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New tax code to drive Indian reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
India's tax reform proposals will boost local savings, drive investment volumes and push up long term growth in the capital markets. The reforms could lead to strong savings growth for India's middle income households, according research from Mumbai-based ...

Herding 20 cats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... shaped solely by a handful of rich industrial countries. And fittingly so particularly given the growing importance of China, India, Brazil and other developing and resource-rich nations in the global economy. It also highlights the declining grip on ...

AUI signs Asian equities jv

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... portfolios. The new boutique fund will initially invest in equities in Greater China, Korea and Singapore - but possibly India further down the track. "Our investment philosophy will be relatively unconstrained in regard to country and sector allocation ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... coming out is being upgraded, left, right and centre. "The Asian Development Bank has upgraded its forecast for Asia and India." Mr Potter said investors were turning away from the US dollar to commodities. "When it continues to fall, we're seeing commodities ...

U V W X Y Z

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... Recovery has already started in some advanced economies (Australia, Germany, France, Japan) and most emerging markets (China, India, Brazil, parts of Asia and Latin America. Other advanced economies (US, UK, Spain, Italy and other euro area countries) ...

Charles River adds Nomura platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... "Nomura's Asia ModelExa,c trading algorithms cover a number of key Asian markets, including: Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, India, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. The algorithms take advantage of market microstructure, and provide investors with a comprehensive ...

The perfect hedge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... same bright outlook for the global economy is also a positive for gold as consumption demand, particularly in China and India, revives. Note that easing risk aversion of the past few months has propelled commodity prices - and what is gold but a commodity ...

OptiMix appoints new managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... portfolio, replacing PanAgora Asset Management and Deutsche Asset Management. Batterymarch and Pioneer join Comgest and Optimix India as investment managers in the portfolio, which also benefits from the use of Exchange Traded Funds (ETF's) to access ...

Investors eager for more bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
There have been 13 new convertible bond issuances in the Asia Pacific since last September and as the financial markets recover, investors remain eager for more, according to dealReporter. Comparatively, before the credit crunch, there were 30 new issues ...

Microsoft battles Google Docs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Financial services data in the clouds? You betcha. At least that's what Microsoft is going to do from early next year when it launches a free web-based version of its boxed software, the ubiquitous Microsoft Office. Asian, Indian and African financial ...