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It's the war, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... wanton excesses of the past few years. There is no other alternative. But then again, there may be one, or two. Iran? North Korea?

Lonsec approves iShares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... EAFE, MSCI Japan, MSCI Hong Kong and MSCI Singapore iShares. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets, MSCI Taiwan, MSCI South Korea, FTSE/Xinhua 25 and MSCI BRIC are also covered in the rating.

Patience is a virtue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... cuts by the RBA and the Hongkong Monetary Authority, were followed by interest rate reduction by the central banks of South Korea and Taiwan. These failed to calm investors' nerves. Government authorities in the US and Europe announced more measures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... points, or 1.55 per cent, to 3,442.7 points. TOKYO - Tokyo ended down 0.5 per cent on Thursday after it, along with South Korea and Taiwan, reduced borrowing costs. The Nikkei 225 Average tumbled 45.83 points, or 0.50 per cent, to 9,157.49 points. HONG ...

FTSE 'watches' Greece and South Korea

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... of countries where classifications may change if the 'quality of markets' criteria is met or not met. The firm said South Korea had been confirmed to developed status, while Greece would remain a developed market but had been placed on the watch list ...

Korean fund administrator hires SmartStream

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... generate email notifications and communications between Shinhan Aitas and its clients. "As the investment market grows in Korea, providing timely, accurate information to an increasing number of clients is going to be very important," said Richard Cummings ...

BGI adds two more ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... the BRIC economies and the iShares S&P Asia 50 exposes investors to the 50 largest and most liquid stocks in Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. The iShares MSCI BRIC allocates roughly one third to Brazil, one quarter to both Russia and China and ...

Alternatives charter assoc heads Down Under

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... these assets is also why their membership among Asian countries is expanding rapidly, especially in Singapore, Hong Kong and Korea. Helping to drive this interest in alternative assets is the changing attitude to what institutional investors believe ...

Macq to open next Gateway

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... The fund provides access to the Asian financial sector across a fixed basket of 10 banks across Japan, Singapore, China, Korea and Hong Kong. In addition, the fund allows investors to gain access to six Asian share markets using a 'hindsight' strategy ...

One step forward, two steps back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
So what is it going to be? The US equity market does not seem to know which way it is headed. One day it rallies sharply as investors convinced themselves that the worst of the crisis in the US financial sector maybe nearing the end, the next day it ...