Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Malaysia’s Socso inks deal to create products to help disabled members work safely

The organisation says it hopes the deal will help the target groups to ”remain relevant and competent in their field of employment”.

Exchanges (Demutualisation and Merger) (Amendment) Bill

SGX announced on 5 August 2021 that it would be implementing a scrip dividend scheme (SDS) to offer its shareholders the option to receive all or part of their dividend entitlement in SGX shares.

Risk Markets On Alert As Rates Spike

The initial days of 2022 already appear to be testing the resolve of the risk bulls.

Perennial scrutinises gender diversity of holdings

The firm also had ESG discussion with property group Charter Hall Group, where it reduced its position following strong performance.

Prudential: «Centuries-Old Link Between Inflation And Unrest»

«So, we should approach predictive outlooks with more humility than usual, not least because none of us are epidemiologists.»

Private philanthropy up 23%; family foundations biggest spenders

Family foundations, however, have biases towards certain causes such as education and healthcare, and often other pressing issues such as gender equality get neglected.

China flexes its policy muscles – but can they still do the heavy lifting?

China’s muscle flexing to fix its problems is set to keep investors cautious until the domestic economy garners more growth.

Credit Suisse keeps Asean as biggest overweight in Apac portfolio

Indonesia remains the Swiss bank’s favourite market.

Which market performed best in 2021?

On the other hand, Australia was hit by another lockdown in the middle of the year which hurt businesses and led to rent and loan deferrals.

SJP mandate termination hurts Magellan FUM

This was divided between $30 billion in retail and $64 billion in institutional.

Global CBDC Challenge 2021 Report

This report provides a summary of the challenge through its various phases

CIO Viewpoint: Pandemic to endemic; living with infection, inflation and higher rates

The greatest economic challenge from Omicron now looks increasingly like its infectiousness, not its severity.

Risk Markets on Alert as Rates Spike

This time might very well be different: No longer can the market view the Fed as on the sidelines.

SS&C Intralinks Predicts Sustained Growth for M&A in Q1 2022

“M&A markets are bound to keep pace with a record 2021.”

Finalized Cybersecurity Rules Revive IPO Hopes in Hong Kong

This could potentially signal relief for Hong Kong which was originally expected to be a smooth, top option for listed Chinese firms

Assets of global public pension and sovereign wealth funds breach US$30 trillion in 2021

The report says SWFs and public pension funds also deployed more capital in 2021 than in any of the previous six years, both in terms of number of deals and deal value, which was over $219 billion.

Global M&A to remain strong in 2022

Recording their first positive annual performance for five years, dealmakers expect M&A activity to continue to increase this year and ESG issues to dominate the corporate agend

ESG ETFs gains traction in Apac

Both inflows and AUM of the asset class have grown exponentially, according to a Cerulli Associates report.

The future of digital banking in Asia

The Covid-19 pandemic has served to reinforce the strength of digital banking across the region and provided the necessary impetus for the sector to mature.

What's next for Korean investment in European real estate?

Ogier works closely with some of the most reputable Korean based investment managers and has advised on many of the highest profile deals by Korean investors into European and UK real estate.

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