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NEW YORK -- Standard & Poor's announced today that it has commenced Factual Stock Report coverage on ING Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund...
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...29735; File No. 812-13909 . ING Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund, et al.; ...
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Global Finance has identified the best banks in 118 countries, as well as the best banks globally in 10 key banking categories. We have been presenting these awards since 1997. In selecting this year's winners, Global Finance's editorial team as usual considered factors that range from the objective to the informed subjective. Objective criteria included growth in assets, profitability, geographic reach, strategic relationships, new business development and product innovation. Subjective criteria included the opinions of equity and credit-rating analysts, banking consultants and others in the industry, as well as corporate financial executives. The winners are not always the biggest banks but, rather, the best banks -- those with the qualities that corporations should look for when choo...
... continuing to provide excellent products and high levels of service to their clients, despite the di... outcome might have been if sovereign wealth funds from the Middle East and Asia had been unwilling t...The increase in non-interest income to $55.4 million, up 15.1% on the same period a ye... euro4.7 billion, after payment of a dividend, which increased 8% compared to the preceding year...BankWatch Ratings and Pacific Credit Rating both rate Pichincha at AA + , the hi...
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To: BUSINESS EDITORS
Contact: ING Funds Distributor, LLC, +1-800-992-0180
... following closed-end management funds: ING Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund (NYSE: IA...
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To: BUSINESS EDITORS
Contact: ING Funds Distributor, LLC, +800-992-0180
... following closed-end management funds: ING Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund (NYSE: IA...
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THANKS TO THE SPECTACULAR RISE IN COMMODITY PRICES, PLANTATION TYCOON TAN SRI LEE SHIN CHENG IS NOW FIRMLY ETCHED IN THE TOP THREE OF MALAYSIA'S RICHEST. From sixth position in last year's ranking, Lee is now Malaysia's third-richest tycoon, edging Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan to fourth place.
Benefiting from strong gains in the price of crude palm oil, Lee's flagship IOI Corporation Bhd has seen its share price rising to RM8 at the point of compiling this list, from RM3.70 a year ago. this means that as at Jan 18, 2008, Lee's wealth had doubled to RM14.94 billion.
... index (KLCI) had marched to several highs and by Jan 18 had touched 1,439.49 points. This wa...There was a return of foreign funds to the local bourse from fourth- quarter 2007 foll... from Kerry Properties Ltd and Shangri-La Asia Ltd, both listed in Hong Kong. Retaining the numbe...The deal raises Tan's equity interest to 88.35% in nexnews, which publishes The... successful in taking his shipping arm, Pacific Carriers Ltd, private in Singapore a few years bac...Teh's gross dividend from Public Bank the last two years has topped mor..., TA is already looking to develop a new income stream for the group - managing serviced apartment...
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... side, investors barely broke even as their income distributions were offset by falling share prices ...But today's triple threats of higher interest rates, inflation, and energy costs make s...Morningstar's category of Pacific/Asia stock funds that excludes Japan was up 13.68%... maybe found in the growth-and-income, equity income, and balanced categories." . Davis' list of... Income Builder, two funds that hold dividend-paying stocks and bonds. (The latter fund has more...
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Much has changed in the banking world over the past year -- although not as much as might have been expected at the start of 2009. Many of the world's leading banks have returned to profitability and repaid government bailouts. The industry is clearly in much better shape than it was a year ago, but there is still a tendency to hoard capital, and banks remain reluctant to lend, even to creditworthy borrowers. Of course, conditions vary in markets around the world. Among emerging market banks, those in China and India have performed well, whereas those in Central and Eastern Europe are still struggling. Some banks in developed markets have been successful in rebuilding their capital through rights offerings and the placement of shares. In the US, President Barack Obama has proposed to in...
... likely, banks will be required to maintain higher levels of capital, and a new agency could be creat... to rely at least briefly on taxpayer funding. Global Finance has identified the best banks in 1... criteria included the opinions of equity and credit-rating analysts, banking consultants an... presence in local mar- kets, especially in Asia, where its roots are. The bank earned $5 billion i...-based Standard Chartered earns 90% of its income and prof- its in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.... retained earnings and by not paying out dividends, PBZ has maintained a high level of shareholders' ... an AA+ rating from Bank Watch Ratings and Pacific Credit Rating, the highest for any Ecuadorian bank...
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...- Net return on equity rises to 28.0% . - Earnings per share 11.3% higherr at EUR 1.08 . - Interim dividend per share 33.3% higher at EUR 0.40 . - Current fin.... - Net commission income was up 44.9% to EUR 3,009 million, due . to high t... profits for Europe, Latin America and Asia/Pacific . rose by more than 20% in each region, pu...(excluding additions to the Fund for General Banking Risks) . falling 25.4% from th...
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