04/01/2015

Baring PE Asia closes first real estate fund

Baring Private Equity Asia's property fund will focus on Korea, the Philippines and Malaysia. The new fund illustrates investor caution as well as a desire amongst others to profit from Asia's property opportunities.

04/01/2015

Frontier markets make their case for foreign funding

As frontier countries increasingly target foreign direct investment and offer similar financial incentives, their need to advertise other economic attractions has been highlighted at a conference in Hong Kong

04/01/2015

BLS plans to launch more fund products

Bualuang Securities plans to roll out more fund management products in a few months to counter fiercer competition in the shrinking stock market.

03/31/2015

HK hedge funds' AUM surges to all­time high

New survey by city's securities regulator highlights hedge funds' shift to equity­focused strategies and a greater focus on China. And investors in Hong Kong and the Americas are rising in importance for funding.

03/31/2015

MYOB eyes AU$2.3b valuation after filing for IPO

Summary:Australian cloud accounting software provider MYOB is moving to return to public ownership after almost six years in private hands, on Tuesday filing its prospectus for an IPO on the ASX.

03/31/2015

BlackRock clarifies it has accepted Keppel Corp's offer

BT had earlier reported that market watchers believed BlackRock's sale of the 37.3 million Keppel Land shares at S$4.38 to be its tendering of its acceptances, despite some slight discrepancy in the numbers when tallied.

03/31/2015

This new Singapore fund wants to hatch fintech and B2B startups

A new venture capital fund called Hatcher has launched, and it is targeting to raise US$100 million. It’s well on its way there. The Singapore and Dubai-based “venture builder platform” focuses on startups in the fintech and B2B space.

03/30/2015

Asian investors must embrace multi-asset solutions

Manulife Asset Management believes multi-asset solutions, which the firm now offers in most of its Asian operations, are a powerful tool for addressing the need for asset allocation among Asian households.

03/30/2015

CTBC targets growth of insurance general assets

At the same time, the company hopes to lower the proportion of assets of its banking business to around 70 percent of the total from its current position of more than 90 percent, CTBC Financial president Daniel Wu said.