Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Nomura to Establish Merchant Banking Division

The Merchant Banking Division will be responsible for overseeing Nomura’s principal investment business from sourcing deals to providing equity to clients

Malaysia's EPF’s investment income gain slows sharply in third quarter

The EPF’s investment income grew 74% year-on-year in the first quarter, and 37% in the second quarter.

BoT optimistic 4% growth obtainable

Low base effect may give Q4 supercharge

Nippon Life to buy 25 pct of US asset manager

The transaction is subject to certain required approvals and expected to close by the end of 2017.

HKEX Expands Its Presence In Asia With An Office In Singapore

Hong Kong and other parts of Asia are working to build ecosystems conducive to innovation, and HKEX is keen to play a key role.

Hong Kong's Link REIT to sell $3 bln assets to Gaw Capital consortium

Shares in Link REIT rose more than 3 percent on Wednesday to touch an all-time high of HK$72.3, after the deal was announced late on Tuesday.

Link REIT to Sell 17 Hong Kong Properties for HK$23 Billion

The latest sale will boost Link Reit's warchest for possible acquisitions as it seeks to diversify its asset base.

Nomura Asset Management Malaysia ponders expanding into retail segment

The level of awareness of general investment products is actually very low.

Fixed income specialist hits $10bn funds under management milestone

This strong performance and careful risk management has driven institutional and retail client growth, generated endorsement by major asset consultants and enabled Ardea to become a trusted partner to some of Australia’s largest investors.

Financial Synergy founder launches new firm

The product also includes the option to revert to a partner or spouse after the owner's death.

Chubb Announces Strategic Cooperation Agreement with China's PICC Property & Casualty Company

With this agreement, PICC now has the ability to offer its clients access to our industry-leading capabilities in countries beyond China.

The Australian asset manager building out its UK presence

The global fund is one of three strategies run by the firm – alongside a global long-only fund and an Asia long-short portfolio – and is the firm’s first foray into the UK market.

Asia Investors Get a Warning on Perpetual Bonds

Borrowers from Asia-Pacific sold record $49.6 billion in 2017

Zeal Asset Management Wins two Awards in 2017 Benchmark Fund of the Year Awards

Hailed as the highest honor by the financial industry, the annual BENCHMARK Fund Awards is a solid industry reputation for running distinguished awards safeguarded by powerful gatekeepers from global institutions.

STOXX bolsters Asia footprint

The index provider has also co-developed six index concepts together with Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp.

Grosvenor Bullish on Japan

UBS Asset Management’s Real Estate & Private Markets business recently announced the launch of a $400 million new initiative to invest in the Japanese hotel sector.

Caixin Insight, Gresham Investment Management to Launch China Commodity Indexes

The index emphasizes Chinese-only production of each commodity to ensure the economic relevance of those commodities to the Chinese economy.

Allianz PNB president aims to grow agency force

Gross per capita financial assets in Asia (excluding Japan) grew by almost 11 percent per year in real terms in the last decade.

Chinese fintech firm to pioneer funds of funds as alternative to direct real estate purchases

CEO: high-net-worth individuals will turn to professionals for returns in future

China has to continue innovation push to achieve goals

China also hopes to become a "moderately prosperous society in all respects" by 2020, and a "modern socialist country" by 2035.

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