10/01/2020
Man Group quant arm nabs QFII license
In China, the London-headquartered firm manages two PFM and two QDLP products.
Alternative Investments
10/01/2020
Moody’s ratings update - AMP Limited
AMP continues to have a strong balance sheet and capital position, with surplus capital (above the Board target capital level) of A$1.4 billion at 30 June 2020.
10/01/2020
Reits as a source of stable income
Retail property prices have “weathered the worst” and are at low valuations, according to the head of Hong Kong’s oldest Reit.
09/30/2020
ETFs undermine product comparison: Research
ETFs with similar names, tracking similar or related indices often perform very differently based on different holdings and portfolio maturity composition, Clements wrote
09/30/2020
AMP Capital supports new Australian mobile telecommunication towers through infrastructure debt deal
The debt investment will be used to support the construction of mobile towers across Australia.
09/30/2020
China’s too-big-to-fail real estate giant pulls back from the brink
Evergrande owes $88bn to banks, shadow lenders and individual investors across China and has borrowed $35bn from bondholders around the world.
09/30/2020
Malaysian private equity firm Ekuinas’s profit jumps, sees prospects in “financial distress”
Ekuinas was set up in 2009 in the midst of the global financial crisis and he says that “the vibrancy of the private equity industry has improved tremendously” in Malaysia since then.
09/30/2020
Goldman Sachs to Launch FX Platform in Singapore
«It makes perfect sense for us to be part of this initiative and to further develop the FX market ecosystem in Singapore, and Asia as a whole,»
09/30/2020
Fidelity expands range with Global Future Leaders fund
According to FE Analytics, within the Australian Core Strategies universe, the Fidelity Future Leaders fund returned 3.5% over one year to 31 August, 2020, versus returns by the Australian small and mid-cap sector of 7.8%.
09/29/2020
Whisky investment fund manager Wave Financial Group partners with InvestaX
Gaining exposure to such a regulated real asset investment is exceptionally rare, but InvestaX will work with Wave to make more accredited investors aware of the opportunity and risks.
09/29/2020
Thailand GPF lifts foreign exposure to 40%, to review asset allocation plan, report says
The GPF’s foreign investment limit will be raised to 40% starting October 1, from the 30% threshold in its current strategic asset allocation.
09/29/2020
Korea seeks to toughen hedge fund laws amid fraud scandals
Funds with non-marketable assets, or assets with poor liquidity, making up more than 50 percent of the total would be restricted from being marketed as an open-ended fund.
09/29/2020
FTSE Russell Green Lights Chinese Govies for Index Inclusion
The latest inclusion follows a broader trend of marketing opening by Chinese authorities. In May this year, foreign investor access into mainland equity markets were also loosened after regulators scrapped quota limits for its cross-border channels &l
09/29/2020
China loosens grip on two schemes for foreign investors
They will also be permitted to participate in bond repurchase transactions, margin trading, and securities financing on stock exchanges.
09/29/2020
Sunsuper adds long/short to Aussie equities
Sunsuper is in the process of implementing, but the allocation could be potentially 5% of the total Aussie equities portfolio.
09/29/2020
Chinese wealth firm mulls retail fund business
It has also applied for a mutual fund advisory licence in the country
09/29/2020
WAM Capital bids for Contango’s Income Generator
The offer consideration which assumed one WAM share for every three CIE shares, would represent a premium of 17.6% to CIE’s share price, 18.1% to CIE’s one-month volume-weighted average price (VWAP) and a premium to CIE’s reported pre-ta
09/28/2020
Global Financial Centres Index 28
GFCI 28 again shows a relatively high level of volatility, with 23 centres rising ten or more places in the rankings and 20 falling ten or more places.
09/28/2020
HK financial system 'resilient' as city moves up in world ranking
The coronavirus pandemic has severely dented the financial performance of major financial centres, said Liu Guohong, director of the Finance and Modern Industry Research Center at the China development Institute.
09/28/2020
China's Ping An Insurance boosts HSBC stake
The Chinese insurer began buying shares in the bank, which makes the bulk of its revenue in Asia, in 2016 as part of its insurance investments and in December 2017 passed the 5% threshold after which it had to announce its holding.