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Macquarie wins mandate from Mexico

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... transportation and telecommunications sectors globally. Macquarie manages funds in Mexico, USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Korea, Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.

December 25bps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... gold. No prizes for guessing who the biggest buyer of our exports was. And yes, it is China followed by Japan then South Korea and then India. Together these four countries alone take roughly 55 per cent of our exports. China accounts for more than 20 ...

The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... rise, the US dollar's decline was 'temporarily' short-circuited by intervention from Asian central banks (again). South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Hong Kong bought the greenback to avoid being 'beggared' - hurt their exports ...

AMP focuses on REITs and infrastructure

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... successful history of pioneering the global REIT market. We were the first to launch this type of investment in Australia, Japan, Korea and Malaysia. "In addition to our expertise in global REITS, this new venture brings with it the development of an ...

AUI signs Asian equities jv

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... investors should be building into their portfolios. The new boutique fund will initially invest in equities in Greater China, Korea and Singapore - but possibly India further down the track. "Our investment philosophy will be relatively unconstrained ...

Expect the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... their favour. Money will keep coming for as long as necessary. Policy meetings in the UK, Canada, New Zealand and South Korea produced no changed in monetary policy last week. Echoing the G-20, the Bank of Canada and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand even ...

Charles River adds Nomura platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... "Nomura's Asia ModelExa,c trading algorithms cover a number of key Asian markets, including: Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, India, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. The algorithms take advantage of market microstructure, and provide investors with a comprehensive ...

Investors eager for more bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... issuance pipeline is triggered hinges on the issuers' credit rating or ability to find anchor investors as was the case with Korea's SK Telecom and KCC and Hong Kong's Techtronic Industries and SRE Group. While Asia's convertible bond market is still ...

Of bulls, bears and flatliners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... this quarter. Especially with most valuations having been re-rated -- adjusted higher. Tensions in Iran and China and North Korea's missile launches complete the bear's recipe for - at the very least - a revisit to the lows of early March 2009. For the ...

South Africa and Brazil take ESG lead

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... investments. Brazil's oil giant Petrobras topped the list of individual company holdings followed by Samsung Electronics in South Korea, China Mobile and Taiwan Semiconductor. While Brazil and South Africa were identified for their good work on ESG ...