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Asia marching on faster than expected

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... financial affairs faster than we realise. "Fifty per cent of all world trade now has an Asian leg," said Craig Weeks, senior vice president of global trade services at JPMorgan. "It used to be trade from emerging markets to developed markets, now it's ...

Lehman Brothers renames Grange

... banking, asset management, equities, fixed income and real estate. As part of the decision, Glenn Willis has been appointed vice-chairman of Lehman Brothers Australia and Jim Ballentine as the new chief executive of Lehman Brothers Australia. Ballentine ...

US Fed hints rates holiday may be over

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
... their decisions and we should not hold the economy hostage to teach a small segment of the population a lesson," said US Fed vice chairman Donald L Kohn in a major speech on Wednesday. "To minimize moral hazard, central banks should operate as much as ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... from a strong Wall Street lead and renewed optimism in the local banks. US financial stocks rose after Federal Reserve Bank Vice-Chairman Donald Kohn reinforced expectations of another US interest rate cut next month. At 1015 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Pioneer appoints head of sales

... South East Asia and Australia. Prior to joining Pioneer, Teoh worked at MFS International Limited, Singapore where he was vice president, Institutional Business. He was in charge of the institutional marketing in Asia and the provision of investment ...

India: a country within a country

ALEX DUNNIN REPORTING FROM MUMBAI AND NEW DELHI AT THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... Rajiv became Prime Minister he was less inclined and he lead the country to becoming much more lasse faire," said M N Chaini, vice president of the Indian Merchant's Chamber who is also president of corporate affairs for Reliance Industries, one of India's ...

Internet threat gets mobile

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... leakage and increases the risk of employees inadvertently downloading malware onto their systems, according Larry Bridwell, vice president global security at AVG. Bridwell said consultants and executives that travel the world could be exposing their ...

India calls for better financial services

ALEX DUNNIN IN MUMBAI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... wealth grows. These consumer sectors also include telecommunications, recreation and lifestyle products, said Nitin Jain, vice president of equities funds management at Kotak Mahindra, a leading Indian investment house now extending its reach across ...

China acts on climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... of about A$16.5 billion, more than A$3.3 billion of which will be injected into the new CDM fund," Xie said. Zhang Yesui, vice minister of foreign affairs for the Chinese Government, said the CDM fund would be a win-win situation as China would meet ...

S&P launch three new Shariah indices

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... appetite for investable sector and thematic solutions that have been screened for Shariah compliance," said Alka Banerjee, vice president of Index Services. Standard and Poors also launched five more Arab Shariah country indices in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon ...