Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

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.

What's going to drive Singapore's investment management sector in 2022

Three trends will play important roles amid pandemic uncertainty and other evolving dynamics.

Japan’s ETF market slows as BOJ dials back purchases

“BOJ significantly dialled down its asset purchase, including ETFs, in March 2021,”

China developers stare at a $197-bn problem as debt and wages pile up

The industry will need to find at least $197 billion to cover maturing bonds, coupons, trust products and deferred wages to millions of migrant workers

2021- Looking in the Rear-View Mirror

Globally equity returns were quite mixed.

Sovereign wealth fund, public pension fund assets hit record US$31.9t

The report also found that state-owned investors had deployed more money, both in number of deals and by volume, than in any of the previous 6 years.

How India’s richest spent (and lost) billions in 2021

For every uplifting Mukesh Ambani or Shah Rukh Khan success story this year, there was a B.R Shetty or Subrata Roy headline giving billionaires a bad name …

Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani wants to speed up Reliance’s leadership shift

He wants to avert a succession warfare that has torn apart many wealthy clans, including his own in the past.

7 Companies that made lending easy in 2021

Here are a few companies that made lending easy and hassle free

China dollar bond market: risks and opportunities ahead as property sector defaults continue in 2022

“We remain cautious in this environment. We are looking for signs of stabilisation in the property market,”

Why central bank digital currencies matter

Clear potential seen in the cross-border remittance space.

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