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North Asian cyclical stocks 'unjustifiably cheap'

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
Cyclical companies based in North Asian economies represent the best value investment in Asia, according to AllianceBernstein's specialist in the region Stuart Rae. The portfolio manager, who is chief investment officer for Pacific Basin Value Equities ...

GFG Group partners with Attra to boost payment service

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... opportunities in emerging markets, where demand for high-quality but more affordable payment solutions is growing. Southeast Asia (including Myanmar and Vietnam), the Middle East and Africa have already been singled out as target markets.

Diamond in the region

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... in the world (soon the first?) and now recent growth stats showed the Philippines the best performing economy in Southeast Asia. How good is that? I can be proud no matter what nationality I choose. Philippine GDP jumped by a better than expected 7.1% ...

J.P. Morgan buys into online shopping

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... consumer electronics to household goods and is ranked in the top 20,000 websites worldwide despite launching in Southeast Asia just this year. "We feel very honoured to welcome J.P. Morgan to our investor group and are particularly excited to be joined ...

It's more fun in the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... China would have repercussions - good or bad or ugly - on the rest of the world. But there's a tiny country in southeast Asia that appears to be going its own, silently but steadily improving over the past two years. Introducing the Philippines -- the ...

$10bn in Asia M&A deals so far in 2012

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
M&A activity in Asia, on the back of economic growth in the region, accounted for $10 billion in deals in the last three months alone, despite this activity being in a dip. "Southeast Asian M&A rebounded 50.5% in Q1 2012 after a lacklustre last quarter ...

J.P Morgan strengthens Treasury Services

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... appointed a new head of treasury services, Australia & New Zealand and has made two senior appointments to its Southeast Asia teams. Nadia Schiavon has been appointed head of treasury services, Australia & New Zealand. Schiavon will be responsible for ...

People powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... 25th anniversary of that very first people power revolution. Yet 25 years hence, the country remains a laggard in southeast Asia. Political patronage and corruption remain, along with all the ills and evils associated with them. Those celebrating Egypt's ...

Singapore: the cloud computing hub

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Not content with dominating financial services, Singapore is emerging as the cloud-computing hub for the Asia Pacific region, according to new research. Cloud computing enables a financial services company to access its IT applications through the web ...

Beggar thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
2009 will be the Year of Africa if Pope Benedict the XVI has his way. Chances are, given the way the global community is now suffering from its greed-infected wounds, he may not have long to wait. Despite all the technological advances, medical discoveries ...