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Pimco opens office in Dubai as asset managers flock to region
PACIFIC Investment Management Co (Pimco) opened a Dubai office, becoming the latest major fund manager to deepen its presence in the Middle East.The Newport Beach, California-based firm, which manages...
CBA’s first-half profit beats estimates on strong asset quality, lending volume growth
COMMONWEALTH Bank of Australia’s (CBA) first-half cash earnings beat estimates on Wednesday (Feb 12), as lending volume growth and lower provisions for bad debts offset higher technology costs.Shares of...
Australia’s CBA first-half profit beats estimates on strong asset quality, lending volume growth
COMMONWEALTH Bank of Australia’s (CBA) first-half cash earnings beat estimates on Wednesday (Feb 12), as lending volume growth and lower provisions for bad debts offset higher technology costs.Shares of...
Why Sabana Reit should hold off on asset sales for now
Such action would have been more appropriate when Sabana Reit tried to merge with ESR Reit in 2020, or when it first started the perilous ‘internalisation’ journey in 2023MANY...
Musk-Trump bromance turns X debt from burden to asset for Morgan Stanley
JUST a few months ago, Morgan Stanley was stuck with billions of US dollars of unloved debt tied to Elon Musk’s controversial 2022 buyout of social-media platform Twitter. It...
Asean telcos face softer 2025 outlook, but asset sales offer silver lining
Maybank analysts predict 3% year-on-year rise in sector’s mobile and fixed revenue, down from 4% in 2024SOUTH-EAST Asian telcos have outperformed their global counterparts in 2024, but their prospects...
BlackRock to cut about 1% of its employees; asset managing giant has over 20,000 staff
BLACKROCK told employees it’s cutting roughly 1 per cent of its workforce after it committed more than US$25 billion for acquisitions last year to expand its reach in private-market...
World’s biggest asset manager BlackRock is now Yangzijiang Shipbuilding substantial shareholder
BlackRock, which manages over US$10 trillion in assets, acquires 10.8 million shares of maritime vessel maker to raise its deemed interest to over 5%ASSET manager BlackRock is Yangzijiang Shipbuilding’s...
World’s biggest asset manager BlackRock is now Yangzijiang Shipbuilding substantial shareholder
BlackRock, which manages over US$10 trillion in assets, acquires 10.8 million shares of maritime vessel maker to raise its deemed interest to over 5%ASSET manager BlackRock is Yangzijiang Shipbuilding’s...