Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Cerulli Predicts Asian Distributors Will Have Two Fund Lists

Passive funds will be used as the key building blocks for customers' portfolios

Deutsche AWM Launches ETF Based on Japan’s ‘Shame Index’

The index was designed by exchange operators in cooperation with the Japanese government.

Meet the world’s biggest stock market bubble since the dot-com boom

Shanghai Duolun Industry, a Chinese real estate company, managed to win over investors with a little re-branding in May.

Christie’s Chinese Paintings achieved US$104,737,698 in total sales

The auctions saw collectors vie for top quality paintings by the leading figures in the world of Chinese paintings. Classical calligraphy performed particularly well with the top selling lots achieving well above their estimates.

Foreign investors remain buyers of East Asia bonds

Foreign investors remain keen buyers of East Asia bonds despite the strengthening US dollar

APG buys stake in Chinese retail property developer Chongbang

APG, the €424bn asset manager for Dutch civil service pension fund ABP, has taken a €311m stake in Chinese non-listed retail property developer, owner and operator Chongbang.

ICICI Bank ties up with Alibaba to provide easy finance to SMEs

Indian entrepreneurs who are members of Alibaba.com will get quick access to business services from ICICI Bank

Temasek to invest $51m in India’s Oberoi Realty through preferential share issue

The investment was routed though Tamesek subsidiary Aranda Investments.

Private equity players TPG, Carlyle explore options for $1.8b Healthscope stake

Healthscope chief executive Robert Cooke is believed to have met with several possible South East Asian strategic buyers of the large stake owned by private equity giants TPG Capital and The Carlyle Group.

The secret to investing in China: advice from the world’s biggest hedge fund

Investors should avoid chasing the latest trends and be humble

New Rules for Hedge Fund Firms Could Transform Australian Ssctor - AIMA

Australia has taken a decisive step towards its advancement as a global investment market

John Abernethy says market manipulation 'just going to get worse'

Abernethy was commenting on the weird movements in a range of small and large cap stocks on Friday afternoon just before the market close

Hong Kong Firm Seeks $350M in Messy Plaza Snafu

More exciting finance drama at the always dramatic Plaza: a Hong Kong-based investment firm, JTS Trading Ltd., has accused three companies of squeezing it out of a deal to buy a majority stake in the Plaza,

The Green Issue

Demand for GBs is mostly from institutional investors

BlackRock tips RBA rate cuts Australian dollar below US70¢

Australia's dollar is likely to drop below US70¢ next year as a struggling economy forces the central bank to reduce interest rates by as much as half a percentage point, according to BlackRock.

IndAsia Fund, Iran’s Middle East Bank form joint venture to tap investment

Iran has $8.8 billion of interest-free funds lying idle in India because of the sanctions.

Online Banking News: Ant Financial Gets Funding As It Opens Its Services in China

Ant Financial will be able to service thousands of shoppers online by providing an easy way to pay their purchases online.

Asian Crowdfunder launches in Malaysia, looking to enter Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand

Equity-based crowdfunding platform Asian Crowdfunder has launched its operations in Malaysia this month

Asian B-schools to form a consortium

To launch programmes in ease of doing business in their respective regions

Global property giant to launch Asian expansion from Singapore

A global giant in real estate management aims to use Singapore as a launching pad to dramatically increase its assets under management across Asia.

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