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Global Financial Inclusion winners announced

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... invited to vote for a "People's Choice Winner" from among the finalists. The winners were the Going To School program in India that teaches children about financial literacy, the Shanghai F-road Commercial Services program that helps banks provide rural ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... moment is also right. The fall in commodity prices over the last few months has resulted in commodity importers such as India, Malaysia or Indonesia becoming more competitive in global markets. At the same time, global growth is starting to pick up after ...

Indian economy accelerating/slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... that didn't surprise with its unchanged policy decision yesterday, that other reserve bank did too. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced no change in policy settings following the conclusion of its 4 August Board meeting and this, despite government ...

Growth or crisis, always reasons to worry in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... reasons change." The white paper presents a scenario in which the world's four largest economies -China, the United States, India and Japan- grew by 7%, 3%, 8% and 2% a year, respectively. A panel of industry experts analysed the consequences that the ...

Platinum launches Asia LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... companies with a long track record in Asian markets such as tourism companies and car manufacturers in China or ports in India. "They are companies that don't go up as much when the market is up, but that also don't go down as much when the market is ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... growing fear about further devaluation of the US dollar. Not true no more. US dollar weakness has prompted China, Russia and India to propose that the greenback be replaced by a multi-reserve currency system. When faith in the fiat currency is lost ...

Australian funds turning to bourgeoning Asian REITs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... passed legislation to pave the way for the product class in that year; Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan and India have followed suit. China has also got in on the act with the launch of two listed funds in the last two years. The market ...

SMSFs to access Berkshire Hathaway from Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... exposure to a range of diverse investment themes, such as the ASX 200, technology shares, equities markets in China and India, US real estate and many others. Applications for the Series 14 - Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B Shares (BRK/B) will close on ...

Greece in crisis (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... The Guardian ) "Greek crisis pushes stocks lower" ( Nasdaq.com ) "Gold down on dollar strength, Greek crisis in focus" ( India Times )...and even this, from the GreekReporter.com, "Sex Is the Best Antidote for Greece During the Crisis" The word "crisis" ...

Australia bottom of the class for portfolio disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... degree of semiannual disclosure. Major emerging markets countries lead the way in portfolio disclosure. They are headed by India, but also including Brazil and South Korea. The Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, and Norway also figure prominently. ...