Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Japan's MS&AD to invest $400m in Australian pension giant Challenger

Tokyo-based group seeks to grab piece of growing superannuation pie

Deputy PM calls on AIA to expand investment in Vietnam

He suggested the group join Vietnam’s derivatives market.

Resona Bank adopts Charles River IMS as multi-asset enterprise solution

Charles River provides all support services out of its Tokyo office, including technical support

Private offshore buyers from Asia snapping up office blocks

The improving leasing markets, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne.

Investors pour $29b into commercial real estate bricks and mortar

The hotel sector is also emerging as one of the more active as a swath of new developments and listings hit the market.

Fairfax family targets complex in Sydney’s Crows Nest

The complex will benefit from the new Crows Nest metro station and the purchase is in keeping with other plays by local and offshore-backed private groups that have become apparent from property records.

HSBC fund arm eyes mainland China pension market

We can’t do pension business in mainland China right now but the country is in the process of reforming its pension market.

New business surge leads to double-digit embedded value growth in Asia

The report highlights trends among companies reporting EVs and reveals a growth in reported 2016 EV of 15.3% by Asian insurance companies.

Principal Global Investors eyes next phase of Asian growth

The subordinated debt fund has gained what Singh describes as very good traction with private banks and institutional investors alike over the past few months.

India-focused funds' net inflows swell to 2 year high of $2.6 billion

India- focused offshore ETFs witnessed net inflows of USD 467 million.

Here’s how a global asset shopper gets under the radar by hewing close to China’s state policy

The Shanghai company spent at least US$1.7 billion since 2015 buying energy-related businesses in Romania, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, and even Chad

KKR to open third greater china office in shanghai

The new office is being unveiled as KKR deploys the largest-ever private equity fund dedicated to Asia Pacific.

Pakistani industrialists seek new trade ties

FPCCI President said that some pharmaceutical manufacturing companies of Pakistan also wanted to establish their production units in Qatar from where they could cater to the needs of whole MENA region with “Made-in-Qatar” stamp which would ear

Macquarie and Canada pension fund win SA $1.6b land titles

The South Australian lands titles business processes more than 208,000 property dealings each year, including 51,000 transfers.

Zurich P&C Arm Suffers in Asia

Zurich also sold its business in Taiwan in January, which weighed on the result.

Japan's big insurers report weaker April-June revenues

Premium hikes hurt income, but soft yen boosts core profits

Banking, investments deliver in H1 for AMP

On Thursday AMP said work to stabilise wealth protection had lifted the division's earnings by 11 per cent.

Vietnam's FPT sells 30 pct of subsidiary to investment funds

FPT Digital Retail's profit before tax in the first half of 2017 rose 44 percent from the same period last year to 141 billion dong ($6.2 million), FPT said.

Manulife eyes US$2b more of Asian office assets

The target is set to double the firm's direct real estate holdings in the region from some US$2.2 billion now

Heffron acquires superannuation advice specialist

Formica and her team will report to Meg Heffron in her role as the leader of the education and training functions within Heffron.

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