Alternative Investments

02/03/2015

HKMA laments fund woes

Hong Kong Monetary Authority chief executive Norman Chan Tak-lam said the de facto central bank will adjust the mix of foreign currencies and bond maturities for the Exchange Fund.

02/03/2015

UK’s Man Group secures investment into QDLP fund

UK-based alternative investments and hedge fund manager Man Group has become one of the first foreign entities to secure a significant investment into its Qualified Domestic Limited Partner (QDLP) fund,

02/02/2015

Van Eyk collapse leaves investors ‘$20m out’

It is now more than three months since the van Eyk Research funds management group was liquidated but there is still more than $20 million of mostly retail investors’ funds that haven’t been repaid, according to insiders familiar with the situ

02/02/2015

China’s top pension managers see EA assets surge

China’s EA market has grown steadily since the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security introduced tax concessions on individual contributions to annuities in early 2014 in a bid to lure more private enterprises to take part in the scheme.

01/30/2015

RQFII quota tipped for Dubai, Africa, LatAm

China is tipped to expand the RQFII programme to up to 10 more cities this year and may approve additional quotas of up to Rmb200 billion, predicted Standard Charterd's Becky Liu.

01/30/2015

Industry weighs risks of China's private funds

The mainland's nascent private securities fund industry is growing fast, with foreign institutions keen to access potentially high returns, but wary of the accompanying risks.

01/30/2015

Can’t afford London? Try Beijing or Shanghai

Chinese investors may be pouring into foreign capital cities, but prime mainland real estate is cheap on a long-term view, says Frank Marriott of property services firm Savills.