04/28/2014
PNB MetLife India Insurance is reportedly gearing up to foray into pension insurance business as part of its strategy to exploit growth potential offered by this segment in the country.
04/28/2014
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. agreed to sell its Japanese operation to Orix Corp. as Chief Executive Officer Liam McGee narrows the U.S. insurer’s focus.
04/28/2014
Profitability statistics tell a different story though, naming ChinaAMC as the most profitable mainland fund house last year.
04/28/2014
In 2013, the MOF issued only 23 billion yuan on bonds in Hong Kong.
04/25/2014
A real-estate fund that once managed around 2.8 billion yuan and focused on Chinese properties has halted operations and is now looking abroad.
04/25/2014
Threadneedle Investments is expanding its local investment and manufacturing capabilities in Asia and plans to set-up an investment hub in Singapore, its first outside of the UK and US.
04/24/2014
KIC joins sovereign funds from Norway to Angola
04/24/2014
The aim is to take on two more new hires for the Hong Kong office before the end of June, and there is also one person working out of Singapore.
04/23/2014
Growth rates throughout Asia are still strong
04/23/2014
MAS, Brunei monetary authority sign pact on bilateral cooperation
This builds on the existing collaboration between the two countries
04/23/2014
Fund may also invest in other securities
04/23/2014
Hedge fund managers are still bullish on Japan despite a painful start to the year.
04/22/2014
The alliance between Japan’s Daiwa and Affin IB will see the co-branding and distribution of research reports
04/22/2014
Both parties will seek to raise capital from other investors
04/22/2014
The considerable capital will be spent directly on the domestic stock market
04/22/2014
BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, is seeking bids to sell two office towers and a mall in Kuala Lumpur
04/21/2014
Hedge fund start-ups in Asia on average raised just over $50 million each last year
04/20/2014
China firm plans $1 billion distressed asset fund for foreigners
A unit of one of China's biggest bad-debt banks plans to woo foreign investors with a $1 billion fund for soured property loans and distressed real-estate assets, reopening the sector to outsiders after a failed attempt last decade.
04/17/2014
Challenger has agreed a deal with Access Capital Partners to merge their infrastructure investment operations and form a new boutique business called Whitehelm Capital, which will manage $4bn of assets.
04/17/2014
To create a pan-Asian player selling insurance to the region’s emerging affluent classes.