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CBA mulls sale of Indonesian life business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
Commonwealth Bank will potentially offload its Indonesian life insurance business as part of a strategic review. The bank announced it is undertaking a strategic review of PT Commonwealth Life (PTCL) and has engaged external advisers to weigh the possibility ...

Acorns launches its own super product

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... grants Acorns' Australian business an ongoing licence to operate in other Southeast Asian markets, including New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

Gesundheit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... with the Jakarta Composite index suffering the least, down 1.9%. However, accounting for year-to-date performances, Indonesia's stock market tops the charts with a still positive 2.4% return, Italy's plus 1.4% followed and then Malaysia's 1.3%. India's ...

Acorns Australia restructures after $150m milestone

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... grants Acorns' Australian business an ongoing licence to operate in other Southeast Asian markets, including New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Instreet managing director George Lucas will continue to oversee Acorns' Australian ...

KPMG names insurance and wealth lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... Asia-Pacific strategy and corporate development, and growing the company's footprint in markets such as Malaysia and Indonesia since 2011. Thomas successfully led a significant transformation of Prudential's Malaysian life insurance operations. He also ...

Principal and CIMB strengthen asset management ties

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... customers better." CIMB and Principal have partnered in the region since 2004 with operations across Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand. The CIMB-Principal Asset Management group of companies has more than MYR70 billion ($22 billion) in assets ...

Life insurance M&A outlook gloomy: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... Instead, a large portion (40%) is targeting the growing middle class of emerging Asian countries such China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam, and look at developed Asian countries such as Hong Kong before focusing any acquisition efforts on Australia. Willis ...

Financial Standard journalist recognised in press awards

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... publications across the region including Hong Kong, Mainland China, Singapore, Australia, Taiwan, Malaysia, New Zealand and Indonesia. This year a fintech category was introduced to recognise outstanding daily news items and features about the growing ...

Government launches emerging market impact investment fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... promote economic growth and reduce poverty. "From cafe owners in Bangladesh to sustainable agriculture producers in Indonesia, these enterprises will benefit from a new approach to foreign aid that provides loans, equity, guarantees and other market-based ...

China trade deficit with Australia widens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... European Union (US$11.3 billion in October) and the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) - Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam - (US$3.7 billion in October). China recorded trade deficits ...