09/29/2022
Dozens of Financial Leaders Commit to HKMA Summit
Amongst those that have already publicly committed to attending the event are HSBC CEO Noel Quinn and Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters.
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09/29/2022
Singapore’s GIC co-leads US$265 million fundraising in Thailand’s LINE MAN Wongnai
Chief Executive Officer Yod Chinsupakkul describes the fundraising as an “important milestone”.
09/29/2022
Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers’ opens India office
Toronto-based Ontario Teachers’ had around C$242.5 billion of net assets as of June 2022.
09/29/2022
AFA members invited to question merger
AFA national president, Sam Perera, and chief executive, Phil Anderson, would be holding five member consultations around the country to assess member views.
09/28/2022
Singapore’s Temasek leads US$40 million fundraising round in China’s Well-Link Technologies
Temasek was also part of a consortium of investors who invested $200 million in local cryptocurrency trading platform Amber Group in February this year.
09/27/2022
Zurich Insurance Mulls India Joint Venture
An insolvency proceeding of the Indian Reliance General Insurance is the basis for the bid between Zurich together with Primal Group.
09/26/2022
Japan's 10-year government bond yields rise close to BOJ ceiling
The 10-year government bond yields rose to 0.245%, hovering close to the BOJ’s upper limit of 0.25%.
09/23/2022
Singapore Surpasses Hong Kong in Financial Hub Index
At the top of the index, the leaders were unchanged with New York ranked as the top financial center followed by London as the runner-up.
09/23/2022
Malaysia’s Khazanah eyes Southeast Asia, India investments, but weak ringgit a challenge
The currency has lost 9% of its value against the greenback thus far this year.
09/21/2022
Wafra Capital Partners Rebrands as InterVest Capital Partners
The new brand is a major milestone in our firm's journey, embodying our core values as an organization," added Michael Gontar, CEO of InterVest Capital Partners.
09/21/2022
Australia’s RBA faces losses on pandemic-era bond buying, sees benefits
The RBA will also take a large mark to market valuation loss on the bonds in its 2021/22 accounts, although this will be offset as the bonds mature over the coming decade.
09/20/2022
Hong Kong is Expediting Its Reopening Plans
As part of the reopening measures, the government is expected to scrap hotel quarantine for inbound travellers and instead require them to self-monitor for seven days at home.
09/20/2022
Lee Kuan Yew’s Daughter Sells Bungalow to Hotpot Billionaire
According to Forbes, Shi and his family ranked 87th on the list of China's richest with a net worth of $4.1 billion.
09/20/2022
Japan’s Dai-ichi Life invests in local environmental firm’s venture fund
Dai-ichi Life is one of the most active impact investors in Japan’s insurance industry.
09/19/2022
Nikko unveils metaverse ETF in Hong Kong
The fund has been created by revamping one of Nikko’s existing strategies, the NikkoAM E-Games Active ETF.
09/19/2022
Malaysia fund industry assets drop as investors fret rate hikes may derail global economy
The regulator typically posts the data without providing analysis.
09/19/2022
Japan’s Nippon Life extends transition loan to Sumitomo Chemical for LNG facility
Transition financing refers to loans or bonds that allow companies to begin making the shift from carbon intensive to carbon neutral operations in the fight against climate change.
09/19/2022
ETF Securities rebrands following acquisition
The rebrand to Global X ETFs builds on a legacy for investors that’s beyond ordinary via quality research, the deep balance sheet of our parent company
09/16/2022
Singapore Beefs Up Job Creation Drive in Finance
As part of the ITM, another S$400 million has been granted to fund its 'Talent and Leaders in Finance’ program from 2021 to 2025.
09/16/2022
Philippines pension funds SSS and GSIS in talks to invest in infrastructure, report says
“Anything to improve the overall infrastructure of the Philippines, we definitely want to invest on that because that will be the one that will give us the best returns as a nation,”