Three-Minute Digest

ARA eyes investments in Australia and Korea

ARA Asset Management is looking to deploy some of its dry powder in development projects in Australia and raise its firepower in South Korea by creating more fund products.

Buyer's market in Asia for property insurance

GROWING competition and higher capacity of insurers to underwrite property and casualty insurance mean that Asia rates continue to go down, despite the region being prone to natural disasters.

Worst week for S&P 500 since June 2012

THE S&P 500 Index had the biggest weekly drop in two years, as concern over Argentina and Portugal overshadowed data that signalled the Federal Reserve may have leeway to keep …