05/22/2015
China Opens Door to $97 Billion of Fund Sales Via Hong Kong
China and Hong Kong will start cross-border sales of funds on July 1, widening access to financial markets and capital in the world’s second-largest economy.
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05/22/2015
US asset management firm becomes Nintendo's top shareholder
Capital Research manages foreign pension funds for mid-to long-term investments
05/21/2015
German boutique launches Asian high dividend fund
This new fund follows the launch of the Assenagon Substanz Europa fund in April 2013
05/21/2015
BlackRock keen to buy out JV partner Hemendra Kothari’s stake in MF business
India's 44-member mutual fund industry manages assets worth Rs 11.8 lakh crore.
05/21/2015
Manulife Arm Plans Singapore Listing for U.S. Office Assets
Manulife Arm Plans Singapore Listing for U.S. Office Assets
05/21/2015
CalPERS And QIC Announce US$764 Million Asia-Pacific Infrastructure Partnership
The partnership represents CalPERS' first Asia-Pacific infrastructure commitment and adds another of the world's largest pension funds to QIC's infrastructure client base.
05/21/2015
Thai companies bullish on ASEAN, investment flow doubles to $3.8b in last fiscal
Thailand based corporates are bullish on the ASEAN and their investment in the region is expected to grow at a much higher pace, once the AEC comes into play.
05/21/2015
China eyes Sharjah to boost trade
Having identified the UAE as an important partner, China is looking at engaging individual emirates to boost its economic and trade ties with the second-largest economy in the Arab world that has a GDP of over US$400 billion.
05/20/2015
Korea’s $6.2 Billion Army Fund Seeks American CLOs in Yield Hunt
With the abundance of liquidity raising competition in the local market, we’re planning to diversify away from domestic investments by looking abroad
05/20/2015
Russell Investment, Ping An end China joint venture
A number of financial services companies have exited their Chinese join ventures
05/20/2015
Banks can lend deposited gold to jewellers
The customer will have the option of redemption either in cash or in gold, which will have to be revealed at the time of making the deposit.
05/20/2015
Aziana finds strong institutional demand for funding BrainChip acquisition
Aziana Limited’s two largest shareholders have agreed to underwrite $4 million of a share placement
05/20/2015
Bank of Communications to acquire 80 pct stake in Brazil's BBM bank
Founded in 1858, BBM is one of Brazil's oldest financial institutions
05/20/2015
Actors turn investors: Bachchans make first ever overseas investment with Ziddu.com
Now the Bachchan family has made its first overseas investment acquiring a minority stake in Singapore-based Meridian Tech Pte through the Reserve Bank of India's Liberalised Remittance Scheme
05/20/2015
Chinese commodity hedge funds cultivate ties with Western investors
Chinese metals funds, including Shanghai Chaos Investment Co, were believed to be behind an 8 per cent plunge in the copper price over three days in March 2014 and were active as the metal crashed to a six-year low this year.
05/19/2015
BNP launches EM equity fund in Australia
BNP Paribas Investment Partners has launched a Global Emerging Market Equity fund for institutional and retail investors in Australia.
05/19/2015
Australian stockbroker BBY in voluntary administration - KPMG
KMPG said in statement it was taking urgent steps to assess BBY's options and safeguard the positions of clients.
05/19/2015
Chinese metals hedge funds aim to lure Western investors: Jeremy Goldwyn, Sucden
As Beijing encourages outbound investment and liberalises its currency, they are taking steps to boost their firepower
05/19/2015
UOB sees surge in number of firms investing in Southeast Asia
United Overseas Bank's Foreign Direct Investment Advisory Unit expects its number of clients to grow by at least 30 per cent this year.
05/18/2015
Asia alts managers shun UK amid uncertainty
Only a handful of Asiabased alternatives managers applied for a licence to market funds in the UK last year, new data reveals, as they wait for the EU to finalise regulations. But US managers are still keen on Britain.