08/27/2014
OCBC in Talks With Thai Billionaire
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. (OCBC) and its insurance subsidiary are in exclusive talks to sell their stakes in Singapore’s United Engineers Ltd. and its WBL Corp. unit to Thailand’s richest man.
08/27/2014
Hedge funds investing in India have become the world’s best performers this year on expectations that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will revive Asia’s third-largest economy.
08/27/2014
UK, India and Pakistan top Dubai real estate investor list for start of 2014 as countdown begins for 13th edition of Cityscape Global
08/27/2014
Demand for the Gherkin, HSBC Tower Underscores City's Property Boom
08/26/2014
The Van Eyk Blueprint International Shares Fund is at the centre of this problem
08/26/2014
The rollout of Vmap follows the recent launch of a salaried advice licensee
08/26/2014
The LIC will initially invest in four underlying funds managed by leading US based alternative investment managers that in turn predominantly invest in global equities.
08/26/2014
The rupee-denominated bonds would be settled in US dollars and would mature in August 2016
08/26/2014
Global banks have had a tough time in the past five years. Soaring capital adequacy ratios and ballooning compliance costs have forced them to look carefully at their business models and cost bases.
08/26/2014
Central Bank of Sri Lankan governor Ajith Cabraal signs agreements with Indian and Chinese counterparts in effort to ‘diversify reserves management’
08/25/2014
The new venture and bank have similar names and Mr. Dong is bringing with him some previous employees at the bank. But the two entities aren’t legally related, so it remains unclear whether they will collaborate.
08/25/2014
Covered bonds are senior secured notes, secured against a specific asset pool that remains on the issuer's balance sheet.
08/24/2014
The agency noted that the Singapore authorities liberalised entry into the direct insurance industry
08/24/2014
Other investors hail from the manufacturing, metallurgy, e-commerce sectors, among others
08/24/2014
The sources in Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms said that minister Ahsan Iqabal will lead a delegation to Beijing to finalise agreements prior to the visit of the Chinese President
08/22/2014
Macquarie Investment Management has moved to terminate four van Eyk blueprint funds that were suspended last month following an illiquid investment.
08/22/2014
Besides serving existing clients, the team is working to expand SuMI's presence in the region.
08/22/2014
The market for contracts sold to investment banks expanded fivefold
08/22/2014
OCBC had sent out feelers for the possible divestment at the right price
08/22/2014
RSA Insurance Group has reached agreement, subject to regulatory approvals, to sell the insurance business of each of its branches in Singapore and Hong Kong to Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd.