Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 291 - 300 of 612 results for "Korea"

Government seeks further Asia Funds Passport consultation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... Region Funds Passport. The paper has been prepared by the Asia Region Funds Passport Working Group which includes Australia, Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. It seeks views from the public and industry stakeholders. The release ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher after a mixed night in overseas markets. At 0652 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up seven points at 5,885. The Dow Jones index was down 0.2 per cent going into the ...

Hastings partners with Japanese bank

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... China Merchants Investment Development Company Limited (CMID) in Canberra earlier this month, as well as partnerships in Korea and India.

Hastings appoints new TIF portfolio manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... Van Rooyen previously led the establishment of a dedicated airport investment fund with the National Pension Service of Korea and is currently the portfolio manager responsible for the fund. He has been a director on the M5 and M4 toll roads and was ...

Inflows from overseas double in four years

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... potential for future opportunities under the Japan Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA). New Zealand and South Korea were also prominent investment sources in the Asia Pacific region contributing 14% ($4.3 billion) and 3% ($1.0 billion) to ...

Insurance industry has trust issues

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... just 53% compared to a global average of 70%. The Australian results are on par with the UK and Germany, with only South Korea ranking lower on trust (at 47%). Contrasting other industries, 78% of respondents trust their supermarket while 71% trust the ...

AMP debt fund beats target with US$1.1 billion final close

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... US$1.1 billion during its fundraising period. Investors came from countries including the US, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong/China and Bahrain. In addition to the total amount invested in the fund, which had a target of US$1 billion ...

The Infrastructure Fund reaches into Europe

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... Club Super, Energy Super, Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund, Mercy Super, Military Mutual Aid Association of Korea, Motor Accident Insurance Board (Tas), QIEC Super and Sunsuper.

China's mean regression

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... rage that was the NICS - the newly industrialised countries of Hongkong (long before the 1997 handover to China), South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore. I did my own, dig, dig, dig for data and found that... Lant & Larry could be onto something. The economies ...

FEATURE: Is it time to change the conversation about ETFs?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... have a huge amount of choice. They can get exposure to indices as wide as the S&P Global 100 or as specific as the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index. There is also a growing number of smart beta-style ETFs, such as those that target high-dividend-yielding companies ...