11/08/2022
Ant rolls out BNPL product in Hong Kong
Small firms can apply for loans of between S$5000 and S$100,000 via partners IN Financial Technologies and Bizmann System.
Alternative Investments
11/07/2022
Magellan sees modest FUM growth
Earlier in the month, chief executive, David George, told the firm’s annual general meeting that he hoped to grow the business to $100 billion in the next five years.
11/07/2022
Equipsuper investment chief on re-energising his team
Our approach was to identify candidates with considerable experience in investment markets.
11/07/2022
Equity managers switch to defensives and yen on expectations of further rate hikes: Morningstar
UK-based asset manager L&G was particularly bullish on Australian bonds as it thinks that the Australian economy would not be able to withstand a similar pace of interest rate hikes as some of its peers.
11/07/2022
CGS-CIMB Securities Welcomes Chinese Fund Houses
The Chinese delegation promoted China – ASEAN relations and connectivity.
11/04/2022
Singapore’s CapitaLand raises 3.98 billion RMB for two China private funds
These are the firm’s first private funds focusing on Chinese business parks.
11/04/2022
Rest revamps equities team
Rest's whole-of-fund approach is a total portfolio approach.
11/01/2022
Apex Group launches Global Compliance Solutions in Australia
The expansion of Compliance Solutions in the Australian market will help to address clients’ risks and concerns around ESG, AML and financial crime for financial services entities
11/01/2022
Singlife with Aviva’s Navigator Launches Adviser Insight and Resource Ecosystem
ELEVATEis launched 31 October 2022 in conjunction with the annual Singapore Fintech Festival’s Innovation Lab Crawl.
11/01/2022
MyNorth Lifetime solution wins two Plan For Life awards
Super and retirement
10/31/2022
Jones progresses green finance standards
"... There are lots of ways we can achieve the same objective, but what we are absolutely committed to doing is ensuring that we have a national, industry-driven taxonomy so that you can all get on with the job with sensible analytics and capital dep
10/31/2022
Investing into private markets would improve portfolio quality and returns
Doing so will offer investors an opportunity to improve their risk-adjusted returns and diversify away from public markets, says iCapital’s Marco Bizzozero
10/31/2022
Insignia breaks down its adviser movements
“Offsetting the departures during the quarter, we did also see some recruitment into the self-employed channel, with three new businesses joining Insignia Financial licensees.”
10/31/2022
Alvarez & Marsal steps up its ambitions in Australian market
“Australia is a key Asia Pacific market for our clients around the globe and represents an exciting growth chapter for the firm,”
10/28/2022
Philippine pension fund SSS to extend coverage to cooperative members
The SSS provides social security coverage and manages the retirement savings of private sector employees, the self-employed and overseas Filipino workers.
10/28/2022
Bahrain, Hong Kong alternatives firms form US$500 million Greater Bay Area fund
The Greater Bay Area comprises Hong Kong, Macau and nine cities in China’s southern Guangdong province, with a total population of over 70 million holding roughly 3 trillion RMB ($440 billion) of investable assets.
10/28/2022
BOCHK Asset Management launches BOCHK All Weather China New Dynamic Equity Fund
The Fund is offered with Hong Kong dollar, US dollar and Renminbi (hedged) share classes, with minimum subscription amounts of HKD10,000, USD1,000 and RMB10,000 respectively.
10/26/2022
Mirae Asset Mutual Fund launches two new Target Maturity Index Funds
The minimum initial investment in the funds will be Rs. 5,000/- and multiples of Re. 1/- thereafter.
10/25/2022
Asante Capital Group Strengthens Strategic Focus In Asia
Strong Talent and Continued Investment in Hong Kong Office Enhance Asian GPs’ Connections with Global Capital
10/24/2022
Mubadala, KKR enter into a strategic partnership to invest in private credit in Asia Pacific
The Partnership represents a key milestone for both organizations, as it strengthens Mubadala’s exposure in the rapidly growing APAC credit market, while enabling KKR to significantly scale its APAC credit platform.