Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Rich Asian Millennials Pool Family Fortunes to Build Venture Fund

Some days, he would stand in front of an empty lot with his young daughter and challenge her to imagine a building there rather than watching the chickens running around.

Japan: Idera Capital, PGGM launch $223m real estate fund

Idera Capital CEO Takuya Yamada touted the joint venture’s inception as a great achievement and testament to the proven expertise in residential property investments of both firms.

First Global Fintech Fund for the Underserved Closes with $141 Million in Capital Contributions English

The Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund, managed by Quona Capital, invests in companies that innovate to expand access to financial services to underserved consumers and businesses in emerging markets

Myanmar: Credera Group gets $50m in commitments for $100m vehicle

Credera will use about $20 million for each investment and plans to close about five transactions from this fund, and will be targeting sectors such as fintech, education, health and manufacturing.

Pengana Capital stake changes hands, NAB exits

NAB had offloaded the Pengana shareholding

World’s biggest pension fund gains US$21b

This quarter will probably be good too.

Ensuring advisers are up to par

As a life insurance and unit trust asset management company, we can justify what suits our customers.

China's $8 Trillion Bond Treasure Spurs Global Funds to Hire

Investment firms also want to sell more products to a growing legion of wealthy Chinese investors, after greater market access was allowed.

Russian cenbank says will open office in Beijing in mid-March

Shapovalov said the move would help develop the two countries' capital markets and boost settlement in national currencies.

Japan's public pension fund posts record $130b gain

Biggest quarterly gain as it returns 8% on shares surge, plunge in yen

New Fund Manager in Singapore

Zico Holdings which provides legal services, Shariah advisory, trust advisory, corporate services and consulting services said its wholly owned subsidiary

Octagonal outlines new South East Asia push

This new opportunity will allow GIS to provide a more competitive offering to existing clients as well as develop new revenue streams

Mexican pension fund hands $550m Asia mandate to Pioneer, Wellington and Nomura

This increases the firm’s exposure to Asia through the three asset management groups.

Norwegian pension fund doubles investment in Sri Lanka

The biggest investments have been made in the industrial and financial services sectors with 63% of the total investment.

Harbour Asset Management named top fund manager

Morningstar said Harbour was one of the best stewards of New Zealand investors' money.

Barclays Merchant Bank (Singapore) buys stake in Manappuram Finance

Barclays Merchant Bank (Singapore) has bought 4% stake in Manappuram Finance from Barring India Private Equity Fund III Listed Investment Ltd at Rs 97.3 per share in a block deal through National Stock Exchange.

ACBC partners with Praemium

XTB portfolio manager Ian Martin and co-founder and executive director of Australian Corporate Bond Company, said offering the SMA model portfolios was another step forward in XTB's commitment to driving innovation within the local fixed income marke

Panin Bank Targets Low-Cost Fund Portion of 50% in 2017

The effort to increase low-cost fund portion is conducted by the launching of attractive savings programs, including the 2017 Panin Super Bonanza.

One of Asia's top trading firms is shutting down a large chunk of its US business

The firm will continue to offer execution and trading services, including: sector trading, ADR trading, portfolio trading, electronic execution and commission management

Malaysian lender CIMB Q4 profit rises 3.5% on higher loans

Maybank last week reported a 43 per cent rise in fourth-quarter profit on loan growth and a rise in investment income

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