08/19/2015
Ex-Azentus Partner to Start Hedge Fund Zaaba Backed by HS Group
The hedge fund can allocate a significant amount of capital outside the traditional regional hedge fund strongholds
Alternative Investments
08/19/2015
Infocus fund manager first to invest in new fund
This recognises the differentiation that an unconstrained fixed income fund with a focus on absolute returns can provide for investors seeking diversification and predictable returns.
08/19/2015
Lulu Plans to Enter Banking Sector
With the changing scenario in the remittance business, exchange houses must diversify services to remain relevant to customers
08/19/2015
China pumps $17 billion into banks for economic boost
The PBoC encouraged banks to use the funds to support small companies, agriculture and "weak links" in the economy
08/18/2015
INDIA: Focussed platform for UAE in the offing?
Modi assured investors on Monday that he will send commerce and industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman to resolve the problems being faced by them while investing in India.
08/18/2015
Robertson’s Tiger to Invest Startup Capital in China Fund Yulan
A number of prominent executives worked under Robertson at Tiger before going on to form their own hedge funds.
08/18/2015
Strategies to navigate market uncertainties
You need a diverse range of strategies to navigate the uncertainty,” Mackay said during an interview while in Australia for the Portfolio Construction Forum.
08/17/2015
Foreign buyers aren't ruining world's great cities
Despite those crazy prices and a generally development-unfriendly political environment, the city's population hit an all-time high of 852,469 in 2014.
08/17/2015
MFs fear large-scale investor exit on yuan devaluation
Yuan fall will further increase dumping of Chinese steel and textiles
08/17/2015
ArthVeda launches $250 million real estate fund focussed on India
Offering GCC investors an opportunity to reap dividends from India’s mid-income residential real estate growth, global asset management firm ArthVeda Fund Management today launched STAR Fund II with a corpus of $250 million.
08/17/2015
Activist Hedge Funds Targeting Asian Companies
More Asian enterprises are surrendering to them, too.
08/17/2015
Soros fund reduces stakes in Chinese internet giants
The fund, which now only invests for George Soros, his family and his foundation, announced on August 4 that chief investment officer Scott Bessent would exit at the end of this year to start his own hedge-fund firm.
08/14/2015
SITA to facilitate investments in East African countries
The approximate investment of these projects was expected to be $18 million.
08/14/2015
Jack Ma Website With Junk Debt a Click Away Raises Risk in China
Default risks have also mounted in the nation’s private junk bond market, started in 2012.
08/14/2015
The Rohatyn Group to Divest Sharekhan Limited, India's Leading Broking Service Provider
Sharekhan, based in Mumbai, India, is one of the country’s leading online retail broking house and a diversified consumer franchise.
08/13/2015
Invesco Great Wall readies Shenzhen Connect fund
The joint-venture asset manager is preparing a mutual fund designed for trading on the upcoming Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, despite market fears over delays to the scheme's launch.
08/13/2015
Sumitomo to acquire US insurer Symetra Financial Corporation
Upon closing, Symetra will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Japanese company, which will use its cash and deposits to fund the transaction.
08/12/2015
Bond managers reeling from PBoC's devaluation
The PBoC's surprise 1.9% devaluation of the renminbi has left a hole in bond fund managers’ portfolios.
08/12/2015
JP Morgan replaces NAB at Telstra Super
Telstra Super has replaced NAB Asset Servicing with JP Morgan Investor Services as its master custodian following a review and tender process.
08/12/2015
Chinese buyers making mark on Vancouver’s luxury housing
The new data offer fresh granularity into Vancouver’s cosmopolitan housing market, where the average cost of a detached house has soared to $2.23-million