10/09/2014
Value Partners to launch active A-share fund in HK
It plans to introduce only the city’s second actively managed A-share product in the next two weeks despite challenges for value-investing in momentum-driven mainland stocks.
Alternative Investments
10/09/2014
414-year-old British trading company to go global again
The 414-year-old British trading company that became known as “the world’s first multinational” has unveiled plans to go global again with backing of up to £100 million.
10/09/2014
L&T Infra Finance to launch realty fund
Will invest in infrastructure assets like power, roads, renewable energy
10/08/2014
Nearly 75% Australian fund managers missing targets
Price volatility will allow active managers to feel some sunlight after the long eclipse of the last half decade
10/08/2014
Lion Global eyes quota for RQFII fund trio
The firm became the sixth Singapore fund house to be awarded an RQFII licence. Its chief executive, Gerard Lee, outlines its plans and views on investor demand.
10/08/2014
Chinese investment has only just begun
A surge in Chinese investment in Australian property is only the first wave of the Asian superpower’s wealth, a major real estate agency and research group has claimed.
10/08/2014
NAB takes over £4bn London asset firm
NATIONAL Australia Bank, which has spent two years winding down and withdrawing from £5.6 billion of commercial property lending to UK businesses, has bought a London asset manager with £4bn invested in UK commercial property.
10/08/2014
Top-Performing China Hedge Fund Exceeds $1 Billion in Assets
The fund, managed by Greenwoods Asset Management Ltd. founder George Jiang, had $1.1 billion in assets at the end of August, said Joseph Zeng, Hong Kong (700) office head of the Shanghai-based company.
10/07/2014
Fund managers pull out of Hong Kong companies amid rising risk
The city's firms have been underperforming for months amid a rise in political risks threatening key sectors such as retail, tourism and property
10/07/2014
Pacific Island Nation Wins Round Against Hedge Fund
A tiny island in the Pacific Ocean has done what Argentina could not
10/07/2014
Bank of Singapore to boost alts capability
The private bank is moving to expand its offering in hedge funds and private equity, with a particular focus on the former, where it is not currently very active
10/07/2014
Australia's National Australia Bank acquires 75pct stake in Orchard Street
The move comes as a surprise as Melbourne-based NAB agreed to sell a 625-million-pound portfolio of mostly non-performing British commercial property loans to an affiliate of private equity firm Cerberus Global Investors in July.
10/06/2014
Chinese bond issuers target wealthy Singaporeans
Chinese companies increasingly target the city state's surging millionaire base to raise funds amid record high borrowing costs in home market
10/05/2014
Singapore: Insurers get more time to adapt to new rules
The initial target for the new remuneration framework to take effect was January next year, after the MAS accepted most of the recommendations by the Financial Advisory Industry Review (Fair) panel in September last year.
10/03/2014
Chinese Firms in Search of European Funding
There have been mixed results for Chinese companies raising funds in European markets
10/02/2014
Standard Life in Asia wins three awards
Standard Life won a total of five prestigious awards at the International Adviser International Life Awards on 25 September 2014, in London, with three being awarded to the Asia and Emerging Markets business.
10/02/2014
Strategic indexes regain popularity in Asia
People are saying: 'Equities are at their highest, while volatility, interest rates and yields are low. What do we do?
10/02/2014
China to expand bank operations in Qatar
The request from Chinese authorities is pending before Qatar. Qatar is keen to open Islamic banks in China as well. More than one Qatar-based Islamic banks have expressed their interests in opening their branches in China.
10/01/2014
Van Eyk finds buyer for NZ business
A New Zealand-based independent financial advice firm is completing the final steps to acquire van Eyk's New Zealand business.
10/01/2014
Fortress Named “Management Firm of the Year”
Fortress Investment Group LLC FIG, has been named “Management Firm of the Year” at the HFMWeek 2014 Asia Performance Awards.