Kina Asset Management profit turnaround

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Papua New Guinea’s first listed investment company, Kina Asset Management Ltd, (KAML) has announced a net profit of K4.73m ($US2.21m) in 2012, compared to a net loss of K9.43m (US$4.41m) the previous year.

Reaching out to the unbanked

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Papua New Guinea’s strong financial services sector is becoming ever more sophisticated in servicing both the mass-market and premium ends of the market. ‘PNG continues to have a very, very strong banking sector. We are very lucky here to have the banks that we do. Investors want that, and they often don’t expect that there’s […]

Papua New Guinea’s capital markets

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After strong performances in 2009 and 2010, the Port Moresby Stock Exchange (POMSoX) experienced a tough 2011, as did many bourses around the world. The Kina Securities Index, which measures the health of PNG’s stock exchange, reported a 22.21% fall in 2011, but this fall should be seen in context. The region’s major exchanges—the Nikkei […]

The changing face of investment in Papua New Guinea

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With PNG expected to grow faster than China in 2011, Business Advantage examines just who is investing in PNG and in what sectors, and asks where the best opportunities lie in the future. ‘We’re at the start of a very long term growth period—the outlook long-term is extraordinary,’ says Rod Mitchell, the joint-CEO of PNG […]