Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

GPIF appoints DBJ Asset Management as infrastructure manager

The infrastructure mandate is part of GPIF’s fund of funds alternative mandate, a multi-manager strategy incorporating private equity, infrastructure, and real estate.

HKEX introduces first ETF focused on Chinese internet companies

The ETF’s underlying index is the CSI Overseas China Internet Index, which consists of China-based companies listed in the US or Hong Kong whose primary business or businesses are related to the internet and internet-related technology.

Brokers concerned about reputational damage from Royal Commission

The broking community was split in its attitudes to ASIC also recently shining the spotlight on lending standards in the industry.

Exciting opportunities as Thai fund distribution grows

"And so, they’re reaching out more and more to other global players here and us to provide them with skillsets and products they can’t manage or manufacture in-house.”

Nomura Asset Management to launch a new ETF designed to track the performance of the “MSCI Japan Empowering Women (WIN) Select Index”

The index also selects companies based on such factors as sales and capital expenditure, which contribute to company growth.

Platinum Asset Management funds hold up despite Neilson CEO change

Platinum has outlined that funds under management declined to $27.25 billion in March from $27.73 billion the previous month.

Brevan Howard Plans Asia Macro Fund Run by Trader Bathwal

Bathwal, who is based in Singapore, has posted an annualized return of 17.5 percent since he joined the firm in 2008

Govt turns to Asia to sell debt

By staging two non-deal roadshows to Singapore, Honk Kong and Japan, the government is also aiming to profit from bearish interest rates in those countries where investors are virtually seeking trusted alternative instruments to their low yield ones.

Indonesia’s billionaire Hartono brothers chase tower assets as internet users swell

Indonesia’s rising number of smartphone users and the emergence of e-commerce unicorns such as PT Tokopedia and PT Go-Jek Indonesia are driving demand for high-speed data in the world’s fourth-most populous country.

Boosting retirement adequacy via a lifetime investment scheme

The yet-to-be-launched CPF Lifetime Retirement Investment Scheme will offer low-cost, passively managed funds.

Hastings Funds Management changes name to Vantage Infrastructure

Vantage will operate as an independent global debt and equity infrastructure investment firm.

Asia Is a `Buy' for UBS as Top Economies Cool Trade Bombast

In the latest sign that trade tensions are easing, Chinese President Xi Jinping this week renewed pledges to open industries from banking to auto manufacturing, drawing praise from U.S. President Donald Trump.

Allianz X invests $35 million in leading Southeast Asian mobile platform GO-JEK

Allianz becomes GO-JEK’s sole international insurance shareholder

Mirae has a $1-billion fund to bankroll Asian startups

Mirae is setting up the fund with South Korean internet conglomerate Naver, best known for promoting messaging application Line.

Ant Financial said to be in talks to raise US$10b in Temasek-led IPO

Alipay has been instrumental in driving Alibaba’s core business and is increasingly employed in physical stores around the world, shadowing the movements of Chinese tourists.

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors to acquire Folger Hill Asset Management

Folger Hill has a total of about 100 employees and manages roughly $1 billion in assets.

William Lam's contrarian opportunities in Asia

Overall he feels Asian indices are undervalued, with too much focus on corporate governance worries.

This Hedge Fund Picker Is Betting Japan Inc. Will Change

Rogers expects more Japanese firms to reorganize their operations in the country’s drive to improve corporate governance, with his hedge fund picks profiting from the changes.

Australian boutique launches second UK fund

The fund will run a high conviction portfolio of between 30-60 stocks, with over 45% of its assets allotted to Asia and a significant underweight to the US.

UBS Goes Green in Asia

UBS' Crisis of Identity

Alternative Investments