08/16/2017
MetLife Launches Second Startup Engagement Program, “collab 2.0”
The winners from the first cohort offered practical solutions that showed tangible value and the potential to significantly augment the insurance experience.
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08/16/2017
Ex-Nomura salesman exiled in Chicago goes hostile at tiny Japan firms
He’s fought several public campaigns over the past two years, with mixed success.
08/15/2017
As Thailand's corporate cash pile swells, investors grow restless
The energy and power companies account for most of the cash with some $20 billion in their coffers.
08/15/2017
Fortnum makes leadership team change
Joel Taylor, managing director of Fortnum Private Wealth, will step down to take on a business development role within the financial advice group.
08/15/2017
Hedge-fund honchos including David Tepper are loading up on Alibaba
Moore Capital and Tiger Global Management disclosed a slight decrease in their holdings of Alibaba in the second quarter.
08/15/2017
Indian buyers overtake Arabs as biggest investors in prime London property
The Middle East slipped into third place this year, representing 21 percent of sales.
08/15/2017
Japanese wealth manager Symphony Financial launches US office
The first is a long-bias, constructive engagement strategy which invests and works closely with willing managements of deeply undervalued Japanese companies.
08/15/2017
BetaShares July 2017 Australian ETF Review: Industry hits $30 billion milestone
In a month where the Australian share market was flat, 100% of the growth in assets came from net inflows, rather than asset appreciation.
08/15/2017
Tianhong cuts limit on Yu’e Bao subscription for second time
The company says the new reduction applies to new subscriptions by personal investors only.
08/15/2017
Hedge funds step up hunt for alternative data to detect emerging trends
Customers such as hedge funds wanted to be able to analyse data which tracked foot traffic on both a year-on-year basis and quarter-on-quarter.
08/15/2017
Taiwan’s PSPF grants US$300 million in funding for global mandate
The fund had invited bids for the mandate last October as part of its strategy to diversify its overseas portfolio.
08/15/2017
Yu'E Bao cuts maximum personal investment ceiling
It is likely that in the near future, money market funds will be further regulated after China's securities regulators and financial market watchdogs tightened management of liquidity.
08/15/2017
Life insurance grew 10% in 1H2017
Insurance Association Singapore in a statement on the industry's performance.
08/15/2017
Japan's MS&AD to invest $400m in Australian pension giant Challenger
Tokyo-based group seeks to grab piece of growing superannuation pie
08/15/2017
Deputy PM calls on AIA to expand investment in Vietnam
He suggested the group join Vietnam’s derivatives market.
08/15/2017
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
08/14/2017
Private offshore buyers from Asia snapping up office blocks
The improving leasing markets, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne.
08/14/2017
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.
08/14/2017
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.
08/14/2017
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.