09/30/2016
StanChart starts direct trading between yuan, Saudi riyal, UAE dirham
China is the UAE's second-largest trading partner and is Saudi Arabia's largest partner
Alternative Investments
09/30/2016
Quant Hedge Funds Are China's Hot New Export
Quantitative money managers from the world’s second-largest economy are opening offshore funds
09/30/2016
Low yields boost risk appetites of global insurers
Its outsourcing was fixed-income dominated, followed by alternative investments and equity mandates.
09/30/2016
Singaporean sovereign wealth fund snaps up £700m of United Kingdom student digs
GSA chairman Nicholas Porter said: "I am very pleased to renew a longstanding relationship with GIC and announce our partnership".
09/30/2016
Li posts $11b hint to Beijing in bank binge
The lender failed to excite the market though as its shares traded flat, closing at HK$4.77, just a shade above the HK$4.76 IPO price.
09/29/2016
Deutsche Boerse’s Asia plans sidelined by LSE merger effort
The plan was to launch the JV this year but this has now been delayed, the people said.
09/29/2016
The Bank of China opens subsidiary in Mauritius
Bank of China is the most internationalized and diversified bank in China.
09/28/2016
MSCI launches new insto global equity risk model
The model covers 87 countries, 72 currencies and over 75,000 assets.
09/27/2016
FTLife Brand launches in Hong Kong
FTLife Insurance Company has announced a campaign to launch an energetic and forward-looking brand to become a leading player in Hong Kong
09/27/2016
NGS cuts ties with CommInsure
Rodwell-Ball said TAL's appointment will support NGS's strategic plans to improve its overall member experience and fortify its insurance offering.
09/27/2016
AFA Rising Star finalists announced
AFA chief executive Brad Fox said the Australian advice industry has been successful in making financial advice an attractive profession to new entrants
09/27/2016
Standard Chartered Faces U.S. Probe Over Indonesian Investment
An evidence of possible bribery and other misconduct, findings that were echoed in a separate review by a law firm
09/26/2016
Bonds are not a safe haven
It all means the quiet riot that was happening in Japanese and global long bond rates since July is in hiatus, and has perhaps ended.
09/26/2016
Federal Court approves Zurich's Macquarie acquisition
The opportunity to add to our product set particularly the innovative Active and Sumo offerings is also an exciting one.
09/26/2016
Custom protection for Chinese
The potential of the Chinese consumers and the burgeoning middle class as well as their rising income will mean greater demand for protection and insurance products
09/26/2016
Foreign factors benefit luxury home market in Singapore
Combined with this, tax regimes have changed in other cities.
09/26/2016
Eagle Gates Group eyes expansion into India and Russia
These two countries require wealth management solutions and we can provide it to them at a better cost than other companies.
09/26/2016
BCS Global Markets Partners With Caderus Capital, Pushing Chinese Investment Fund
The partnership between the two groups will aim to facilitate and support a cross-border collaboration between China and Russia
09/23/2016
Private sector leads China’s offshore investment drive
The mainland became a net capital exporter for the first time in 2015 as outbound direct investment
09/23/2016
New York-based TRG opens office in Seoul
Korean deal flow remains strong, driven by continued restructurings