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Insto investors bullish on equities: EIU survey

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... increasingly looking to the US and wider range of emerging markets to bolster returns. US (46% of the respondents), China (42%) and South-east Asia (34%) were selected as the three best regions for asset price growth. EIU interviewed global pension-fund ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... fell 1.20 per cent, or 23.77 points, to 1,959.45 after North Korea blocked access to its Kaesong joint industrial zone with South Korea for the second day running. There were also reports Pyongyang has moved a medium-range missile to its east coast. ...

Peer-to-peer portfolio benchmarking gains appeal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... national sales manager for Austock Group and with St George Bank in Melbourne. In the late 90s, he was based in South East Asia and worked for a US-based funds management consulting firm.

Ex-drug dealers now hitting-up SMSFs: ACC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... Professionals' association of Australia (SPAA) national conference yesterday that criminal groups, mostly based in South East Asia, are running sophisticated investment fraud schemes aimed at robbing Australians' of their life savings. This is usually ...

Water fund recommended

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... their economic value, but it is now approaching an "inflexion point" for re-rating, Zenith said. Food shortages in South East Asia and other developing nations mean that the industry's pricing power is accelerating, Zenith explained. "In Zenith's opinion ...

GFG Group partners with Attra to boost payment service

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... 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.

You did this! No, you did!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... really headed in the right direction. As 'The Wall Street Journal's' MarketWatch reports, "Ministers from Japan, China and South Korea are likely to declare the launch of negotiations to conclude a trilateral free trade agreement when they meet on the ...

J.P. Morgan buys into online shopping

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has taken a stake in one of South East Asia's fastest growing e-tailer, Lazada. The investment for an undisclosed amount was made via Lazada's controversial German owner, Rocket Internet. Rocket Internet GmbH is an online ...

Sukuk demand to reach US$900bn in five years

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... than 10% driving an increased appetite for Sukuk that extends to fund managers and high net worth individuals. "Major South East Asian and Middle Eastern companies are tapping into the international Sukuk market to raise Shari'a compliant funds. Global ...

Highly educated SMSF investors prime fraud targets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... Australia, with John Lawler, chief executive of the ACC adding that an "alarming number" of fraudulent operations were based in South-East Asia. While Graeme Colley, director of the SMSF professionals' Association of Australia said the report was "plain ...