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Appointed head of risk management and regulation group.

It is the first to provide trust, custody and fund accounting to asset managers.

We are pleased to announce the sale of FinanceAsia and would like to draw your attention to the following press release.

Emerson''s acquisition of privately-owned Huawei Technology''s subsidiary, Avansys Power, for $750 million could be the dawn of western style M&A in China.

The new NikkoCiti Trust and Banking Corporation will have a total of 7 trillion yen under administration.

Technology arm of global share registry offloads accounting system to focus on core business.

HSBC may now acquire 100% of PCIB Savings Bank according to the Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the central bank.

Sohu.com has agreed to buy ChinaRen.com, a community web site for $30.8 million in stock as it seeks to beef up its interactive services.

In a transaction which characterizes the only encouraging aspect of capital raising in the Philippines û dotcom financing û the Ayala Group is set to acquire a stake in B2B portal MeetChina.com.