03/19/2015
Pinnacle backs Jacob Mitchell's global equities fund house Antipodes
Mr Mitchell previously looked after about 15 per cent of Platinum's flagship multibillion-dollar International Fund
Alternative Investments
03/19/2015
Ex-Harvard, Johnson Family Professionals Team Up for Fund
Zhang and Vasavada are seeking opportunities to own “great businesses” in China and India
03/19/2015
Former Platinum deputy CIO sets up new boutique
Antipodes has launched with $200 million in seed money from Perennial's international equity business, which it acquired at the end of last year.
03/19/2015
Asia managers taking the lead in data analysis
European and US fund managers are being forced into data management by a rising tide of regulations while those in Asia are taking a more proactive approach, the author of a new data analysis report claims.
03/19/2015
Shanghai makes new QDLP approvals
Five foreign fund managers have been given $100 million quotas under Shanghai's alternatives investment scheme.
03/19/2015
EM boutique launches Asian small-cap equity fund
Emerging markets specialist LGM Investments has launched a new approach focused on the small-cap Asian equity market, Citywire Global can reveal
03/19/2015
Singapore 'lacks committed local investors'
He forecasts that with oil prices remaining low, higher-quality assets would emerge for sale in the market.
03/19/2015
Real Estate Unit of Italy’s Generali Planning Move into Asia
Push is part of group-wide expansion away from insurer’s European roots
03/18/2015
Deloitte buys GMK Partners, beefs up BRW Rich 200 clients
Twelve GMK directors and 75 staff will move into Deloitte's Bourke Street offices.
03/18/2015
AMP Capital awards $670m to NZ boutique manager
AMP Capital has awarded a $670 million (NZ$690 million) equities mandate to a New Zealand boutique investment management firm that specialises in listed equity and property.
03/17/2015
ANZ turns to Singapore dollars for Basel III capital
ANZ Banking Group has announced initial price guidance of high 3% for a 12-year non-call seven Singapore dollar Tier 2 bond
03/17/2015
China driving growth in Asia ETFs
Assets in Asia exchangetraded funds rose by 4.4% to $118 billion in February, according to a new report.
03/17/2015
Thai state pension fund aims to lift overseas investment limit
The fund now invests 60 percent of total assets in domestic bonds
03/16/2015
French asset manager to move into Asia's competitive ETF marketplace
Amid a regional rise of passive investment, the french asset manager said it is aware of the fierce competition for ETF sales in the region, which could ensure a rough ride for any new entrant to the market.
03/16/2015
EFG Asset Management's Mansfield Mok Awarded 'Alpha Manager of the Year 2015'
Mansfield is one of 181 managers recognised by FE as the top 10% of managers with funds registered in the UK. In the China/Greater China sector,
03/16/2015
Transformation of PIMCOs’ Global Wealth Management business in Australia
PIMCO, a leading global investment management firm, has today announced its plans to internalise the distribution of PIMCO funds in Australia
03/16/2015
QNB expansion to focus on Mideast, Africa and Asia
GCC members have been increasingly important contributors to the world economy
03/15/2015
JPMorgan may sell India mutual fund business
Only four found houses have average AUM of more than Rs one lakh crore each and these include HDFC, Reliance, ICICI and Birla Sunlife MFs.
03/15/2015
Mitani to remain head of Japan's trillion-dollar GPIF pension fund
Global investors have been closely watching who would head GPIF
03/15/2015
UTI MF to launch 2nd offshore equity fund in Dublin
UTI Mutual Fund is set to launch a second offshore equity fund to raise $300 million in Dublin next month