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Fund managers eye Asian equities: RBC

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
Fund managers are casting their nets wider into the Asia Pacific region to deliver 'alpha', shunning China and India to boost their portfolio returns, a survey found. The RBC Capital Markets survey reported high levels of confidence in Asian equity ...

Year of the Rabbit, year of acquisitions: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... as higher dividends to shareholders, a survey found. The survey of Fidelity International analysts in the Asia Pacific region assessed some of the largest companies in operation, looking closely at their investments. The survey found that majority have ...

Global REITs to gain double-digits: INGIM

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... from the US, research from fund manager INGIM shows. The group anticipates that property companies in the Asia Pacific region will outperform in 2011, with earnings growth of 15-20 per cent and dividend yields of 2-3 per cent forecasted in Hong Kong. ...

Mobile internet tools take flight

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... revolution. New research from tech firm Ovum shows 35 per cent of global shipments in 2015 will be in the Asia-Pacific region, a staggering growth from 2.8 million in 2010 to 52 million in 2015. In as little as four years, the Asia Pacific markets are ...

Industry bodies unite to create Korea forum

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... Asia Securities Forum, which brings together securities market associations to promote capital flows in the Asia Pacific region. The FSC and KOFIA are members of the International Investment Funds Association which seeks to promote the protection of ...

BlackRock appoints head of iShares Aus

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... the new ETFs coincides with rising demand by Australian investors for ETFs, with demand in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region now increasing at a faster pace than the rest of the world. In Australia, ETF assets increased 48 per cent to $4.1 billion ...

Support grows for Asia Funds Passport

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... industry bodies, market participants and member firms of the PwC network. Findings reported 86 per cent of Asia Pacific region's industry bodies and all market participants surveyed believed that the establishment of such a passport was important to ...

iShares unveils four Aussie ETFs

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... Australia," said Damien Frawley, chief executive, BlackRock Australia. "Demand for ETFs in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region is now increasing at a faster pace than the rest of the world. In Australia, ETF assets increased 48 per cent to $4.1 billion ...

The changing face of super: State Street

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... system is expected to retain its primary role in boosting the country's status as a key financial centre in the Asia Pacific region. Critical to the equation will be financial planners, who will need to position themselves to provide services in the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... an agreement to merge with the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX), to create the second-largest exchange in the Asia Pacific region. Under the $8.4 billion plan, SGX will buy all the shares in ASX through a scheme of arrangement, paying $22 cash and 3.473 ...