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Aus planners lead the world in business practice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... initiatives and implementation." Bertino said he expected the level of practice management to improve in the US and South Africa. "The focus in South Africa has been on complying with the new regime, making sure they can do business and those that are ...

Franklin Templeton launches EM fund

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... opportunities to invest in companies across various sectors in emerging markets from Eastern Europe, the Asia Pacific region, Africa to Central and South America," said Mobius. "Many emerging markets have robust GDP growth, trade surpluses, high foreign ...

Longevity puts focus on trauma insurance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... has just completed another major study of sickness and death incidences across the UK, Hong Kong, Malaysia, China, South Africa and Singapore. This demographic and health profile change means the real risk needs of consumers is changing too, said Nick ...

CAAM dons emerging markets cap

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
From Russia to Brazil, Africa to India, emerging markets are outpacing their developed counterparts left, right and centre, and Credit Agricole Asset Management's (CAAM) Australian arm is the latest firm to capitalise on this sector's growth. Launched ...

World bank names new chief economist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... World Bank, said. "I look forward to working closely with him on a number of areas, including growth and investment in Africa, opportunities for South-South learning and bank instruments to better support countries hit by high energy and agriculture ...

World growth to drop by one-fifth, but no US recession: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... Meanwhile growth in China is expected to fall to 10 percent in 2008. The only region expecting improved economic growth is Africa, which the IMF is tipping to lift from 6 to 7 per cent.

Oil rich city pours $17.1b in SRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... become a world leader of alternative energy after investing $17.1 billion in sustainable future energy projects across North Africa and the Middle East. Launched at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi this week, the investments will be guided ...

S&P launch three new Shariah indices

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... Republic, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey. "Muslim investors around the world have growing appetite for investable sector ...

Intech appoints new sales head

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... recently as head of institutional business development. Before Skandia, he worked at Citibank in the United Kingdom and South Africa, where he also worked for Rand Merchant Bank.

FPA chair joins FPSB

... representatives on the board are directors from Canada, Chinese Taipei, France, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa. Dieters has been in financial services for more than 15 years and was previously a director of HLB Mann Judd Financial Services ...