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Wall Street beauties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... set of numbers" that were released overnight. Beautiful. The latest Beige Book survey reporting that 11 of the Fed's 12 regions stating that "Overall economic activity increased somewhat since the last report across all Federal Reserve Districts except ...

Russell recruits Asian specialists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... appointed several senior executives across Asia, including Singapore and South Korea, to strengthen management in those regions. Edmund Teo joined Russell on 1 April as regional director, sales and marketing. Singapore-based Teo joins Russell from First ...

Still waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... results for February. Pending home sales dropped by a higher-than-expected 7.6 per cent in January with sales falling in all regions. This was blamed on the weather. There was good news on the jobs front though with jobless claims dipping to 469K against ...

Up, down, flat trading day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... gradual recovery in the US economy. Could use that for the small rise in the indices. The Fed reported that nine of the 12 regions in the survey reported improvement but that "in most cases the increases were modest". At the close of last night's trading ...

Sign Say on Pay: CalPERS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... Capital One Financial, American Express, PNC Financial Services, SunTrust, Fifth Third Bancorp, Comerica, KeyCorp, and Regions Financial. "We applaud Goldman Sachs, State Street and Bank of New York Mellon for leading the way to enact this important ...

Research finds country bias in pension asset allocation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... the world, with combined assets of around USD$24 billion, also reveals there is no clear trend across all the different regions. For example, equities allocation can vary from as low as 27 per cent in Switzerland and a high of 72 per cent in Brazil. ...

IT growth and spending to slow

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... growth in infrastructure and support services. "The NA market appears to be recovering at a slightly faster pace than other regions, although the recovery is proceeding at a glacial pace," said Madden. Awaiting a stronger recovery to take place, North ...

Mandatory online schooling for trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... launch several of its trustee courses online this year, which could be useful for trustees located in remote geographical regions.

European and Japanese funds on the outer

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... European and Japanese share investment strategies reflects a fall in demand from investors for specific exposure to those regions. In addition, a trend towards investing in emerging markets was another reason for the downturn in the sector's popularity. ...

Australians as Asians

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... date and prospects appear to be for good growth in 2010." And that, "...capital flows into Asia and other emerging market regions have been picking up." For Asia - China in particular - is the gift that keeps on giving. I can now hear some monarchist ...