06/27/2017
Korea’s KIC expected to open new office in Singapore
The KIC opened its first overseas office in New York City in 2010, and its second in London the following year.
Alternative Investments
06/27/2017
Investors flocking to Asian bonds
Even the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate increase and hawkish tone, which came on the same day as the data, failed to substantially lift Treasury yields.
06/27/2017
An evolution towards passive investing
A confluence of trends is leading to an increasing amount of asset flows around the world into passive investments.
06/27/2017
Singapore State Fund Said to Confront Complaints in GLP Sale
Bidders competing with management group sought more disclosure
06/27/2017
Manulife Continues Asian Expansion
The Toronto headquartered firm becomes the first trust corporation backed by the resources of a multinational financial services group in the Philippines, following the recent liberalization measures initiated by the BSP.
06/27/2017
Savings bleeding out of Japan's graying regions to Tokyo
Regional banks paying high interest rates in hopes of retaining cash
06/27/2017
Nomura Asset Management expands AI effort
This PoC is one of the first full-scale efforts made by a Japanese asset manager to analyze and score analyst reports using AI.
06/26/2017
Macquarie goes to Rio with joint real estate venture
Macquarie already has a presence in the Americas, in Mexico, via the listed FIBRA Macquarie real estate investment trust and last year became a big player locally and in China.
06/26/2017
PE Panorama: CalPERS to pull out of PE?
CalPERS has an allocation of just under US$26 billion to PE, representing just over 8% of its total portfolio.
06/26/2017
Link in major UK acquisition
The balance of the Acquisition would be funded through a combination of existing cash and available debt facilities.
06/26/2017
Harvest Global Investments first to qualify for Swiss-HK Mutual Recognition of Funds Scheme
The MRF scheme allows Swiss investors to allocate funds to Harvest’s China Equity and Asia Frontier strategies.
06/26/2017
ING to expand deeper into China
Having spun off its insurance and asset management businesses, the bank now has free rein to engage such financial players in fund-raising and cash management.
06/26/2017
QIC and Eagle Investment join forces
The new performance solution also includes a number of customised configurations to meet complex requirements and methodologies for reporting on international investments
06/26/2017
UBS launches Asia ex-Japan ETF in London
The ETF is synthetically replicated, trades in British pounds and has a total expense ratio of 0.37%.
06/26/2017
BNP Paribas appointed for first access to Swiss-HK fund connection
Deal will enable China-focused fund manager to access HK-Swiss scheme.
06/25/2017
MSCI inclusion may only represent a small start but great things could lie ahead
There are still other problems or potential problems.
06/25/2017
Yuan the key to expansion of Sino-Russian economic ties
An inadvertent beneficiary of US/EU sanctions against Russia, China stands to gain more by working to deepen commercial ties with its neighbor
06/25/2017
China sinks $15bn into Ghana’s economy
The funding partnership with China, Dr. Bawumia explained, is not based on the traditional model of borrowing and aid.
06/23/2017
MetLife Hong Kong Surges Ahead with Triple-digit Business Growth in the First Quarter of 2017
Our ability to innovate and stay ahead of the curve has been instrumental to our success.
06/22/2017
Family offices partner for major US acquisition
The multifamily class of assets is unique to the US which accounted for the significant interest from Australians in the raising.