Alternative Investments

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.

01/28/2015

Cromwell acquires Valad Europe

Cromwell chief executive Paul Weightman said the acquisition of Valad Europe presents an opportunity to acquire a successful funds management platform.

01/28/2015

Bank Negara urged to act on 1MDB funds in Cayman Islands

He noted that 1MDB has sought a further postponement of its repayment of the RM2 billion and expressed the hope that this will not affect the country’s credit rating and the local banking and financial industry and system.