... from the US, research from fund manager INGIM shows. The group anticipates that property companies in the Asia Pacific region will outperform in 2011, with earnings growth of 15-20 per cent and dividend yields of 2-3 per cent forecasted in Hong Kong. ...

Mobile internet tools take flight

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... internet devices by 2015. However, the largest regional slice of shipments by the end of the period will be the Asia Pacific region.

Industry bodies unite to create Korea forum

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... Asia Securities Forum, which brings together securities market associations to promote capital flows in the Asia Pacific region. The FSC and KOFIA are members of the International Investment Funds Association which seeks to promote the protection of ...

Support grows for Asia Funds Passport

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... industry bodies, market participants and member firms of the PwC network. Findings reported 86 per cent of Asia Pacific region's industry bodies and all market participants surveyed believed that the establishment of such a passport was important to ...

The changing face of super: State Street

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... system is expected to retain its primary role in boosting the country's status as a key financial centre in the Asia Pacific region. Critical to the equation will be financial planners, who will need to position themselves to provide services in the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... an agreement to merge with the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX), to create the second-largest exchange in the Asia Pacific region. Under the $8.4 billion plan, SGX will buy all the shares in ASX through a scheme of arrangement, paying $22 cash and 3.473 ...

RBC Dexia appoints new Hong Kong MD

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... responsible for continuing the process of RBC Dexia's plans to expand its business within the key geographies in the Asia Pacific region. "These areas of focus are crucial to our business goals and clients in Asia and around the world," said Tony Johnson ...

AIA to hire 27 for customer service

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
... across 15 geographical markets, the AIA Group serves the customers of over 23 million in-force policies in the Asia Pacific region.

Singapore: the cloud computing hub

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Not content with dominating financial services, Singapore is emerging as the cloud-computing hub for the Asia Pacific region, according to new research. Cloud computing enables a financial services company to access its IT applications through the web ...

Global instos ramp up alternatives exposure

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... estate exposure has declined, on average, by 4 per cent. Nicole Connolly, director of alternative investments, Asia Pacific region at Russell, said Australian respondents favour real estate, infrastructure and commodities. "Although most global regions ...