Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Chinese cities are undergoing an insane housing boom with prices up as much as 43% in a year

Home purchase restrictions even saw couples divorcing to enable them to buy more properties.

Unreasonable Capital raises OPIC funding for African investments

OPIC is delighted to support Unreasonable Capital as the fund invests across several regions and in a variety of sectors, from energy access to financial technology.

Private equity deals fall to $16-billion in 2016; Markets pin hope on new year

Private equity investments fell to $16 billion in 2016 amid slump in valuations, especially in once-venerated ecommerce sector, but the markets are hoping for hectic deal activities in the new year.

2016 a wake up call for company boards on executive pay

Boards need to be more cognisant about what is going on in the general community

PFRDA mulls various withdrawal options to optimise pension

Under the extant regulations, a minimum of 40 per cent of the pension wealth (AUM at superannuation) has to be mandatorily annuitized and balance 60 per cent may be withdrawn as lump—sum.

Accor snaps up $200m portfolio from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

The portfolio includes the 250-room Ibis Melbourne and the 200-room Ibis Sydney Airport, as well as five Ibis Budget hotels in Sydney, two in Melbourne, and one each in Newcastle, Dubbo, Coffs Harbour, Canberra and Brisbane Airport.

China’s leaders split over policy for $3tn forex reserves

Debate hardens on whether country should continue to use stockpile to support renminbi

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust partners Hana Financial in retail asset management

The bank also said it is in talks to partner financial institutions elsewhere in Asia to build up an overseas retail asset management business in addition to its wholesale operations.

How Aberdeen is beefing up its multi-asset business in Asia

This is in contrast to what other multi-asset managers in Asia are doing, which is adding headcount on the client-facing side of the business but doing the investment management from their offices in London or New York.

Moscow Exchange To Cooperate With Leading Chinese Securities

The MoU also includes assistance for Chinese corporates that want to list their securities in Moscow.

Global stock tip: Mizuho Financial Group

The major headwind has been the negative interest rate policy introduced by the Bank of Japan

It's time for more Australian fund managers to invest in social outcomes

Rise of impact investing in Australia shows there is an increased appetite for aligning assets with values

Japan’s SMBC to buy U.S. freight car leasing firm for $2.8 billion

American Railcar Leasing owns roughly 34,300 cars and is ranked sixth in the U.S. freight car leasing industry.

AMP Capital invests in Australian land for international investor

These two developments are well positioned to benefit from the New South Wales government’s investment in enabling infrastructure.

Hong Kong Stock Connect

Given that Shenzhen Stock Exchange gives access to corporates of small and medium size and operating in other economic sectors than the entities listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange, the investment policy of the UCITS intending to invest through Shenzhen Con

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