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Frontier staffs up

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... research assistant at Georgia State University. Prior to this role he was a software engineer for Samsung Electronics in South Korea. Fauzia Choudhury also joined as an analyst on 29 January. Choudhury joins from rival consultant Mercer where she was ...

On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lowered interest rates and its reserve requirement only last week. Speculation is that the Bank of Korea would follow suit and the Bank of England would be increasing its quantitative easing limit soon. Benign or non-rising ...

CFP ranks to top 150,000 in 2013

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... were followed by strong CFP professional growth from FPSB member organisations in South Africa, Hong Kong, the Republic of Korea, Brazil and India, showing the increased impact growth markets are having in establishing financial planning as a global ...

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... far refused to act to curb euro strength, standing aloof as Japan, the US, Britain, Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand and Korea itself, among others, try to steer their currencies lower." Yup, so far. But maybe not for long as EU politicians are beginning ...

Act now to capitalise on Asian fixed income migration: Omega

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... region continues. We're particularly looking at corporations issuing bonds in countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea and Singapore that are showing signs of maintaining that growth over the next few years," Vassos finished. Omega's Corporate ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... welcomed signs of progress in US fiscal cliff talks and upbeat data from Germany and Spain, while shrugging off news of North Korea's rocket launch. With investors becoming more confident the safe-haven yen came back under pressure ahead of a general ...

Corporate Asian bonds on fire: HSBC

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... Equally noteworthy, HSBC has identified a geographical shift in issuance of corporate bonds over the past decade. In 2000, Korea accounted for 69% of issuance in emerging Asia, which is the share held by China today. "Overall, the message is this: corporate ...

Prime industrial rents hit four year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... improving industrial property market is also attracting interest from overseas investors. The National Pension Service of Korea last month announced a $360 million joint venture with the DEXUS Property Group for 13 industrial property developments in ...

You did this! No, you did!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... headed in the right direction. As 'The Wall Street Journal's' MarketWatch reports, "Ministers from Japan, China and South Korea are likely to declare the launch of negotiations to conclude a trilateral free trade agreement when they meet on the sidelines ...

Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... index jumped to its highest level since June, it accelerated for the first time in four months in India, increased in South Korea and further expanded in Indonesia. In America, the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index rose to 51.7 ...