Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Papua New Guinea eyes sovereign bond debut

Earlier this month, police opened fire on student protesters marching against Prime Minister Peter O’Neill at an anti-corruption rally, sparking riots in the capital Port Moresby.

EPF allocates US$24.64 billion to shariah fund

What sets the fund apart from its conventional counterpart is that the former is not exposed to banking and insurance stocks. Meanwhile, contributors are free to choose from among the two schemes.

Hedge Funds Standards Board grows in Asia

The APAC Committee will help the HFSB establish a more dedicated effort in the region by assisting with the HFSB’s dialogue and relationships with regulators, hedge fund managers and investors, and ensuring that Asia-Pacific regional and local issue

TPG Growth to Acquire 40% Stake in One Network Bank from BDO

The investment will allow ONB to expand and develop new products to cover the underserved market segments.

HSS takes on Asia custody and fund admin mandate for Allianz

The mandate covers Allianz’s insurance business across Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

India’s securities regulator eases regulations for REITs

This latest development in the REIT sector came after the Indian government waived dividend distribution tax on REITs earlier in March this year.

Carlyle Group Hires Former J&J Executive to Advise Asia Buyout Fund

Jesse Wu to advise on investing in China’s health-care industry

Mainland China bond market remains on analysts' radar

Despite the spate of defaults in China's bond market, analysts have not lost faith in the sector. "We favor China's bond market more than the equity market at the current stage," Fielding Chan, Asia economist at Bloomberg LP, told Chin

AXA Asia Reveals New 5-year Strategic Plan to Accelerate Towards over 100 Million Customers by 2030

AXA Asia's underlying earnings grew at 17% on average and more than doubled over the 2010 to 2015 period.

Nomura Research Institute Acquires Cutter Associates, LLC, the Leader in Investment Operations Consulting and Research to the Market's Preeminent Asset Management Companies

Combined entity expected to be the dominant, global provider of research and consulting services to the investment management sector

VentureCrowd closes property deal

The $900,000 funding round gives investors a total of 49 per cent equity in the residential project, where the block of land will be subdivided for 35 new homes. The targeted returns for investors exceed 100%.

Modi Govt to launch its first CPSE exchange traded fund

The ETF would also enable the government to sell its stake in listed private sector firms.

Sydney-based fund manager launches third US fund to raise $80m

The US Select Private Opportunities Fund Series will invest along with specialised private equity funds targeting small and mid-cap private businesses in the US.

Japan’s Chikyoren appoints Nomura as domestic real estate manager

Chikyoren subsequently appointed 11 managers – Nomura being one of them – to manage its active global bond portfolios in August 2015.

Jack Ma’s Ant Financial Plans to Buy 20% Stake in Ascend Money

The agency is currently reviewing the plans.

Iran in talks with Chinese and Russian banks on finance hub plan

Iran’s economy has traditionally relied on oil revenue and consumption by the internal market

Nomura sees its Asia ex-Japan wealth assets rising 15-20 percent

Amanda Chen was hired by Nomura last year from Morgan Stanley to spearhead expansion in Asia, which has 4.7 million individuals with $1 million in liquid assets.

How Do you Define “Emerging”? Pakistan Counts The Ways

The Global X MSCI Pakistan exchange-traded fund was a big winner Wednesday, up 5.8%, while the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF was up 1% and the iShares MSCI Frontier 100 ETF was flat.

Centrum Wealth to float $500-m new overseas fund

The first fund would also stop being routed through Mauritius next year.

Chinese Private Equity Firm Acquires Italian Robot Company

AGIC Capital revealed that the company has reached an acquisition agreement with Gimatic, and it aims to acquire the latter for between EUR100 million and EUR150 million.

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