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Temasek seeks more Asian exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... fund has updated its charter as part of its 35th anniversary, which includes a renewed focus on Asia and other developing regions. "Our vision remains to create and deliver sustainable long-term value for our stakeholders. "In the medium-term, we believe ...

Northern Trust appoints Asia CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... president and chief executive at Northern Trust. "Teresa has a proven track record of leading partners across different regions to meet the needs of large, sophisticated global clients." Behrens retires after 35 years at Northern Trust, he was named ...

Danger signs ahead but bargain stocks a-plenty: Faber

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... markets, Faber also sees opportunities in plantations and farmland (in Latin America and Ukraine), Japanese banks and new regions including Cambodia and Mongolia. In short, Faber believes that based on how economies and markets fared over the last few ...

Eslake leaves ANZ

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... and insight, said Mike Smith, chief executive at ANZ. "Saul's views are not only sought in the boardrooms of some of the regions largest companies but by the man of the street and government officials and ministers alike," he said. Prior to joining ANZ ...

Aussies lag behind in PRI implementation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... their implementation of the principles to the level observed on average among the smaller number of signatories from other regions," said the report. The report, which compiles the self assessment survey data from signatories, also concluded that in ...

FTSE launches enviro tech indices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... and services. The index provider reckons the classification system will provide greater peer-to-peer comparison across regions and also enable the investment products to be easily developed. "One of the barriers to investment in this area in the past ...

ING IM backs Asian bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... conducted by the firm found debt issued by Asian countries is generally better quality than that from other developed regions. A key reason for this, the report found, is the current account of the balance of payments across most Asian countries is relatively ...

Mobile phone banking on the way

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... can work with overseas telecom operators and IT firms like Sybase to facilitate mobile phone-base transactions in these regions.

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... housing price index in January against expectations of a 0.9 per cent fall. The report showed that prices increased in all regions except for the Pacific. And again, even better, the previous month's 0.2 per cent fall was revised to a gain of 0.1 per ...

Developing Asia worst hit

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... they get better," said ADB president Haruhiko Kuroda. "However, I remain confident that Asia will be one of the first regions to emerge from it, and it will emerge stronger than ever before." Most emerging market economies, including in developing Asia ...