Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Chief economist update: A pretty portrait of an emerging market

There's no point investigating China, we all know it's in a bear market and is still locking horns with America on trade.

5 investors may join Brookfield for East West buy

Negotiations are believed to be ongoing to include private sector banks like ICICI or state-run Bank of Baroda too.

Howden merges with Maxi in Thailand

As a result, Howden Maxi is now part of both Howden Broking Group

Sales of used homes in Hong Kong gain momentum as owners slash prices

Total sales of all types of property that changed hands in January marked a six-month high of HK$70.53 billion, up 63.8 per cent from December

Amundi completes acquiring Mirae’s Taiwan subsidiary

Amundi and Mirae signed an agreement for the deal in November.

The $500k price tag on bad super choices

This is because the MySuper options from different super funds can perform differently.

Avendus India ESG Fund starts investing; plans to raise $1 billion

Avendus India has invested in 20 companies

Asia, emerging markets to lead in 2019

Meanwhile, the debt-to-equity ratio in the US has gone from 30% to about 65%.

Hedge Fund Market Growing Rapidly in Korea

The number of hedge fund management companies also increased to 159 in 2018

Where savvy savers are investing their money

SuperConcepts national manager of technical solutions Phil LaGreca said that during the last few quarters, trustees have gradually reduced their exposure to the top 10 listed securities.

AMBIT Asset Management partners with Cube Wealth

Members of Cube Wealth will now be able to add AMBIT’s flagship PMS to their investment portfolio.

Cayman Island-based The Sri Lanka Fund to be wound up

As the fund is registered in Cayman Islands, which is a tax haven, capital gains and dividend income are not taxed.

Bank BTPN eyes corporate banking after merger

The two banks previously had different segments and business models.

Southeast Asian Chinese Ring In Year of the Pig

The celebration marks the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese calendar.

Insurance a Critical Part of Cyber Risk Response – MAS

Despite the potentially high cost of such an attack, which is estimated to cost Asia USD 19 billion, the report shows the global economy is underprepared, with 86 percent of the total economic costs uninsured.

Japan Insurers to Target China M&A in New Phase After $50 Billion Overseas Push

Beijing has pledged to remove the foreign ownership limit in life insurance ventures completely in three years.

Japan's Daiwa aims to tap private equity ties in push for Europe advisory gigs

Under its latest European recruitment push, Daiwa has also hired a Britain-based M&A banker specialised in the fintech sector, Hiroki Ikeda, Daiwa’s deputy head of global investment banking, said in an interview.

China to merge foreign investment schemes in new move to open markets

Currently, investors under both schemes can only invest in plain vanilla assets such as stocks and bonds.

Amundi will offer onshore funds in Taiwan

Through this acquisition, Amundi enhances its onshore investment management platform and equipped with onshore product development capabilities.

Abenomics harpoons Japan’s pension ‘whale’

A record loss at the national pension fund is the latest dire economic news to hit Japan and the Shinzo Abe administration

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