Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Principal AM launches Greater Bay fund

The Malaysia fund manager is offering a product to domestic investors that focuses on China and HK companies likely to benefit from the development of China’s Greater Bay Area.

Australia's AMP Capital eyes Asia for infrastructure debt plays

If AMP Capital does choose that path it would return to the market for a fresh round of fund raising, Jones said, having closed a record $6.2 billion for AMP Capital’s fourth infrastructure debt fund only last month.

IILM reissues $600mln sukuk; GCC banks act as primary dealers

The allocation of GCC-based primary dealers stood at 39% and 67% for the 1-month and 3-month Sukuk respectively

Asia's large investors plan to raise exposure to alternatives, Principal says

Around 42% of respondents identified a “significant deterioration” in European economies as a so-called gray swan – a potentially significant but low probability event that could shake up markets – in the next 12 months

Korean firms in all-out effort to sell down Paris office buildings

Mirae Asset Daewoo is aiming to sell down 200 billion won worth of equity interests in Tour Majunga within the year

What’s in an ETF delisting?

CSOP Asset Management has pulled two ETFs from the Hong Kong market since July, following a spate of other firms doing the same.

Passives drive equity fund flows in China

Chinese regulators have been convincing domestic players to launch more index funds and ETFs, with the aim of institutionalising the stock market.

Malaysia fund management assets fall 0.2% in September, first drop in six months

There was an outflow of foreign portfolio capital in September

Australia sees US$8 billion private equity property deals completed in first half, Preqin says

The Australian government provides tax incentives for foreign property investments that are structured as managed investment trusts, which allows passive investments.

Refinitiv report finds Hong Kong companies rank first in Asia for environmental sustainability

Refinitiv has named that there is a clear gap is seen between intention and action, with a greater portion of Hong Kong companies having policies on emissions, waste management, and water efficiency, than those with actual targets for improvement.

China overall ODI amounts to US$87 billion in first three quarters of 2019

China overseas M&As continued to focus on the high-end value chain.

Australian boutique launches market neutral equity fund

It aims to return an excess of 10% per annum, with zero correlation to the equity markets.

Value Partners to launch Asia-focused FMP

Similar to rival firms, the Hong Kong-based asset manager intends to introduce an Asia bond fixed maturity product.

Hong Kong’s rising wealthy avoid financial advisers

Hong Kong’s rich need better planning to meet their financial goals, but they don’t trust the professionals, according to a recent study.

Solutions: Country’s first fully halal platform for financial products

What the country lacked was a dedicated financial technology platform that offered Islamic finance products to meet the needs of this population, says Nisa.

Hong Kong's MPF default funds post “satisfactory” returns

Contributions to the city’s Mandatory Provident Fund are channeled into the Core Accumulation Fund and Age 65 Plus Fund if members are unfamiliar with investing or have no time to manage their pension accounts.

Investment Will Spur Ebury’s Asia Pacific Growth

Banco Santander announced the strategic investment in Ebury overnight as part of its strategy to strengthen its global trade services offering.

Deutsche Bank opens up Commodity Custody services market in India

Deutsche Bank’s Securities Services business, which recently completed 25 years of custody service presence in India

PE Panorama: Halloween gift for large investors

Consequently, the hundreds of LPAs developed each year are the product of bespoke efforts and one-off negotiations that come with excessive cost to both GPs and LPs,” he says.

Thai companies need better governance as foreign funds pour in

Some of those investments have found their way into Thailand.

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