Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

New Asian hedge fund assets drop by a fifth to $3.85 billion

Hedge funds launched in Asia in 2013 raised a fifth less than a year before as more managers launched funds with smaller sizes

RepRisk releases Special Report on MINT Countries

After Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs coined the acronym “BRIC” to refer to top emerging markets Brazil, Russia, India and China, he has now popularized “MINT” – Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey as a second category.

Survey identifies growing wealth disparity

The rich-poor gap is widening at a slower pace, but wealth is still concentrated in a small number, survey center director Gan Li was quoted as saying.

Fund managers optimistic about 2014 - Towers Watson

Although expectations for government bond yields continue to be near historic lows and concerns about low growth persist.

Global assets under management to exceed $100 trillion by 2020: PwC

Global assets under management (AuM) will rise to around $101.7 trillion by 2020, from a 2012 total of $63.9 trillion, says a PwC report released today. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 6%.

The upcoming online fund supermarket in Korea may find it hard to grab significant distribution marketshare

Cerulli Associates expects that distribution will continue to be dominated by local banks and securities firms. Our research shows that nine of Korea's 10 largest asset managers have an affiliated bank or brokerage in the list of the 10 largest mutua

Asian Pensions Shift Onus of Investing to Individuals

Asset management firms that decide to take on this business will likely have to wait it out for scale

Emerging Asia’s wealth to overtake US by 2015 - HSBC

The investment bank said that while it's important to remember that some countries in the region suffer the worst cases of poverty, the rise of Asian wealth which powers luxury sales, for example, has been stupendous.

Hedge Funds Start 2014 in the Red

According to Preqin’s Hedge Fund Analyst, hedge funds made a loss of 0.17% in January 2014, the benchmark’s first month in negative territory since August 2013.

Asia Insights 'Investment Opportunities' - Julius Baer

Are China and South East Asia swapping places in terms of investment appeal?

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