Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Manulife Arm Proceeds With Planned Singapore IPO of U.S. Assets

Manulife Asset Management plans to start taking orders next week for up to $450 million offering

Yes Bank plans $1-billion ADR issue next fiscal

The aspiration is to do an ADR (American depository receipts) issue. It will be our first such issue.

Independent directors tipped to drive wave of super fund mergers

Funds will have three years to implement the changes.

New Zealand Superannuation Fund Hailed As World’s Top Performing Wealth Fund By JPMorgan

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has been hailed as world’s top performing wealth fund by JPMorgan.

Van Eck Global lists first of its kind China A-Shares ETF

CETF gives Australian investors the opportunity to access a diversified portfolio of the most traded and largest 300 China A-shares

Sun Yat-sen’s Great Grandson Said to Join LG Scion in Fund

The great-grandson of modern China’s first president is working with a member of the family behind South Korea’s LG Group to raise money for investing in Asia technology companies

China hedge fund eyes global expansion with HK office

Rosefinch Investment, one of China's top 10 private fund companies, has established its first offshore office in Hong Kong. The move has highlighted the city's lengthy registration waiting times compared to Singapore.

HSBC ends sponsorship tie-up with Markit for China PMI, emerging markets indexes

HSBC has ended its marketing tie-up with financial information firm Markit Ltd

US$4.5b rescue of debt-ridden 1MDB may weigh on Abu Dhabi’s IPIC

The Abu Dhabi firm also agreed to assume US$3.5 billion of 1MDB debt, and forgive an undisclosed amount of debt owed to IPIC by 1MDB, in exchange for assets which have not been named.

Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust Confident In Asia Pacific Region

Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC is well placed to benefit from young populations, rising wealth and building demand for consumer goods in the Asia Pacific region

Bargain hunting in Singapore's luxury homes market

He noted that over the past couple months, there have been several big property deals

Could Asia's Richest Man Make REITs Obsolete?

The product, “Stable Earner No 1, was offered to individual and institutional investors via Wanda’s proprietary Internet finance platform and mobile app.

Managers map out northbound mutual recognition plan

Hong Kong fund managers have laid out their plans to distribute funds in China, with the launch of mutual recognition just days away. Equity products are expected to be firstmovers under the crossborder scheme.

Presima’s MarcAndre Flageole tips malls to draw foreign investment

Well located Australian shopping centres and malls represent a good investment opportunity for international investors, according to a key Montrealbased international fund manager specialising in global real estate securities. MarcAndre Flageole

China trumpets Silk Road with multi-currency bond

Bank of China was the main focus of global bond markets on Wednesday, executing a $3.55 billion multi-currency bond that was dubbed the Silk Road bond in honour of the country's One Belt One Road initiative, which the bank is using the proceeds to fu

Commerzbank receives licence to trade China Onshore FX Options

Commerzbank Corporates & Markets has received its licence from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange to trade onshore foreign exchange Options in China

China Life first Chinese insurer to market new-style capital

China Life has an option to defer payments on a cumulative and compounding basis, subject to a dividend stopper.

Swiss Re handed RQFII licence in diversification drive

Award of the licence to the first reinsurer and Switzerland based firm represents China's bid to diversify its international investor base

UOB unit to offer investors direct onshore yuan options

Fund manager UOB Asset Management will soon allow investors direct access to onshore yuan financial solutions

$3.83 Million Chinese Clock Sets Record for Online Auction of Asian Art

This makes it the highest auction result in Germany in 2015 and the most expensive object that Auctionata has sold since the start of its livestream auctions in May 2013.

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