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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... 0.40 per cent, or 92.08 points, to 23,140.05. Seoul lost 0.17 per cent, or 3.34 points, to close at 1,925.91 as the Bank of Korea cut interest rates for the second time in three months and lowered its 2014 growth estimate for the country's economy. WELLINGTON ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... slightly weak start, with resources stocks again among the worst performers. But he said with markets closed in China, South Korea and India for public holidays, trading volumes were likely to be light. "That could keep volumes quite light so there may ...

Sixteen Aussie funds make top 300 pension funds list

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... Fund, with funds under management of $858 billion. The Netherlands' ABP came in third with $415 billion, followed by South Korea's National Pension fund, at $406 billion. The report showed the continued demise of defined benefits schemes, with 66.7% ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... Shanghai dropped 0.74 per cent, or 16.41 points, to 2,206.47. Seoul ended flat, edging up 0.86 points to 2,063.22 after South Korea's central bank cut interest rates for the first time in 15 months, under growing government pressure including warnings ...

Australia's unit trust dictum is killing the funds industry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... global funds managers by allowing fund managers to use UCITs, Cayman structures or other legal frameworks. Indeed South Korea allows fund managers to use six different structures. The ability for Australian fund managers to offer investment products ...

FSC Conference: Industry urged to prepare for Asia Passport pilot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... improved regulatory standards across the region. A total of six economies currently belong to the working group: Australia, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and New Zealand. The industry is awaiting publication of submissions responding to an ...

Korean military fund puts $40m in Aussie infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
South Korea's $8.5 billion Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) has become the first overseas investor to invest in industry super investment vehicle The Infrastructure Fund. As well as being the only non-Australian stakeholder in The Infrastructure ...

Green appointed CEO MetLife Korea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
MetLife Australia interim chief executive officer Damien Green has been appointed chief executive of MetLife Korea. Green is currently head of employee benefits for MetLife in Asia. He stepped in as interim CEO of MetLife Australia earlier this year ...

Days of outstanding emerging markets returns numbered

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... emerging market economies may well be included in developed market indices. A case has already been made for Taiwan and South Korea to be classed as developed economies. Forster said Principal is considering ways for it to grant access to frontier markets ...

FSC leads Asia Funds Passport delegation to Korea

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
The Financial Services Council is today leading a delegation of fund managers to South Korea to discuss the Asian Region Funds Passport (ARFP) and the Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA) with Korean CEOs and officials. Parliamentary Secretary ...