The Philippines boasts one of the few banking sectors around the world to have evaded many of the consequences of the US-led financial turmoil.
Certainly much is owed to lessons learned in the form of strong monetary and fiscal policy reforms after the Asian financial crisis in 1997-98. Relatively conservative banking practices also played a [...]
With Taiwanse exports falling the least for 13 months in October, it may be time to revisit the country ETF, as the nation looks to emerge from recession.
Although total exports remain down on 2008, a drop of 4.7%, it is clear that the tech heavy Taiwanese economy is moving to more stable [...]
Asia Pacific ETFs posted big gains on Thursday following the release of updated growth projections from the International Monetary Fund which included upward revisions for the region for both this year and next.
The region as a whole – including Japan, Australia, and New Zealand – is expected to grow by 2.8% for 2009 and [...]
Already one of the largest bond markets in Asia, Malaysia is working to expand its bond activity horizontally and vertically, extending the scope of existing products while planning to offer new products to attract more funds.
As part of these efforts the Malaysian stock exchange is looking to encourage wider bond activity, having announced plans to [...]
HSBC has reacted strongly to retail customer demand in New Zealand by launching four new funds, entirely focused on Emerging Markets. The four NZ$ denominated funds in which customers can invest are the China Fund, India Fund, BRIC Fund & the Asia ex Japan Fund. New Zealand investors have been looking for opportunities to [...]
Sydney quoted Macquarie Group (ASX – MQG) is currently involved in two major plays, one domestic & one in China. Macquarie functions as a non-operating holding company with seven different segments : Financial Services, Adisory Services, Private Wealth, Funds Management, Banking & Securitization, Treasury & Commodities & Equity Markets, yielding a market cap of A$ 8.9Bn, [...]