Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Wilson Asset Management is preparing to shake up Templeton Global Growth Fund

Templeton Global Growth Fund has a market value of $280 million but the shares trade at a 9.7 per cent discount to net assets.

Ant Financial to acquire a 51% stake in CIC

This would have given Ant Financial a 60% stake in CIC.

Australia's Crescent Wealth launches Islamic fund in Malaysia

The launch comes as Islamic finance is making inroads in non-traditional markets such as Australia

Nikko Asset Management launches Global Credit fund

The team will adopt an active investment approach based on fundamental research, which aims to take advantage of mispricing opportunities across global credit markets.

Maybank insurance arm aims to double size by 2020

Maybank Ageas is the parent company of Etiqa Insurance Bhd and Etiqa Takaful Bhd in Malaysia.

London asset manager TCP buys Religare realty fund

TCP's ultra high net worth clients are said to be mostly Middle East billionaires.

Netwealth anPrincipal Partners launch new private label managed account

We have had a long and successful partnership with Principal Partners and have been working with them to identify ways to enhance client outcomes and business efficiency.

Investors turning to Singapore and Hong Kong in 2016: Knight Frank

On the other hand, the negative interest rates introduced by the Bank of Japan have failed to curtail the Yen appreciation, making Japan properties pricier to acquire.

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HK fund eyeing IRC’s Binangonan property

A Taiwanese investor has also expressed interest in investing in the IRC property, he said.

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust to buy US mutual fund custodian

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust is expected to ink a share purchase agreement soon with Guggenheim Partners, a leading asset management company that owns Rydex, with the goal of completing the deal by the end of the year.

CIMB Group partners with Fajr Capital

CIMB group chief executive Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz said CIMB remained committed to the Middle East.

Hong Kong Asset Management Sees Slight Fall

The SFC's annual Fund Management Activities Survey indicates however that Hong Kong remained a preferred platform for international investors.

AMP Capital launches capital raising

The fund manager also restructured ADIT as a stapled trust, which was expected to facilitate the new assets acquisition.

Hedge Fund LIM Wins Vote to Shut Aussie Manager’s China Fund

The vote to shut the fund draws to a close a year of agitation by LIM, the third-largest shareholder.

o3 Capital is raising a $150 million fund focused on hospitality

The investment banking firm will target assets nearing completion that need last-mile funding to become operational

Malaysian Bank Cimb In Sales Alliance With Dubai Fund

The alliance will involve "multiple levels of collaboration," including cross-marketing and distributing each other's products and services

Australia's AGL and state-owned funds establish renewables fund

"It breaks in a material way the logjam around funding for large scale renewables."

Sahara rejects $1.3 billion offer for sale of three prized overseas hotels

"This is a long-term investment opportunity for us. We have submitted a very compelling offer. It is now up to the Supreme Court and the Roy family."

AIA Group posts 37 percent rise in first-half new business growth

First half new business growth for China saw an increase of 56 percent compared with the first half of 2015 to $278 million.

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