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US consumers to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... of the world's biggest economy. Now that US consumers have regained their confidence, Kim Jung-il could use every South Korean patrol boat for target practice for all they care.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... mark, but still in the red. Earlier in the day concerns about the health of the eurozone and tensions between North and South Korea sent investors fleeing from the stock market into safe-haven investments such as US government bonds. At one point, all ...

Trades jump for Liquidnet in Asia Pac

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... operations in the Asia Pacific region in November 2007, Liquidnet now offers trading in Australian, Japanese, Singaporean, South Korean and Hong Kong equities and has attracted more than 180 global buy-side members trading Asia Pacific equities. Liquidnet's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... trading following a European agreement to aid Greece, but investors began locking in profits as reports emerged that a South Korean warship with 104 people had sunk near the North Korean border on Friday after an unexplained explosion. A government revision ...

South Africa and Brazil take ESG lead

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
South African and Brazilian companies have been identified for their progress on integrating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) disclosure by global institutional investors. The Emerging Markets Disclosure Project (EMDP) survey found ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... collateral for loans to its banks. Elsewhere in Asia, central banks are lowering interest rates like never before. South Korean interest rates are down to a record low of 2 per cent, while in Taiwan they are now at 1.25 percent. The trillions of dollars ...

Bad news galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... Following reports that the state-owned Korean Development Bank (KDB) is considering a possible buy out of Lehman Brothers, South Korea's Financial Services Commission issued a warning to the KDB against acquiring an interest in Lehman Brothers because ...

Embracing derivatives: South Korea

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
The South Korean derivatives market is on the cusp of a major boom - but investors will have to overcome a lack of education and increased risk before cashing in on the revolution. According to the South Korean Retail Investment Market report by Celent ...

Economic round-up: Creaming cheese exports

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
... developed a new bagel and cream cheese menu, including apricot and almond, and rum and raisin flavours, for its 420 South Korean stores. When Austrade introduced National Foods to Korean importer, WhiteCheese Co, who specialise in importing sweet flavoured ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... of pegging against the $US, Chinese authorities chose a basket of currencies in the British pound, yen, euro, and South Korean won to allow their currency to be benchmarked against. Chinese exports of steel, furniture and textiles are likely to be the ...