Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

UBS Plans China Property Expansion With New Commercial Funds

UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest bank, is planning to expand its Chinese property investment business with a move into commercial real estate.

China Cinda and Huarong commit to Yida China Hong Kong IPO: Report

Two of China's biggest bad debt management companies committed a combined $70 million to the Hong Kong offering of real estate developer Yida China Holdings Limited,

Veterans of Closed Hedge Fund Start Anew

Paul Saferstein Plans to Launch a Fund Later This Year

JPMorgan launches emerging markets opportunities fund

JPMorgan Asset Management India today announced the launch of JPMorgan Emerging Markets Opportunities Equity Offshore Fund, an open ended fund of funds scheme that seeks to provide long term capital growth to its investors.

HSBC the Latest Bank to Warn over Qingdao Metals Fraud Investigation

HSBC has become the latest bank to announce that it will be closely monitoring transactions involving Qingdao port, as the investigation into fraudulent activity there continues.

Oman's residential property market tempts UAE-based NRIs

UAE-based non-resident Indian buyers are investing in Oman's residential property market.

Franklin Templeton vehicle launches blue chip fund in Vietnam

The fund will blend value and growth styles of investing and benchmark its performance against the VN100 Index

Exhilway exits hedge fund business

Exhilway has exited “risky" hedge fund business by reassigning the operational rights to a large private investor group in Australia in lieu of market linked variable royalty, payable every year by the investor group.

Thais firms buy London offices

The names of the buyers have not been disclosed

AMP Capital expands new Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS platform

AMP Capital has expanded its new Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS platform to make available UCITS versions of its Global Listed Infrastructure Fund and Global Real Estate Securities Fund to institutional investors in Asia.

Will IPO market revive with an attractively priced UTI AMC offering?

The government is expected to kick off its plans of reviving the primary markets with an attractively priced IPO of the UTI Asset Management Company.

Fund manager spends US$200m on properties in Japan, Australia

M&G Real Estate, one of the world’s top 25 real estate fund managers by assets under management, has acquired two properties in Japan and one in Australia with a combined market value of over US$200 million

Chinese buyers to become ‘biggest overseas force in London’s property market’ by 2016

Harrods Estates has signed an agency-wide partnership with Chinese mega-portal Juwai.com, as new figures are released on the scale of Chinese investment into the capital’s property market

EM specialist acquires ex-First State and Invesco men's boutique

The £30 million BDT Invest Asian Focus fund is to become the Blackfriars Asian Focus fund. Co-managed by Dobson, Thornton and Rob Brewis, the fund has returned 8.7% over the past three years compared with 6.4% from the MSCI AC Asia Pacific index.

Investrust Wealth launches a new fund

The company formerly known as Orient Wealth Ltd is a Securities Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) regulated Unit Trust Management Company.

IMF urges China to focus on reforms, target 7 percent growth in 2015

The economy's lackluster performance has stirred speculation that the government may act more forcefully to shore up activity, even though Beijing has ruled out any big policy moves to counter short-term dips in growth.

ING has three-pronged plan for boosting commercial banking in Asia

Mark Newman, the Dutch group's commercial banking boss in region, sets lofty goal that hinges on inroads in China, Japan and South Korea

Shanghai free-trade zone rule change to boost offshore yuan loans

Policies seen as part of Beijing's commitment to accelerate pace of capital account liberalisation

China reforms favour stock pickers over index trackers

Emerging markets actively managed funds, however, can exploit market inefficiencies

Ex-Goldman, Noble execs target July launch for Asia hedge fund

Guard Capital Management, a hedge fund start-up by two top traders formerly with Goldman Sachs and Noble Group, is aiming to launch next month and has hired at least four executives.

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