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Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... has exposure to eleven countries, including Hong Kong (23.6%), Singapore (21.7%), India (13.7%), South Korea (7.5%) or Thailand (4.4%). As much as 3.2% of the fund is invested in Asian companies listed in the United Kingdom, a strategy that James says ...

Bangkok bombs and Malaysia's terror

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
The 2.7% drop in Thailand's SET index and the half a percent drop in the Thai baht to 38.58 versus the US dollar - the lowest since April 2009 -- dominated the financial press headlines the day after the night (17 August) Bangkok was bombed. As it should. ...

Australia bottom of the class for portfolio disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... is the gold standard globally. That's ahead of Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Africa, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, China and Thailand for monthly disclosure, though almost all of those countries have a high degree of semiannual disclosure. Major emerging markets ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... April. Shanghai added 0.87 per cent to 4,480.46. Tokyo was closed for a public holiday, along with financial markets in Thailand and Malaysia. As well as the news on China's economic front, Asian bourses took their lead from a rally on US markets on ...

IMF predicts drop in foreign earnings

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... categories of the consumer basket. However, in economies in which output gaps are currently negative (Australia, Japan, Korea, Thailand), policymakers may need to act to prevent a persistent decline in inflation expectations," the IMF outlook said. The ...

Go south young (China) man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... points on 8 August 1997 - a month and a bit after the official handover - before losing as much as 46% by October as the Thailand's currency crisis engulfed more and more Asian nations. That is now but a distant memory and instead of dragging HK down ...

VicSuper awards $100 million mandate to AB

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... over 13 emerging market countries since 2011, including Mexico, Peru, Chile, West and South Africa, India, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and China. "Our grassroots research involves visiting emerging-market countries and talking to business owners ...

It might just be a matter of time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... monetary policy this year..." on 5 February....and then, there were 24 with the addition of the central banks of Poland, Thailand and South Korea since - and this doesn't track those that have already double-dipped like the People's Bank of China (PBOC) ...

Government seeks further Asia Funds Passport consultation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... Asia Region Funds Passport Working Group which includes Australia, Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. It seeks views from the public and industry stakeholders. The release of the paper follows the first passport consultation ...

FSC Conference: Industry urged to prepare for Asia Passport pilot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... standards across the region. A total of six economies currently belong to the working group: Australia, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and New Zealand. The industry is awaiting publication of submissions responding to an APEC consultation paper ...