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Asia marching on faster than expected

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
Growing intra-region trade within emerging markets is pushing Asia to the centre of world financial affairs faster than we realise. "Fifty per cent of all world trade now has an Asian leg," said Craig Weeks, senior vice president of global trade services ...

Retirement on hold for longer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
Electoral backlash or not, fiscal pressures and demographic change are forcing nations around the world to slowly raise their retirement age and while Australians won't openly admit it just yet, we will soon have to follow suit. Tim Jenkins, Mercer's ...

ANZ bank looks to India

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
As competition in Australian banking continues to intensify, ANZ bank is adopting new technologies in India to lead the pack, according to Mike Smith, ANZ's chief executive. Speaking at the Trans-Tasman Business Circle yesterday, Smith said in terms ...

Indian infrastructure investing fuels sustainability

ALEX DUNNIN IN NEW DELHI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
India is seeking US$500 billion over the next five years to help fund its national infrastructure plan, creating a big opportunity for Australian investors to get in on the ground floor. "We need this money over the next five years to fund our plan ...

India: a country within a country

ALEX DUNNIN REPORTING FROM MUMBAI AND NEW DELHI AT THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
India's dramatic transformation into the modern economy is even more remarkable given its socialist past and the fact it was almost bankrupt just five years ago. "We used to have great faith in socialism especially when Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister. ...

Bombay Stock Exchange leads governance reforms

ALEX DUNNIN IN MUMBAI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... off the list within three years we will initiate de-listing." The market regulator, the Securities and Exchanges Board of India (SEBI), can also impose fines on directors of up to US$5 million, he said. These governance reforms were introduced following ...

India calls for better financial services

ALEX DUNNIN IN MUMBAI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... regulation meaning almost anyone can call themselves an adviser has forced the regulator, the Securities Exchanges Board of India (SEBI), to introduce a code of conduct for advisers. This expansion in investing accompanied by the economic thrust is why ...

India's investment exuberance

ALEX DUNNIN IN MUMBAI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
The demand for investment products in India is so great that some companies have closed their initial public offerings (IPOs) oversubscribed by a factor of 100. "There is such a thirst for investment products that any product that is remotely interesting ...

Resources boom gone in three years: Putnam

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
New transport and resources infrastructure arriving in the next three to four years could lead to the end of the current global resources boom, according to Shigeki Makino, Putnam Investments chief investment officer of global core equities. He said ...

Smart outsourcing or global offloading?

Financial services companies need to change their perception around outsourcing IT functions overseas, according to a panel of IT experts at yesterday's Future of Banking and Financial Services technology conference. Derek Goh, executive general manager ...