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More to Asia than just Chindia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... Investors focusing their Asia interest on just China and India are missing a strategic opportunity to get involved with South East Asia (SEA), a region that is just as big and growing at a similar rate. SEA comprises 14 countries located between Australia ...

Catching the big wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... Bank, US Export Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank combined". Africa and South America bagged!... and the Middle East. Early this year Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was quoted in the 'South China Morning Post' saying that "China aims to ...

Instos bring ESG perspective to ASX companies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
Superannuation funds must better engage with the boards of listed companies in order to bring a longer-term perspective to their decisions, according to the Governance Institute of Australia (GIA). In a new paper entitled, 'Improving engagement between ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... weekly jobless claims. 'Twas a convenient excuse (rationale?), particularly last night when a skyful of snow dropped on the East Coast about the same time as the indicators hit the screens. Schools were closed, flights were cancelled, power was disrupted ...

Towers Watson names global head of investments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... Watson, holding numerous leadership roles. His most recent role was as head of the investment business in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Tricia Guinn, managing director of risk and Financial Services at Towers Watson, said: "Chris is an extremely talented ...

Frontier market corporate governance greatly improved

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... a higher risk appetite but a perception that the companies operating in less established economies in Africa, the Middle East and South America fall short of the high governance standards of their Western counterparts has hampered large scale investment. ...

Women hedgies outperform but overlooked

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014

Airline crash investigation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013

HUB24 inks deal with Premium

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... As part of the agreement, the HUB24 platform will be branded for use by Premium's 52 advisers within 22 practices on the east coast of Australia. At the same time Premium has engaged Ibbotson Associates to assist with the development of a range of managed ...

WA Local Government Super rebrands, gets MySuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
WA Local Government Super is looking to corner the MySuper market in Western Australia after becoming the only Western Australian fund so far to be granted a MySuper licence. The fund, which until now has been exclusively for local government employees ...