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Russell makes senior hires

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... Investments, Australia. In addition, Russell has recruited Persaud as practice leader for consulting and advisory services in ASEAN, India, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Persaud will lead the strategic development and delivery of investment consulting services ...

Hunter Hall defiant on Japan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... manager Hunter Hall increases Japan exposure while maintaining its focus on handpicked assets in China and less fancied ASEAN markets. Hunter Hall Chief Executive officer David Buckland said that the fund's Asian Value Trust, launched at the start of ...

Malaysia pioneers Islamic Finance framework

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... the strategic significance of the link shouldn't be underplayed particularly given the closer links being forged between ASEAN bourses to synchronise their trading platforms to facilitate cross-border share transactions. Earlier this month, the Malaysian ...

ANZ invests more in BoT

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... said is a priority investment area for the Chinese government due to its trade and investment links with Korea, Japan and ASEAN countries. ANZ is the second largest shareholder in BoT after the Tianjin Government. "As we deepen the cooperation between ...

RMB rise to benefit local investors

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... settlement transaction, and China last year launched a private pilot program to allow selected areas to trade in Yuan with ASEAN nations. Wu urged advisers to look at the bigger picture when investing in the region and particularly China, rather than ...

Russell recruits Asian specialists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... its regional business into three sub-regions and to appoint Mahendran Nathan as chief executive of Russell's operations in ASEAN, Hong Kong, Taiwan and India. Both Teo and Chen will report directly to Nathan. DongKi Kim also joined Russell on 1 April ...

Asian equities to open up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... Thailand (SET) have all signed the letter. The award marks a significant first step towards the establishment of an integrated ASEAN Capital Market, noted a press statement from NYSE Technologies. The tech firm was selected after the exchanges conducted ...

Beggar thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... Trade Organisation (WTO), the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Association of Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN) and more recently, the Eurozone was aimed at bringing down these barriers to free-er trade. This is to prevent one or a few ...

Dow Jones launches Islamic ASEAN index

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Dow Jones Indexes has launched the Dow Jones Islamic Market (DJIM) ASEAN Index - the first of its kind that represents the performance of Shari'ah-compliant companies in six of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). ...

ASEAN's mute economic muscle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
The near invisible response of ASEAN to the Myanmar disaster highlights how despite all the talk of the world realigning economically, the Asia-Pacific region still point to the West for the heavy global lifting. ASEAN, or the Association of South East ...