Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

CORRECTED-China's Tingyi 2018 net profit climbs 35.4 pct to record high

Gross margin increased 1.45 percentage points from a year earlier to 30.86 percent.

Middle East: The Gulf's banks improve their Asia focus

Asia’s importance in global trade, helped by China’s ideas, innovation and growth and allied to the Middle East’s drive to improve living standards and diversify should profit every regional bank.

Edelweiss eyes $1 billion corpus for latest fund

ESOF III will be one of the largest funds in its alternatives business besides its distressed debt and infra funds

Labuan IBFC continues to grow due to non-resident biz

Notable achievements in the centre’s business sectors included the 12.5 per cent growth – 1,059 incorporations – in new company incorporation, mainly from the Far East region, with the majority from Japan, China and South Korea.

Former German vice chancellor tasked with Vietnam start-up role

The Vietnamese-born former vice chancellor of Germany will utilize his experience promoting start-ups in his adopted country to the betterment of his native country

Nomura Announces Results of Tender Offer for Shares in Orion Breweries

The tender offer period was from January 24, 2019, to March 22, 2019.

Australian specialist lender launches to NZ market

The system allows flexible repayment options depending on the cashflow of the business.

Singapore-based Eastspring lays off staff after “challenging” 2018

Eastspring "is making some reductions in workforce numbers to reflect our changing requirements", the spokesperson tells Asia Asset Management.

The curious case of fund age

Are you statistically better off with old funds?

Pegging retirement and re-employment ages to Singaporeans’ healthy life expectancy

This will assure retiring cohorts that what they earn if they continue working will be on top of what they receive in CPF payouts when they reach 65.

Korean pension fund backs corporate royals again

Huge pension body continues to protect troubled corporate dynasties, undermining reform efforts

Italy signs deals worth 2.5 billion euros with China

Italy’s state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) signed an agreement with Bank of China to let it sell “Panda” bonds - debt sold by foreign entities to investors in mainland China.

UAE-China trade prospects on the rise: HSBC UAE CEO

Bilateral trade between the two countries hit $53 billion last year

Exclusive: KKR raising first Asia real estate fund, targeting $1.5 billion - sources

The fundraising comes as private equity firms globally have expanded from a model of buying out companies to turn around and sell for profit.

U.S. fund Elliott battles the odds in latest showdown with Hyundai

That is more than six times higher than the $1 billion in payouts offered by the Hyundai affiliates, which say Elliott's proposals would hamper future investments and acquisitions.

The new corporate collective investment vehicle regime dilemma

Flaws in draft legislation for the new corporate collective investment vehicle regime will mean the structure is too risky for many property funds — with the risk of double taxation if sub-funds fail tough tests for passive income activity.

Star Trader's Chinese Stock Fund Lures $10 Billion in 10 Hours

Chen Guangming’s Foresight Fund blows past fundraising target

Emerging markets for the win: ABDO

Pyrford starts its investment process by deciding the countries it wants to invest in, and then picks individual companies based on three filters: a high return on equity, low levels of debt and a decent level of dividend yield.

Malaysia's Sovereign Wealth Fund Mulls Closing London Office

Both the U.S. and China remain very important to Khazanah because “we have a very big interest in technology and so those offices remain relevant, ” he said.

Malaysia funds’ chiefs worry about lack of talent, market correction

His fellow panelists all agreed that the dearth of talent is a key risk.

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