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Senator Campbell calls for single Asia-Pacific finance market

... has announced. He said Australia would benefit greatly from an integrated market taking in the United States, Japan, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and New Zealand. "A single market with this membership ...

Macquarie appoints new head of Funds Management Group

... largest institutional asset manager in that market. More recently he led the formation of joint ventures for the Bank in Korea, Taiwan and South Africa, each of which has assets under management and administration in excess of $US1 billion. He is chairman ...

S&P Global 1200 revised to incorporate the S&P/ASX 50 index

... 1200 covers the Asia Pacific region via the S&P Asia Pacific 100 index, which combines coverage of Australia, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore. Beginning June 23 the region will be divided and measured by two separate indices: the S&P/ASX 50 ...

Henry predicts solid growth in 2004, explains CGS commitment

Australia will record solid but not spectacular economic growth next financial year, according to Treasury Secretary Ken Henry. Addressing an Australian Business Economists gathering, Henry said growth was also solid this financial year, despite the ...

Morning market wrap: Asian economies under pressure

East Asian economies are under pressure following North Korea's alleged admission of having a nuclear bomb. Stocks in South Korea and Japan fell by 3.5 per cent and 2% respectively as a consequence of the admission. Tokyo's Nikkei index is at a 20 year ...

Morning market wrap: All Ordinaries at three month high

The All Ordinaries will begin trading on a three month high today following good returns from the banking sector yesterday. ANZ announced a profit of $1.14 billion for the six months ending March 2003, up 8.7% over the corresponding period last year. ...

ING Australia in CEO change of guard

... July 1 2003. Wylie will take up a general management role in the ING Asia Pacific regional office, with responsibility for Korea, Japan and Thailand. ING Australia was established in May 2002 as a funds management and life insurance joint venture between ...

Government appoints Reith for EBRD in London

... Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London for a three-year period starting August 1 2003. Reith will represent Australia, South Korea, Egypt and New Zealand, all of which are members of Australia's constituency at the EBRD. The government has also ...

Macquarie in pioneer Korean infrastructure fund project

Macquarie Bank and Shinhan Bank, the joint managers of Korea's first private infrastructure fund, the Korean Road Infrastructure Fund (KRIF), today announced the acquisition of KRIF's first asset, the 28-year concession rights to a 5.6 kilometre road ...

Morning wrap market wrap:

John Fernando The All Ordinaries gained about 0.5% in trading today on the back of good news from the US where the economy had grown twice as fast as had been estimated for the fourth quarter of 2002. The gains in the All Ords were due to the demand ...