05/26/2015
Nasdaq taps China demand for hi-tech stocks with ETF
GF Fund Management has launched Shenzhen’s first ETF tracking the Nasdaq-100 Index, amid recent euphoria in the Mainland’s innovation-led small-cap equity market.
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05/26/2015
Crescent slices Cardno
Crescent Capital has snared an 18.74 per cent interest in the Queensland-based services company Cardno, setting the stage for another takeover tussle in the sector.
05/26/2015
Underused Connect hampers HK's bid for RQFII quota
China's regulators want to see more use of Stock Connect before they will be willing to grant Hong Kong additional RQFII quota, a senior market watcher tells an AsianInvestor forum.
05/26/2015
China's private sector looks for property upside Down Under
Private mainland players look to Australian commercial real estate for opportunities as competition and consolidation take toll at home
05/26/2015
This $30 million Australian venture capital fund is on the hunt for 10 new expanding companies
Australian venture capital outfit Blue Sky will close out its second major fund this week, raising more than $20 million as it looks to hit $30 million by the end of the year to invest in startups and companies on the rise.
05/26/2015
ANZ enters fast growing ETF market
ANZ has become the first of Australia's big banks to enter the exchange traded fund market with the launch of six funds in partnership with ETF Securities.
05/26/2015
China Extends Yuan Clearing Network, RQFII Program to Chile
China named its first clearing bank in Latin America and extended a program to invest in the world’s second-largest economy as it intensifies efforts to increase the currency’s global usage
05/26/2015
Societe Generale offers Tier 2 Dim Sum bonds
In March, SocGen issued a Rmb1bn Formosa bond at a yield of 4.03%.
05/25/2015
Bahrain and China to sign major trade agreements
Two major agreements are expected to be signed by Bahrain and China
05/25/2015
Centre keen to get more banks, insurers in IFSC
Financial services secretary has urged chiefs of banks and insurance firms to use facilities in GIFT City.
05/25/2015
US boutique to establish beach-head in Australia
US boutique fund manager Ariel Investments will open its first offshore office in Sydney and has named a former AXA Rosenberg executive to head up the local operation
05/25/2015
Old Mutual rethinks China sales strategy
Old Mutual targeted high net-worth customers in China, giving it just 100 000 clients
05/25/2015
Frasers Centrepoint lists seven-year retail bonds on SGX
This is the first retail bond offering by the FCL group. It will trade under the stock code “AXXZ”
05/25/2015
Hedge Funds Win Through Stock Connect
Trading link between Shanghai and Hong Kong creates opportunity for outsize returns
05/25/2015
China Creates Gold Investment Fund For Central Banks
President Xi Jinping said earlier this year he hoped annual trade with the countries involved in the increasingly important modern Silk Road would surpass $2.5 trillion in a decade.
05/25/2015
Zodius Capital Raises First Round Of Its Second Fund
The $500 Mn fund was launched in last year along with Alternate Asset Management, a subsidiary of Avendus Capital.
05/25/2015
JLT India to hire 300 for Pune office
The Pune office will provide services to JLT Group’s global Employee Benefits businesses, as well as support the Group with Applications Development services.
05/24/2015
China delivers ‘holy grail’ to asset managers
Beijing’s move to give international asset managers greater access to Chinese investors has been hailed as the “holy grail”
05/24/2015
China sets up largest gold fund
A gold sector fund involving countries along the ancient Silk Road has been set up in northwest China's Xi'an City during an ongoing forum on investment and trade this weekend.
05/24/2015
Malaysia welcomes Japan’s proposal to provide Asia with US$11b infrastructure financing
Malaysian companies would be able to capitalise on these additional sources of funding, it said.