Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

VanEck makes case for equal weight investing

The diversification across securities reduces concentration risk and exposure to mega-caps, he said, which traditionally dominate market cap indices.

JPMAM promotes China bond fund

The benchmark-agnostic product can invest in onshore and offshore China fixed income securities to generate high income, according to the fund managers.

India Is Seeking Inclusion in JPMorgan Global Bond Indexes

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the nation’s ratings this month to the lowest investment-grade level.

Alts Association Defends Hong Kong’s Hedge Fund Hub Status

According to AIMA, it has 251 members in Hong Kong that manage more than $100 billion.

Fidelity launches sustainable fund

The fund would offer investors a strong source of diversification against global equities, he said, as well as significant growth potential.

Malaysia's EPF gross investment income up 26% year-on-year in first quarter 2020

“Thanks to the EPF's SAA, the fund managed to outperform many equity funds despite the market downturn,” he says in a statement on June 13.

Emerging markets look to rediscover balance

The equity index now looks to have failed in its attempt to hold meaningfully above the 200-day average, after rising above it last week for the first time in three months.

Australia managers’ global property assets at record high in 2019

Goodman had A$35 billion of assets in the region, or slightly more than two-thirds of its total.

KKR-Led Consortium Enters Into a US$650 Million Investment in Vinhomes, a Vingroup Subsidiary That Engages Primarily in Real Estate Development

The KKR-led consortium has collectively invested VND15.1 trillion (US$650 million) which translates into a c.6% equity stake in Vinhomes.

Japan firm opens door to merger as outlook dims

The nation’s top-three producers – JFE, Nippon Steel Corp and Kobe Steel Ltd – all swung to annual losses in the last financial year.

Singapore equity analysts aren't as optimistic as global funds

The sell side, however, sees only limited upside for the nation's benchmark index.

Singapore''s Mapletree to buy 7 lakh sq ft space in Pune logistics park for USD 40 mn

KSH Infra''s second deal for the Pune facility after Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing

PE Panorama: Keep private equity out of 401(k)

The financial markets reform group Better Markets made no bones about what it thinks of the move.

Global boutique reduces fees

Abernethy said as the business and the funds grew, the operational overheads decreased.

China Pacific Insurance Obtained The Approval of the GDR Prospectus, The First GDR Issuance of the Insurance Industry Has Entered Into the Countdown

The offer period of the GDRs under the Issuance is from 12 June 2020 to 16 June 2020 (London time).

Global pension assets rose to $32 trillion in 2019

Though Nigeria is not on the OECD list, pension asset value in Nigeria grew by 18.3%.

Singapore Equity Analysts Aren’t as Optimistic as Global Funds

Singapore is “one of the cheapest” markets in Asia and its economy is reopening, Fidelity fund managers, Paras Anand and George Efstathopoulos said in a web briefing on Thursday.

Hong Kong asset managers hedging their bets over new law

Without details of China’s new legislation over the financial hub, fund managers are staying put as relocating is ‘not an easy decision’

Platform consolidation on the horizon

HUB24 director of strategic development, Jason Entwistle said the consolidation would be driven by the reality of net flows, in circumstances where the days of healthy inflows had ended with many of the major platforms now having to deal with outflows.

John Hewson AM calls for an infrastructure bond to rebuild the Australian economy and let super funds ‘get on with the job’ of member returns

Such a fund would need to be independently managed and have high levels of governance.

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