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VicSuper awards $100 million mandate to AB

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... 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 on their premises ...

Government seeks further Asia Funds Passport consultation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... has been prepared by the 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 ...

China easing a tailwind for A-share market

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... waiting for political reforms that allow economic growth, and noted that these reforms are already happening in the Philippines, Indonesia, India and Mexico.

FSC Conference: Industry urged to prepare for Asia Passport pilot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... 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 on the scheme. ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... continuing to amass troops in the Ukrainian border (this is still on-going). Still on-going is Syria, China-Vietnam/Japan/Philippines/Malaysia tit for tats over a few pieces of rock floating on the ocean... and currently showing at a theatre near us ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... lotsa lotsa "major geopolitical events" - September 11, North Korea nukes, Thailand coup, China-Japan/Malaysia/Vietnam/Philippines island dispute, Ukraine - yet the S&P 500 index continues to break records. But let's just concentrate on the ones that ...

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
"Movin' on up Nothing can stop me Moving on up" - M People The Philippines has not made international headlines since Super Typhoon Haiyan wrought severe destruction in the country on 8 November 2013. To this day, rebuilding of infrastructures, homes ...

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 ...