04/17/2017
AXA building new fund platform in Singapore
“As investors become increasingly savvy, having access to up-to-date fund information to make a better-informed decision is critical, FE is glad to be able to help service this need.”
Alternative Investments
04/17/2017
Score Draw For The Latest Chinese Football Takeovers
The closure brought to an end a protracted deal plagued by setbacks which took in the region of eight months to complete.
04/12/2017
China's outbound investment expands in Belt and Road region: report
Most of the investment has gone to ASEAN countries, the Middle East and South Asia.
04/12/2017
GPIF looks for PE and infrastructure managers
Under the system, alternative assets are divided into three major classes: PE, infrastructure, and real estate.
04/12/2017
L&I ETFs seen to gain in traction in Hong Kong
Hong Kong fund managers believe the launch of domestic indices tracking leveraged and As the tracking indices are more familiar and comfortable to Hong Kong investors, we expect Hong Kong investors would find them more attractive than foreign index tracki
04/12/2017
Why an investor-led funds focus works in Thailand
The priority for Manulife Asset Management’s local business in 2017 is to launch targeted funds that have been designed with the needs of customers in mind, says Michael Reed.
04/12/2017
Japan to drive real assets globally
The reliable income streams afforded by real asset investment would prove beneficial for Japan's corporate pensions, public pensions and financial institutions that are almost all designed as defined benefit schemes.
04/11/2017
Malaysia’s EPF enters Australian property market
EPF chief executive officer Shahril Ridza Ridzuan says in the statement that the project fits with the pension fund’s long-term objectives and would be a good addition to its overseas portfolio.
04/11/2017
Japan's GPIF Starts Recruiting Managers for Alternative Assets
The landmark move followed a government push to spur higher returns on pension investments and jolt Japan out of deflation.
04/11/2017
Singapore fund GIC led first quarter sovereign investor deals
The Singaporean fund has been very active in the last six months, having secured the biggest real estate deal of the fourth quarter of 2016, when it paid $2.7 billion for P3 Logistic Parks, a European warehouse company.
04/11/2017
Beware fund managers who win awards
The local Morningstar awards are very low profile and attract little media attention.
04/10/2017
Dragon Capital forms microfinance JV in Myanmar
Mr. Scriven says the success of the joint venture is of “paramount importance” to Dragon Capital as it is the company’s first investment in Myanmar.
04/10/2017
BlueBay shuts HK office, to relocate Asia head
The fixed income manager joins the growing list of fund houses to have closed their branches in Hong Kong, but it has kept some staff in the city.
04/10/2017
Blackstone lures Asian buyers
Singapore’s Government Investment Corporation Corporation and Hong Kong landlord Chow Tai Fook have been buying assets of all sorts lately.
04/10/2017
Woori Bank strives to attract European investors
KDIC still holds a 21.4 percent stake and plans to sell 18.4 percent.
04/10/2017
Equity Hedge Funds Best Start Since 2013 Fueled by Asia Wagers
Emerging markets had some of the most robust gains, with an average 5.5 percent return led by wagers in India and China.
04/10/2017
Maxwell Signs $47 Million Strategic Equity Investment Agreement
Enhances access to China's largest automotive battery companies through SDIC Fund Management's investments in leading Chinese battery companies
04/09/2017
Banyan Capital raises $725m across two funds
Limited partners (LPs) in its two new two China-focused venture capital funds include university endowments, family offices and pension funds worldwide. The VC firm specialises in in seed stage early stage, and growth investments, with a preference for A-
04/09/2017
Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange launches DGCX Shanghai Gold Futures
The listing of Shanghai Gold Futures on DGCX which has a wide international footprint and well-established local clearing capabilities for precious metals in the Middle East, bodes well for the UAE, particularly Dubai, which is already a strategic gold tr
04/09/2017
KKR reaches $5.8b first close of third pan-Asian fund
scheduled closing of 15 March 2017.