Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Hong Kong to establish Future Fund this year

The Hong Kong government will this year establish a ‘Future Fund’ earlier proposed by the Treasury’s Working Group on Long-Term Fiscal Planning

China's ambitions to open bond market seen as tough sell

Goal to extend stock through train to bond market complicated by lack of centralised platform and worries over capital controls and fund flows

Fund Managers Stretched in China

Growth in assets under management has created demand for investment expertise and precipitated a shortage of talent

Pensions reign in Japan’s asset management landscape

This is an environment that favours new entrants into Japanese asset management markets

DFM signs agreement with Korea Securities Finance Corp

This would provides a general framework for areas of cooperation aims as it aims to strengthen collaboration between both sides in the capital markets

Shanghai exchange repo rules to boost China ABS

The Shanghai Stock Exchange's revamped repo market

UBS joins mFund settlement service

Financial services provider UBS Securities Australia has joined the ASX’s settlement service mFund.

Former Tudor Partner Plans Asia Hedge Fund Backed by Temasek

Chu will run Aventia in partnership with Dymon Asia Capital (Singapore), which manages $4.2 billion of hedge and private equity fund assets.

Piramal unit says to invest about $800m in realty projects

The fund manager said on Tuesday it would invest 11 billion rupees to finance nine construction projects across major Indian cities

First renminbi MMF set for Hong Kong launch

ICBC-Credit Suisse AM is readying an RQFII moneymarket fund in Hong Kong this year as it sees a gap in the market. Nevertheless, copycat products are not expected to proliferate.

UBS to boost content with launch of ethical ETFs

GLOBAL investment banking giant UBS will launch its first ethical exchange-traded funds on the Australian Securities Exchange as the bank looks to bring more of the content in its multibillion-dollar global asset management business into the Austral

Man Group Expands GLG Hedge Fund Arm In Japan

Man Group is adding to its portfolio by acquiring the Tokyo based Japan Long Short Equity Strategy fund

Malaysian lenders look to Plan B after passing on three-way merger

It would have created Southeast Asia's fourth-largest bank with assets of $190 billion

China Life hirings seen as launch of global manager opportunities

Three years ago regulators gave insurers the OK for more overseas investing

UAE Foreign Minister Visits New Zealand, Talks FTA, Signs Agreements

They discussed the scope of new opportunities to support the bilateral relations in more fields to serve the common interests of the two countries and peoples, reports Gulf News.

TPG sells stakes in BTPN to Sumitomo

Sumitomo Corp. said that Indonesia is one of the most important markets for the group

Macquarie to grow white label footprint

In an operational briefing last week, the bank highlighted its ability to develop relationships with brokers and white label mortgage partners as a key strength.

Threadneedle ups its Asian and European exposure

Threadneedle Investments has trimmed its favoured US equity exposure to fund an overweight position in Asian and European equities

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Deepens Ties With U.K.’s Man Group

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Japan’s fourth-biggest bank by market value, said it formed an alliance with Man Group Plc to offer the U.K. hedge fund manager’s products to clients

MDS in JV with NY asset manager

The company announced the arrangement to the Australian Securities Exchange on Monday, saying a Memorandum of Understanding had been signed following negotiations in New York earlier this month.

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