Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Malaysia is exploring opportunity for Asean-wide trading link

Singapore has asked Malaysia to clarify its position on the planned trading link

First state-owned Chinese financial firm sets up in Abu Dhabi

Industrial Capacity Cooperation Financial Group Limited is expected to manage $2bn in investment, set to start ops by the end of 2018

Singapore’s APS Asset Management garners private fund manager license for mainland China

With regulations requiring that all operations with respect to the funds managed on the mainland for high-net-worth investors "be done out of China," APS will be building a back office in Shanghai and restructuring its investment team

D1 Mint brings investment grade diamond crypto token to market

It was a challenge and, from a fund management point of view, it is quite a fun challenge to see how you can make diamonds an investable asset class.

CSOP launches first HKD money market ETF in Hong Kong

She says the minimum investment for the fund is “around” HK$1 million (US$128,200) and the company is negotiating with brokers to cut trading-related fees to reduce the figure.

Mutual fund recategorisation: How to pick balanced schemes now

Here is how you can pick the right hybrid fund post recategorisation.

Malaysia’s KWAP to invest US$196 million in new global ESG initiatives

The funding is part of 3.8 billion ringgit that KWAP has allocated for ESG investments.

Korea’s top institutional investor eyes realty in major US cities

We’re reducing the proportion of equities in our investment as the overall stock market has been sluggish this year

Aging Asian Workforces Most Vulnerable to Workplace Automation According to Marsh & McLennan Companies’ Global Risk Center Report

The study found that five out of the top six countries – China, Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea and Japan – were located in the Asian Pacific.

China turns to Europe as US trade war hits investment

Report shows a dramatic swing in the first half of the year in FDI as Washington-Beijing standoff bites

HUB24 introduces low-cost product

HUB24 reported a 51.2% jump in FUA to $8.3 billion on the year prior.

Impact investing reports sharp growth

RIAA chief executive Simon O'Connor said most impact investments are made through private debt.

Aussie retirees blindsided by cost of living: Schroders

Sixty-one percent of retirees state they either don't have enough income or could do with more to live comfortably.

SANNE appointed Fund and Transaction Administrator for world’s first public bond issuance backed by private equity

"Our appointment reinforces our capability in the Asia Pacific region, where our offering has grown from strength to strength since launching just a few years ago."

Hong Kong’s CESC launches three sector- and factor-based indices

The northbound part of the programme allows foreign investors in Hong Kong to trade stocks listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen.

Temasek expanding footprint in US despite trade tensions

The proportion trails Singaporean and Chinese investments, which make up 27 per cent and 26 per cent of the portfolio, respectively.

New Zealand banks' profits fall more than 10 per cent in first quarter

Mr Kensington said the dip in profits and higher bad debts would be watched especially given the growing global uncertainty and volatility.

Indonesia funds struggle in 2018

There are also huge differences in sector weightings, according to data from FE Analytics.

Can China’s US$941 billion wealth fund be the white knight to distressed stock, forex markets?

China’s equity and bond markets are under pressure from a trade war, a slowing economy and rising defaults, with the benchmark stock gauge slipping into a bear market last month.

Growing protectionism could slow investment in real estate, infrastructure by sovereign wealth funds

Preference for more liquid assets by Middle East funds and US disputes with key trading partners behind decline

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