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APEC releases Asian Funds Passport discussion paper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... Passport. The paper was authored by the passport working group, which includes Australia, South Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. It discusses the objectives of the passport, conditions for participation, the role of national ...

Survivor: the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... this year. "To whom it may concern" indeed! Then again, I suspect Mother Nature has more than one bullet with the Philippines' name on it. The latest typhoon - Super Typhoon Yolanda - takes the total number of tropical depressions that battered the country ...

Congress dysfunction hits US bond confidence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... governance and operational frameworks similar to the many European cities he frequently traveled to as a businessman. Philippines' score meanwhile rose to 21st place helped along by a World Bank upgrade of its government effectiveness score and a drop ...

Consumers in EM, an opportunity for investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013
... companies such as Nestle." After years of talking to consumers in countries such as Indonesia, Nigeria, South Africa or Philippines, Stassopoulos has realised "how little we knew about this consumers." Consumers in emerging markets want quality at a ...

Don't lump Asia Pacific in with EM fall

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... the major resource rich nations as structural headwinds in the region, he said the likes of Taiwan, Myanmar, Korea, Philippines and Thailand are in a much stronger position. "These economies are not only largely net exporters but also boast sizeable ...

North Asian cyclical stocks 'unjustifiably cheap'

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... disparities in valuation between them. The ASEAN nations, for instance, are trading at a premium of 1.5 times while the Philippines -- the most expensive region - is trading at double the average. "Cyclicals and North Asia are unjustifiably cheap against ...

Bloomberg ASEAN roadshow kicks off

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... banks. The roadshow event travels to five countries between 4 - 18 July including Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia. Each country's roadshow will be hosted by a partner bank: Bank Negara Indonesia, Maybank, Security Bank, OCBC ...

Variety of strategies needed for all-weather outperformance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
... prefer local stores to supermarkets. The fund also has a sizeable position in Manila Water, a utility company in the Philippines which is winning water and sewerage contracts all over the Philippines, Vietnam and Jakarta. Morphic is also holding a basket ...

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... first-section shares slipped 0.58 per cent, or 6.76 points, to 1158.27. Markets in China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and Singapore were all closed on Wednesday for the May Day holiday. WELLINGTON - The ...