08/22/2018
Asia-focused Clearwater Capital raising new investment fund
Baring is said to have received commitments from 60 investors including sovereign wealth funds and North American pensions
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08/21/2018
Sovereign wealth funds search for new investments
Goal is to shift away from petro-dollars and offer economies broader revenue streams
08/21/2018
China insurers boost exposure to bonds and stocks, industry group says
The insurers’ average annual investment return edged up 0.11 percentage points from 2016 to 5.77% last year, which the report attributes to better asset diversification, risk controls, and allocations to multi-asset strategies.
08/21/2018
YBR rejects 'opportunistic' takeover bid
In the meantime, the YBR directors are advising its shareholders not to take any action whatsoever regarding their YBR Shares in response to the bid, he said.
08/21/2018
BetaShares to launch three tech ETFs
The three ETFs have been under development at BetaShares for over 12 months, chief executive Alex Vynokur told Financial Standard.
08/21/2018
Korean investors shift funds to Middle East
South Korean investors are looking instead at Middle Eastern bank deposits that typically offer better yields than local or Chinese banks.
08/21/2018
MetLife’s New Blockchain Health Insurance Product Eliminates Claims
MetLife develops first health insurance product using blockchain technology to trigger an automatic payout
08/21/2018
Nikko bets on domestic consumer plays
The current allocation has a bias toward stocks that are closer to the lower-end of market cap.
08/21/2018
Shanghai Stock Exchange and insurance industry players partner to tap blockchain potential
By leveraging blockchain technology, the group aims to “create a new, high-efficiency, low-cost and safer insurance industry”.
08/20/2018
Trade between Hong Kong, UAE hits $4.63bln in H1 2018
The UAE is Hong Kong's 18th largest trading partner
08/20/2018
Banks going the fintech M&A route
Vietnamese fintech companies can expect a raft of foreign financial institutions seeking a relationship with them, as the latter have found this route a promising one to access the underbanked population of the country.
08/20/2018
Chinese developers tap onshore bonds at cheapest price tag ever
Beijing's moves to ease funding for smaller firms bolster investor confidence, thereby attracting demand for their debt
08/20/2018
Nikko Asset Management Selects FactSet for its Fixed Income Operations
The company will also leverage FactSet's fixed income analytics to obtain a single global multi-asset covariance matrix and analytics coverage across developed, emerging, and frontier markets.
08/20/2018
Asian VC wakes up to Aussie start-up scene as Singapore's Qualgro raises new fund
Founded by former McKinsey & Company senior partner Heang Chhor in 2015
08/20/2018
Here's where foreign real estate investors are buying in New York City
New York has remained one of the most expensive real estate markets in the world, helped by foreign buyers.
08/20/2018
Landmark $4.1 billion bonds listed on Guernsey-headquartered TISE
The listing is just one of a growing number of examples of Chinese-originated business coming to the Channel Islands
08/19/2018
Taiwan’s PSPF grants US$1 billion funding for two global mandates
The pension fund launched its first offshore mandate in 2013 in order to diversify its portfolio and now has ten such mandates, including the two recent ones.
08/17/2018
Asian onshore fund net sales shrink in second quarter, assets decline
Most Asian stock markets were hit in recent months by escalating global trade tensions. The benchmark MSCI Asia All Country ex Japan Index lost about 6% through the second quarter.
08/17/2018
Tata Asset Management launches Tata Multicap Fund
The New Fund Offering will open from August 17 and close on August 31.
08/17/2018
Do investors understand absolute return funds?
The industry was caught off-guard by the suspension of manager Tim Haywood in July.