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It’s not just Trump casting cloud over Southeast Asia
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/11/2016
» HONG KONG/KUALA LUMPUR - Donald Trump’s protectionist policies aside, rising political risk in Southeast Asia is casting a shadow over economies that have been a driver of global growth in recent years.
Central bank warns further baht gains may derail recovery
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/08/2016
» The Bank of Thailand is concerned further appreciation of the baht will hurt exporters and damage the nation’s economic recovery.
Thai beer drinkers power Singapore’s best stock
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/07/2016
» The biggest gainer among Singapore’s stocks this year is a foreigner. Thai Beverage’s return this year is almost triple that for the second-best stock in the Straits Times Index.
Thai bonds win as negative-rate refugees hunt yields
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/02/2016
» Japanese investors fleeing negative bond yields at home boosted Thai debt holdings to a 21-month high, supporting the market as the Southeast Asian nation’s biggest pension fund considers switching to stocks.
SSO shifts to stocks as bond yields slide
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/02/2016
» Thailand’s biggest pension fund plans to shift some of its 77% investment in bonds to stocks as a slide in yields erodes returns for its 14 million members.
Central Bank chief saving rate cuts for external shocks
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/02/2016
» The central bank is keeping its powder dry on interest rates and is ready to act in the event of external shocks including a sustained decline in oil prices and even slower growth in China, governor Veerathai Santiprabhob said.
Govt pension fund to lift investment in developed stocks
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/11/2015
» The Government Pension Fund plans to increase investments in developed-nation equities next year as higher US interest rates weigh on emerging-market assets.
BlackRock lured to Asean stocks as rally beats world
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/10/2015
» MANILA — Stocks in Southeast Asia are climbing at the fastest pace in two years relative to global peers as investors from Aberdeen Asset Management Plc to BlackRock Asset Management forage for bargains after a global equity rout slashed valuations.
Emerging currencies post biggest weekly gain in 17 years
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/10/2015
» LONDON/SINGAPORE — Emerging-market currencies posted their biggest weekly gain in 17 years and stocks rallied as prospects for a US interest rate increase in 2015 receded and oil traded around the highest level since late August.
Currency trading seen slowing as baht stabilises
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/10/2015
» The currency trading rush that pushed trading volumes to a two-year high should subside as fading prospects of a US monetary tightening this year bring stability to the baht, says Kasikornbank Pcl.