Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

London’s trophy towers record no disinterest

The £750m bid for Heron Tower need not be an exception

Nippon Life in talks to buy NAB's insurance unit: Report

Nippon Life hopes to finalise the deal by year-end, the daily said, without citing any sources.

Pension fund to provide ballast to China's stock market

A draft of the guidelines was released in late June to solicit public opinions

QDII funds face shutdown in China market slide

By the end of July, the total value of all 97 QDII funds dropped 34.5%

China pension fund allowed to invest in stock market

The fund will also be used to participate in major projects and purchase shares in state-owned enterprises to gain long-term yields.

Nomura Lists JPX-Nikkei 400 ETFs on Tokyo Stock Exchange

The ETFs are part of Nomura’s NEXT FUNDS range, which totals 50 funds with today’s new listings.

Philippines becomes regional star as gloom descends around Asia

Philippine local-currency sovereign bonds returned 2.9 percent over the last three months, the most in Southeast Asia.

SEB Asset Management sells two office buildings in Japan

The new owner's successful bid was for the equivalent of JPY 8.5 billion in total.

Norway Fund Said Among Bidders for BlackRock Singapore Tower

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is among bidders for BlackRock Inc.’s Asia Square Tower 1, an office building in Singapore’s central business district, according to people familiar with the matter.

Hong Kong ruling risks ‘sales inconsistencies’

Hong Kong advisers offering insurance products could face sales inconsistencies in the market when a new measure comes into force next year, Old Mutual International’s Mark Christal has warned.

Exide Life launches unit-linked insurance plan Wealth Maxima

The plan also allows them to switch to another plan option in-line with evolving protection needs.

EQT joins Calastone network

This will make the process significantly simpler and more efficient for platform operators, who will no longer need to manually prepare and fax their trades on a daily basis.

Beijing expands market access for HK, Macau brokers

The Hong Kong and Macau brokerages will be able to own up a 51% stake of the JVs, a move that grants them controlling interest and a bigger say in the way the firms are run.

China QDII fund on verge of going bust

The Beijing-based JV announced that it would invite the fund’s unitholders to vote from September 7 to 20 on a proposal to shut down the QDII fund.

Luxembourg investors buy Canterbury land

The Overseas Investment Office (OIO) has approved the sale of a mid-Canterbury property to a Luxembourg-based investment fund.

UAE’s $75bn infrastructure fund comes at the right time for India

Investment of this magnitude is much needed and will ultimately improve the prospects and living standards for millions of people.

Nomura publishes Nomura Japan Consecutively Increased Dividend Stock Index

The index is designed for concentrated investment in the consecutively increased dividend stocks by restricting the number of constituents, where the individual stock weight is capped to avoid excessively investing in specific stocks.

China investment firm spends 20 billion yuan boosting stakes in domestic banks

This comes after more than a dozen mainland companies on Wednesday flocked to declare votes of confidence from the state rescuers Central Huijin and China Securities Finance Corp by disclosing their shareholding or increase of shareholding.

Bank Permata readies Indonesia's first offshore Basel III bonds

The bonds are expected to score a Ba3 rating from Moody's and will be denominated in US dollars and in a Reg S format.

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

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