msci hires um for korea push
Index and portfolio analytics provider MSCI has appointed Tae Jong Um as its head of Korea, responsible for driving the companys development in the country.
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irish fund industry association opens hong kong
The Irish Funds Industry Association is opening a representative office in Hong Kong after announcing plans to expand its presence in the region.
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invesco and schroders on shortlist to buy ing
UK-based asset management company Invesco is reportedly one of the front runners to buy the Asian asset management division of ING.
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singapores life insurance assn comments on fair
The Life Insurance Association of Singapore today used the city-states main newspaper, the Straits Times, to explain its support for a pending review of Singapores financial advisory industry unveiled last month at its 50th anniversary dinner.
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mg new big hitter role for asia
M&G Investments has appointment Andrew Hendry to the newly created position of managing director, Asia, to build a service team in Singapore and Hong Kong.
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Zurich launches Singapore insurance operation
Zurich, the Swiss insurance giant that has had a limited, defined market segment licence to operate in Singapore since 2006, today announced that it has just been awarded a direct insurance licence there.
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sfc fines asian capital resources
Asian Capital Resources Holdings (ACR) and its former company secretary Andrew James Chandler were today convicted of providing false or misleading information to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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hong kongs wealthy hesitate to have babies
A majority of Hong Kongs wealthiest individuals say they do not plan to have any children in the future, a South China Morning Post survey has revealed.
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burma stock exchange planned for 2015
Burma is to get a new stock exchange, after the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Daiwa Securities received preliminary approval to help set one up.
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bny mellon appoints singapore branch manager
BNY Mellon has named Chong Jin Leow as the new general manager of its Singapore branch.
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hsbc in talks about sale of its korean business
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), the wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc, has confirmed that it is in discussions concerning a possible sale of its retail banking and wealth management business in Korea to The Korea Development Bank, a member of the KDB Financial Group.
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nikko am first asian investment firm to join
Investment giant, Nikko Asset Management, has become the first representative from the Asian investment industry to join the newly formed global trade organisation, ICI Global.