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FSC Conference: Industry urged to prepare for Asia Passport pilot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... year ahead of a 12 month pilot scheme. Simmons said that while the APEC scheme faces competition from similarly crafted ASEAN and Chinese schemes, as well as the dominant UCITS structure, the Australian government is working to achieve commonality between ...

More to Asia than just Chindia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... the region is still too fragmented, said Luke Pais, partner of the EY lead advisory mergers and acquisitions practice for ASEAN private equity. Australian corporates and institutional investors have an even more limited focus on the region but Pais said ...

North Asian cyclical stocks 'unjustifiably cheap'

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... chief investment officer for Pacific Basin Value Equities, said that the demand for yield and the perceived strength of the ASEAN countries had seen investors bid up the prices of Southeast Asian companies with defensive characteristics over recent years. ...

Bloomberg ASEAN roadshow kicks off

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
Bloomberg launched its new ASEAN Bond Portal at its annual ASEAN Fixed Income Roadshow which kicked off in Singapore yesterday. Bloomberg's ASEAN Bond Portal will be used to provide a centralised place where investors can view all the available bonds ...

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

Double-digit Asian equity returns in 2013: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... non-bank financials will benefit from economic reforms." He added: "Areas where we see positive long-term stories also include ASEAN, with its record of delivering strong growth and positive fundamentals, as well as the mid-cap Asian equity space in ...

MAFTA provides new Asian opportunities

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement (MAFTA), gives Australian financial services a much greater opportunity than the wider AANSFTA (ASEAN Australia New Zealand Free Trade Agreement) under which a previous 30% ownership cap was negotiated. "I congratulate ...

RBS signs MOU for sale of Asian assets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... Royal Bank of Sctoland (RBS) confirmed to Financial Standard. The Malaysian Bank has ambitions to expand its reach from the ASEAN nations to become a leading financial services firm in Asia, while RBS has offices in 11 countries across the region, including ...

Instos set sights on Indonesian assets

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
Economic ties between Australia and Indonesia look to be strengthening with the Asian country last week joining the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement. The move means up to 92 % of Australia's merchandise exports will eventually be able ...

J.P Morgan strengthens Treasury Services

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... operations, technology, implementation and client services. Abdul Raof Latiff has been appointed as head of treasury services, ASEAN and Hooi Ching Wong head of treasury services, Malaysia. The appointments of Latiff and Wong will further strengthen ...