06/14/2018
Throughout 2017 and early 2018, the Chinese government took several steps to restrict its citizens' access to cryptocurrency, as well as the applications of any coins already acquired.
06/14/2018
Technology that uses telecommunications data ‘safer and better than current methods’
06/14/2018
GPIF also conceded underperformance may be due to the pension fund being a "poor selector of asset managers."
06/14/2018
Factory output slowed and inventory rose in April, a sign firms may have overestimated global demand.
06/14/2018
Sustainable business model, shareholder composition, cash flow generation and balance sheet’s health remain among main investment criteria.
06/13/2018
The three companies have a combined AUM of 2.60 trillion baht, accounting for over half the total industry assets.
06/13/2018
The report says that the strong growth momentum in Islamic finance is mainly owing to the global economic recovery in 2017
06/13/2018
Questions came from fund managers trying to understand the state of the business, from financial advisers looking for positives
06/13/2018
When you have a billion users, you just monetise it gradually. You don't have to deliver all the earnings in a year.
06/13/2018
One pension plan sends a shock wave round the fund management industry.
06/13/2018
With Asean’s banks lagging in sustainable financing, a new platform has been established by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) with the aim of encouraging key players in finance to get on board.
06/12/2018
Ang Kok Heng, chief investment officer of Phillip Capital Management, believes this is because foreign investors are sceptical of the new government’s financial policies.
06/12/2018
What is more, MSCI’s approach has been ultra-cautious. Eng-Teck Tan, senior portfolio manager at Nikko Asset Management, notes that the 5% weight is the lowest MSCI has ever given to a country being introduced to its indices for the first time.
06/12/2018
The fund had total AUM of 140.80 billion ringgit as at end-2017, up from 125 billion ringgit a year earlier, when alternatives accounted for just 4.9% share.
06/12/2018
Threadneedle’s fund was also among several of the firm’s products recently pulled from distribution in Taiwan, FSA reported earlier.
06/12/2018
Investments will be highly focused with only 20-40 ‘high conviction’ opportunities
06/11/2018
He adds that BlackRock will continue to support China’s ongoing capital market reforms and contribute to the development of the local asset management industry.
06/11/2018
Mounting environmental and social pressures are pushing asset managers into ESG
06/11/2018
the report notes that over 60% of LPs believe that “too many GPs [general partners] are chasing too few deals in the North American buyout market”.
06/11/2018
More assets under management and product variety will increase liquidity, says head of exchange-traded products at HKEX