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Platinum posts 29pc profit

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... primarily invests in listed companies' securities in the Asian region, including firms based in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Pakistan among others. The fund's portfolio typically includes 50 per cent or more net exposure to ...

Reputex to tap $554bn sector

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... markets are experiencing tremendous growth driven by low cost materials and processing in markets such as China, India and Korea." The Reputex Future Index Energy 100 Index, which tracks alternative energy stocks, outperformed global benchmarks by 119 ...

Vietnamese fund draws global attention

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... local securities firms and fund managers, along with international interest from investors heralding from Singapore and Korea. Several foreign investment funds operating in Vietnam have also upped their stakes in VHC, along with funds managed by Indochina ...

BRIC sector splits SRI managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... does have a strict exclusion policy within its Global Deep Green Trust, which means they don't invest in Cameroon, North Korea, the Russian Federation, Japan, Norway, Sudan and the People's Republic of China. Hall said by refusing to invest in these ...

Who cares about the US, it's Asia that matters

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... which took 8 per cent and Germany 7 per cent. India took 6 per cent, Japan took about 3 per cent, China about 2 per cent and Korea about 1 per cent. The new nation of the US didn't even register in the leading group. Roll on 100 years and the change ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... markets were mixed, providing little momentum for the Australian market. At about 1130 AEDT, Japan's market was higher but Korea and Singapore markets were down. "Australian investors are a little cautious about earnings results in the US in coming days," ...

Retirement on hold for longer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... Mercer has found the UK is raising its retirement age to 68, Singapore and Denmark is increasing theirs to 67, Japan, South Korea, Austria, Belgium to 65, India to 60, Hungary to 64, and Italy to 61. "Recent strikes and disturbances in France have highlighted ...

ANZ bank looks to India

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
... Trans-Tasman Business Circle yesterday, Smith said in terms of technology, Australia and New Zealand compared to Spain and Korea were behind and it was affecting consumers. "I think the real question is not how we compare to our domestic competitors ...

S&P launch three new Shariah indices

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... 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 and thematic solutions ...

Hunter Hall turns deep green

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... animals and the environment" by using a highly exclusive range of filters that eliminates countries like Japan, China, South Korea and Russia. The fund, called the Deep Green Fund, will not invest in any company domiciled in any whaling nations, countries ...