12/14/2015
India Inc's M&A deals at $31 bn in January-November: Grant Thornton
Corporate India signed merger and acquisition (M&A) deals worth $31.16 billion in the first eleven months of this year
Comment, Analysis & Research
12/10/2015
Foreign companies struggle despite liberalization
New York-based AIG announced on Monday that it will sell $750 million worth of shares in PICC, cutting its holding for the second time this year to just around 5%.
12/10/2015
Return of Value Investing on Rising Rates, Risks and Earnings - BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research
Glass Half-Full: Bullish on Stocks, Not Sectors
12/10/2015
Entrepreneurs rank S'pore highly
It's No 6 in a survey on economies that present the best opportunity for starting and running a successful business
12/10/2015
The best and worst jobs in investment banking in the US, UK and Asia
London bankers, particularly employees at Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, are most at risk and – in theory – global investment banks have lost their appetite for expansion in Asia.
12/09/2015
Sydney in top 10 financial centres
The new study by the Centre for International Finance and Regulation ranks Sydney as the tenth largest international finance centre based on data of investment banking fees billed from cross-border deals.
12/09/2015
Tip of the Week: How to create wealth outside your job
Building wealth is not a quick process – barring an unexpected windfall or inheritance - it is a process that usually takes a long time.
12/09/2015
GST is important, but won’t alter market course: Gautam Chhaochharia, Head of Research, UBS India
Reforms and politics will be more of a hygiene factor for Indian markets.
12/09/2015
‘Suspicious transactions’ reported by B.C. banks tied mostly to China
One expert says it is likely the statistics are evidence of more money entering Vancouver’s hot housing market.
12/08/2015
Bank margins at the margin in Asia and Australia
As a cadet finance reporter, every time I rang a broker about the stock market I had to steel myself for the wonderful insight “the market went up/down because there were more/less buyers than sellers”.
12/08/2015
Indonesia's Middle Class Getting Richer but Wealth Disparity Remains: Credit Suisse
Wealth distribution in Indonesia still lags behind despite its ever-expanding middle class population, according to a recent report on wealth distribution around the world.
12/08/2015
No emerging market crisis here in Asia
It’s true that Latin American commodity producers are suffering from the consequences of Fed tightening
12/08/2015
Private equity LPs lacks skills, but confident of getting return
Fifty per cent said "the inability to recruit staff with the requisite skills," was preventing them from making successful co-investments.
12/08/2015
Japanese Life Insurers Seek Overseas Growth Opportunities
The Sector Outlook remains Stable due to the overall improvement in earnings and sufficient capitalisation.
12/08/2015
Why The Government Should Discontinue Tax-Free Public Sector Bonds
Even at today’s lowered interest rates, retail taxpayers can get pre-tax yields of over 8.5-10 percent
12/08/2015
Barclays’ Asian staff will “struggle” to find new work as job cuts spread to middle office
Barclays is reportedly considering making additional cuts to its Asian securities unit and its global cash equities business, on top of 7,000 jobs losses already announced.
12/07/2015
PE Panorama: Risky business
What counts as a risky asset class? Private equity is often being held up as an example of one.
12/07/2015
How do fund managers manage money?
A fund house has to manage investor expectations in terms of not just returns but also risks
12/07/2015
Private fund raisings in Hong Kong - avoiding pitfalls
On the demand side, emerging high-net-worth individuals or family offices are more open to less traditional investment options that provide more attractive, fixed income returns.
12/06/2015
'Everybody has his own way to get their money to Hong Kong': Five-year plan prompts rethink of Hong Kong’s role in China’s finance sector
Local players will have to run faster than the mainland opens up, says industry veteran