09/21/2018
Malaysia’s TA Investment Management launches China fund
The fund outperformed the benchmark MSCI All China Index, which gained 33.3% in 2017 and declined 17.5% through the first eight months of this year.
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09/21/2018
Singapore market still singing trade war blues
Companies with supply chain links in China, as well as banks, airlines and ports, could feel the impact from the latest round of Sino-US tariffs
09/21/2018
Sargon Capital acquires Decimal
Decimal said Sargon's offer is superior to all other available alternatives, with the Decimal board unanimous in recommending its shareholders vote in favour of the acquisition.
09/20/2018
China’s Hillhouse Capital Raises $10.6 Billion for a New Fund
The early backer of Tencent and Uber closed the largest-ever capital raise by a private-equity firm in Asia
09/20/2018
Causeway Capital CEO eyes banks in the royal commission spotlight
The royal commission into the financial sector has unearthed a litany of woes, with multiple examples of systemic unethical behaviour unveiled in spectacular fashion.
09/20/2018
NH Financial Group Pushes Globalization and Digitalization
The group aims to secure 10 percent of its net income from global operation by 2022 and set up digital finance with Big Data at center
09/20/2018
Easton buys SMSF service provider
Accountants have been engaged with SMSFs in some form or the other for a long time, even if it was only to do their books
09/20/2018
Pengana merger pays off for WHSP
The total value of WHSP's financial services portfolio now sits at $414 million and contributed $16.4 million to the company's overall $331 million regular profit - its highest ever and 17.4% up on last year.
09/19/2018
Indonesia woos millennials with 7.3t rupiah online retail savings bonds
The government attached a floating rate to the bonds with a floor of 8.05 per cent.
09/19/2018
Indonesian billionaire family reshuffles healthcare empire on currency rout
Southeast Asia’s billionaire Riady family is reshuffling its health-care holdings as its core property business grapples with the emerging-market rout.
09/19/2018
Growing prime-age population to boost PHL banks
The report added that the Philippines’ total dependency ratio, or the number of people below 15 and above 65 per 100 people, will shrink by two percentage points from last year to 2030.
09/19/2018
Canada’s CDPQ acquires 40% stake in CLP India for 26.4 billion rupees
The move is in line with the pension fund’s aim to boost its low-carbon investments, and also gives it exposure to a key Asian market.
09/19/2018
Quicker and more effective solutions - for advisers and clients
This is why Peh insists that the more than 200 advisers and wealth managers who work with him should continually upgrade their own knowledge base and skills.
09/19/2018
LIC invests in crypto platform
FGF invests in companies across different industries and funding stages.
09/19/2018
Asia trades higher as investors shrug off escalating US-China trade tensions
Asia markets rose on Wednesday as investors mostly shrugged off an escalating trade conflict between the U.S. and China.
09/18/2018
Malaysia on T. Rowe Price’s radar, waits for market to bottom out
An alliance of parties led by Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad unexpectedly beat the long-ruling National Front coalition at the May 9 general election.
09/17/2018
Malaysia’s second largest pension fund to restructure
There are fears on how fintech will replace jobs in the financial industry
09/17/2018
Japan’s Chikyoren hires Alternative Investment Capital for domestic private equity mandate
Japanese pension funds have been increasingly diversifying into alternative assets in search of better and more stable returns
09/17/2018
Winton Capital launches ‘diversified’ fund in China
The manager established its wholly foreign-owned enterprise in Shanghai in 2012
09/17/2018
S. Korea’s target-date funds get a little regulatory help
Mirae Asset Management, one of South Korea's biggest money managers, is the only competitor among eight providers of target-date offerings to go it alone.