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JP Morgan appoints infrastructure head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... the firm's client franchise in the Australian market," said JP Morgan chief executive for Australia, New Zealand and the ASEAN region, Rob Priestley. He added, "We continue to attract exceptional talent to the firm and expand our client franchise. We ...

Connect Brokers sets up Asian initiative

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... small and medium advice business owners with partnership opportunities in the Asia Pacific Region. The new business, Connect ASEAN, is based in Melbourne and will look to help local businesses set up joint ventures, undertake mergers and acquisitions ...

DeVere expands Australian operations

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... soaring for our internationally-focused independent financial advice from expats and globally-minded Australians," said deVere ASEAN region divisional manager John Brophy. "To achieve our goal of deVere Australia becoming the largest and most trusted ...

FSC Conference: Industry urged to prepare for Asia Passport pilot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... year ahead of a 12 month pilot scheme. Simmons said that while the APEC scheme faces competition from similarly crafted ASEAN and Chinese schemes, as well as the dominant UCITS structure, the Australian government is working to achieve commonality between ...

More to Asia than just Chindia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... the region is still too fragmented, said Luke Pais, partner of the EY lead advisory mergers and acquisitions practice for ASEAN private equity. Australian corporates and institutional investors have an even more limited focus on the region but Pais said ...

North Asian cyclical stocks 'unjustifiably cheap'

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... chief investment officer for Pacific Basin Value Equities, said that the demand for yield and the perceived strength of the ASEAN countries had seen investors bid up the prices of Southeast Asian companies with defensive characteristics over recent years. ...

Bloomberg ASEAN roadshow kicks off

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
Bloomberg launched its new ASEAN Bond Portal at its annual ASEAN Fixed Income Roadshow which kicked off in Singapore yesterday. Bloomberg's ASEAN Bond Portal will be used to provide a centralised place where investors can view all the available bonds ...

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

Double-digit Asian equity returns in 2013: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... non-bank financials will benefit from economic reforms." He added: "Areas where we see positive long-term stories also include ASEAN, with its record of delivering strong growth and positive fundamentals, as well as the mid-cap Asian equity space in ...

MAFTA provides new Asian opportunities

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement (MAFTA), gives Australian financial services a much greater opportunity than the wider AANSFTA (ASEAN Australia New Zealand Free Trade Agreement) under which a previous 30% ownership cap was negotiated. "I congratulate ...