10/02/2019
Former Westpac, Standard Chartered veterans launch Offshore India Fund
It is a leveraged bond fund that will invest in bonds issued by Indian companies.
Alternative Investments
10/02/2019
China Investors Face Increasing Sanctions Risk
Washington thinks that China’s Bank of Kunlun has been financing Iranian oil shipments, giving them a reason to punish China beyond the trade war.
10/02/2019
Global Insights on PE Fundrasing
TMF Group executives located in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America share their insights
10/01/2019
Global manager pushes Australian expansion
The new funds management fee is capped at 1.7% per annum and the vehicle's net asset value, plus performance fees will be taken into account across the equity and credit investments.
10/01/2019
Capital Group launches global equity fund in Asia
The $94.3bn Capital World Growth and Income Fund was launched in Singapore today, according to a statement from the firm.
10/01/2019
PGIM Real Estate launches open-ended Asia Core fund
Asia Core has a diversified strategy investing in the key cities of Japan, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea and China, across the office, retail, industrial and residential sectors.
10/01/2019
Impact investing difficult to measure
The further 28% use anecdotal or qualitative measures only.
09/30/2019
GAM turns sights on Southeast Asia
The overwhelming majority of the business [in Thailand] is fixed income-oriented
09/27/2019
HSBC Life expands its insurance business in mainland China
Extends footprint with new branch in the fourth largest province, Zhejiang
09/27/2019
Tech startups? No thanks, says Vietnam's oldest investment fund
Mekong Capital prefers consumer companies in Southeast Asia's hottest private equity market
09/27/2019
National Seniors partners with retirement funder
"Australians are living longer but many do not have enough super savings to provide sufficient income throughout retirement," Funder said.
09/27/2019
China's growth to slow further next year: Asian Development Bank
More monetary and fiscal support are likely from the government, said the ADB.
09/26/2019
Investors in South Korea power ETF asset growth of 15% YoY
The number of ETFs jumped from 172 to 430 during the same period, adding to the market's diverse range of products, including leveraged and inverse ETFs.
09/26/2019
HSBC Global AM unveils China A-shares fund in Shanghai
It will be co-managed byHSBCGlobal AM's Jintrust team - the joint venture betweenHSBCGlobal AM and Shanxi Trust - in Shanghai and the offshore team in Hong Kong.
09/26/2019
The Canadian fund happy to be a quiet high achiever
CDPQ takes a patient approach to investing in Asia where it has a staff of 40 and has invested US$30 billion in Asia
09/26/2019
Investors should increase allocations to fixed income in Q4
Market volatility and the potential for more rate cuts means fixed income investments should offer better performance over equities for the rest of this year
09/25/2019
Singapore : Introduction of GST on Imported Services
The reverse charge mechanism requires the GST-registered recipients of the imported services to account for GST on the services as if they were the suppliers.
09/25/2019
Would you invest in a space exploration fund?
The risk of having a narrowly-defined investable universe is that the companies in a portfolio will only be exposed to one end-market, according to Karen Kharmandarian, chairman and chief investment officer at Paris-based Thematics Asset Management.
09/25/2019
Rainmaker Group expands into ESG media, acquires The Sustainability Report
Commenting on the acquisition, group managing director Christopher Page said the business had been looking for the right opportunity to expand into the ESG space.
09/25/2019
Northern Trust to clear high-value payments
Northern Trust country executive, Australia Angelo Calvitto said: "This move cements our commitment to the Australian market and builds on recent client wins and new hires we have made as we continue to build out our presence in the region."