12/18/2019
Walkers Fundamentals 2019 Private Equity Trends - Part 2
The willingness of investors to remain locked in for longer is also reflected by the increased number of evergreen or permanent capital private equity funds in the market.
Alternative Investments
12/18/2019
MUFG asset manager to charge ultralow fee amid pension woes
Japan institutions cut fund commissions to attract long-term investors
12/18/2019
M&G Adds to Japanese Residential Portfolio
Richard van den Berg, who manages M&G Real Estate's core Asian property strategy, said the firm is «positive about the fundamentals in targeted areas in Japan» as urbanization trends remain strong.
12/17/2019
Sustainability investing takes off in Southeast Asia
The total deal value of sustainability investments for the first half of 2019 was US$3.2 billion, up 60 percent over the first half of 2018, and is on track to surpass 2018.
12/16/2019
Qatar wealth fund buys 25.1% of India power firm for US$450 million
Adani Electricity Mumbai is the licensee of an integrated power distribution, transmission and generation business in Mumbai, where it holds 87% of the city’s electricity market.
12/16/2019
World's biggest hedge fund returns found in Singapore
Singapore is home to two of the top 10 in 2019, and a third is partly based in the island nation. In all of the US, there are only four, and zero in Europe or Hong Kong.
12/16/2019
Korea funds' NAV up 1.6% in November on inflows into money market, real estate funds
Real estate funds attracted 2.2 trillion won of net inflows, which pushed their NAV up 2.4% to 98.9 trillion won.
12/16/2019
HSBC continues to facilitate Malaysia-China biz corridor
Other topics included a brief analysis of Malaysia’s recently announced Budget 2020
12/16/2019
ARA Asset Management sells Cache Logistics stake to Logos Property
Financial details of the deal and the stake involved were not disclosed but a Mingtiandi report said ARA Asset Management has agreed to sell its entire 10 per cent stake in Cache.
12/16/2019
JB Financial to buy Morgan Stanley unit in Vietnam
With the deal, JB Financial aims to establish a new Southeast Asian financial belt in Cambodia, Myanmar as well as Vietnam.
12/15/2019
Ant Financial, Vanguard partner to offer investment consultancy in China
The services are available for minimum investments of 800 yuan (about 113 U.S. dollars) and accessible through the Alipay app, a popular third-party fintech platform run by Ant Financial.
12/15/2019
Sumitomo Mitsui eyeing more overseas buyouts
Sumitomo Mitsui’s move is new among Japan’s three biggest banks, which like global peers are trying to slash costs while overhauling their business to meet threats and opportunities posed by digital technology.
12/15/2019
Education a key theme for Asian investors
Fund manager Vafa Ahmadi talks about investing in long-term trends around themes in our series featuring fund managers and market experts.
12/13/2019
ARA and Logos agree Asia-Pacific logistics real estate development JV
Under the partnership proposal, ARA will also transfer its stakes in its management company ARA Cache Management to LOGOS.
12/13/2019
Why investors should take a second look at Japan
Macro numbers do not reflect the performance of Japan equities, according to a Matthews Asia fund manager.
12/12/2019
Southeast Asia technology stocks, Indonesian bonds seen to have investment potential
In this late market cycle, he advises investors to adopt a defensive investment strategy but also balance that with growth, and have a geographically diversified portfolio.
12/12/2019
SoftBank invests $1.65 billion in supply chain finance. Why?
Following this initial $800 million investment, the SoftBank Vision Fund invested an additional $655 million in Greensill in October 2019, making a total of $1.455 billion.
12/12/2019
Qatar wealth fund to invest $450 mln in Adani power distribution arm
This is the second big investment in an Adani Group company after France’s Total SA decided to buy a stake in gas distribution company Adani Gas in October.
12/12/2019
Brunei-Oman joint venture increases capital to US$200m
Part of the additional funds is expected to be invested in Brunei's business sectors
12/12/2019
Nomura Buys Boutique Investment Bank in Bet on Greener Deals
The Tokyo-based firm unveiled plans earlier this year to boost its advisory business for companies in markets including the U.S., while cutting expenses in areas such as securities trading.