02/08/2015
New York hotel sells for $2 million a room
A New York hotel which has not even opened yet has been sold to Chinese investors for US $230 million
Alternative Investments
02/07/2015
China Finance Online announces integration of Changjiang Securities on its Securities Master
Changjiang Securities trading system has been integrated into China Finance Online's Securities Master platform
02/07/2015
ISB launches centre for family business
Called the Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise, it will be headed by Professor Kavil Ramachandran
02/06/2015
Investors look beyond absolute returns for alternatives
Investment funds enable people to plan for their long-term financial security
02/06/2015
PH expected to embrace renminbi, says HSBC
RMB Dislodging Yen as 4th Most widely Used Currency In the World
02/06/2015
Hong Kong manager Ortus prepared for launch of Forex hedge fund
Hong Kong based Ortus Capital Management is preparing to launch a new fund in March
02/06/2015
Indonesian offshore players still eyeing expansion but see challenges ahead
Indonesian offshore companies are maintaining expansion plans this year
02/05/2015
India to remain investors’ choice despite hike in remittances
“The current signals strongly favour investment into Indian real estate, so we are not going to see an exuberant flight of capital.”
02/04/2015
Wave of hedge fund closures tipped
In an increasingly tough environment for hedge funds, more firms are tipped to return money to investors, with some seen as likely to convert to family offices.
02/04/2015
AIA, Pru among bidders for DBS's $1.5 bln distribution deal
DBS is keen to partner with just one insurer for all the Asian markets it operates in
02/04/2015
New Singapore Activist Hedge Fund Seeks to Shake Up Companies
Roland Thng is seeking to shake up Singapore’s staid corporate landscape, setting up a new hedge fund focused exclusively on influencing the way locally listed companies are run.
02/04/2015
GAM launches India equity fund
GAM has unveiled an India equity fund which will be run by Mumbai-based investment adviser New Horizon
02/04/2015
New structured products aim to cash in on monetary easing
Capital-protected products debut amid soft interest rate outlook
02/04/2015
Offshore yuan bond issuance in HK seen shrinking for first time
Offshore yuan bond issues are set to fall this year for the first time since the Hong Kong market began in 2007 as funding costs have become more expensive than in mainland China.
02/04/2015
GE finance breaks down Japan barriers
One of the barriers to foreign developers in the lucrative Japanese PV market has been broken thanks to the efforts of US industrial giant GE and others.
02/03/2015
China grants further $2.4 billion in QFII quotas
SAFE had granted a total of 304.5 billion RMB in RQFII
02/03/2015
China’s NSSF returns 11.43%
NSSF allocates around 13% to alternative investments such as private equity
02/03/2015
The top fund firms by Asia-Pacific AUM: 76-100
AsianInvestor's 2014 ranking of fund houses by assets sourced from Asia Pacific indicates a slowing in overall asset growth, but a pickup in pace among firms headquartered in the region.
02/03/2015
New QDIE managers set out product plans
A total of four firms have now won approval under Shenzhen's qualified domestic investment enterprise scheme, under which local asset managers can sell overseas alternative funds.
02/03/2015
AMP Capital realigns Infrastructure Equity business to meet changing client needs
AMP Capital has announced changes to the Global Infrastructure Equity team to support the business’s next phase of growth, international expansion and the needs of an increasingly global client base.