AUSTRALIAN – ASIA

Telstra invests $1bn in Asian growth

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Original article by Mitchell Bingemann
The Australian – Page: 21 : 24-Oct-14

Those attending the 2014 strategy day of Telstra on 23 October heard from CFO Andy Penn that the telco was set to allocate as much as $A1bn to a renewed investment push for the Asian region. This will involve boosting its global enterprise services unit, participating in the transition from the 2G and 3G mobile telephony standards to 4G, and providing consultancy services to other telcos on the roll-out of data-focused network infrastructure

CORPORATES
TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, TELKOM INDONESIA

Perked-up SEEK aims to complete JobStreet bid in weeks

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Original article by Madeleine Heffernan
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 19 : 21-Aug-14

Australian-listed SEEK has posted a 2013-14 underlying net profit of $A179.7m. The online job advertisement website operator had revenue of $A756.4m for the financial year, while shareholders will receive a dividend of $A0.16 per share for the second half. Meanwhile, the group has advised that it expects to pay $A636m for JobStreet, with the deal likely to be finalised in September 2014

CORPORATES
SEEK LIMITED – ASX SEK,JOBSTREET CORPORATION BERHAD,SINGAPORE. COMPETITION COMMISSION,CITIGROUP PTY LTD,LINKEDIN LIMITED,MORGANS FINANCIAL LIMITED,CARSALES.COM LIMITED – ASX CRZ,REA GROUP LIMITED – ASX REA

Platinum moves in on emerging Asia

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Original article by Vesna Poljak
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 28 : 16-Jul-14

Platinum Asset Management founder Kerr Neilson is increasing his fund’s exposure to Asian markets. Neilson believes that Chinese companies have good growth prospects, which will be reflected in their share prices. The fund is buying Asian stocks in sectors such as financials, metals, minerals and software development

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PLATINUM ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED – ASX PTM, PLATINUM CAPITAL LIMITED – ASX PMC, MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDEX, ZILLOW.COM, QIWI PLC, AMADEUS GLOBAL TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION SA, F HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE LIMITED, F HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE AG, YONYOU SOFTWARE COMPANY LIMITED, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, HOYA CORPORATION, ROHM COMPANY LIMITED, SBI HOLDINGS INCORPORATED, SUMITOMO METAL MINING CORPORATION, NORILSK NICKEL, MINING AND METALS COMPANY NORILSK NICKEL, CANADIAN OIL SANDS LIMITED, CHINA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED, CHINA PACIFIC INSURANCE COMPANY (GROUP) LIMITED, YANDEX NV, TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED, YOUKU TUDOU INCORPORATED, LINKEDIN LIMITED