Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Genting Hong Kong to sell stake in cruise ship brand to Canadian pension, TPG for US$489 million

The first tranche for a minimum 24.5% stake is for $342 million.

SGX regulatory arm to tighten oversight of Singapore market

SGX RegCo's listings disciplinary committee has started hearings against three companies.

Aviva reports steady results and confirms review of its Asian business

The first half results were rather mixed with profits from general insurance up 29% but those from life insurance and fund management were both down.

China’s CITIC Capital mops up $2.8b for its biggest PE fund

Like the previous funds, the latest fund, which is dollar-denominated, will seek control-investment opportunities with a China angle across sectors, including consumer, healthcare and technology, it said.

Pinnacle profits up 32%

Its stable of managers attracted $6.5 billion of new money in the year - split as $2.9 from retail investors and the remaining from institutional investors.

FMPs maintain haven appeal

Aviva is the latest fund manager to launch a fixed maturity product to meet investor demand for income and safety.

Jupai revenues plunge in tough WM climate

The NYSE-listed Chinese wealth manager reports a sharp drop in Q2 revenue and profit as HNWI clients turn risk-averse.

Waterfield Advisors launches family office consortium

The consortium will enable like-minded family offices to come together and invest in large assets as an institutional investor, she adds.

HK’s economic loss is Singapore’s capital gain

Businesses and investors are starting to look to Singapore as an exit strategy from Hong Kong’s civil unrest and economic decline

Chief economist update: RBA heading to zero

As The Economist explains: "The IMF, which monitors countries' external imbalances, recently concluded that China's external position was broadly in line with fundamentals.

StanChart's Singapore-based private equity spinoff plans Middle East investment

The firm is also planning to exit one of its investments in the Middle East and Africa over the next 12 months.

ETF managers focusing on Asia-Pacific opportunities

The BOJ's holdings are roughly equal to the combined $244.3 billion of ETFs listed in the 14 Asia-Pacific markets besides Tokyo tracked by ETFGI.

Myanmar approves six foreign-local insurance joint ventures, report says

Three each of life and non-life joint ventures have been approved, the Myanmar Times reported on August 5

Islamic finance flashes pierce Indonesia, Malaysia pall

The Southeast Asian countries’ stock markets lagged on the Morgan Stanley Capital International index through July

In a first, Japan corporate pensions’ share in alternatives tops domestic bonds, survey finds

The company says allocation to alternatives has never before exceeded the share in domestic bonds since it began to conduct the survey in 2008.

Philippines returns to Samurai bond market

Country makes a US$863.2 million four-tranche bond offering that is well-received by Japanese institutional and regional investors

Why I think Janus Henderson shares are in the buy zone

The group had around $371 billion of assets under management at the end of 2018.

IPIF announces $100m capital raising

“Infrastructure in a portfolio sits between government bonds and equities in terms of risk and return, making it an excellent portfolio diversifier and source of consistent income,” IPIF founder and chief executive, Nicole Connolly, said.

Woodford suspension extended again

Link is waiving the platform charge while the fund is suspended, but Woodford is still charging management fees.

VGI Partners readies $1bn Asian fund

VGI is targeting a maximum of $1 billion for the LIC and says it won't be establishing an unlisted fund for the Asian strategy.

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