04/08/2014
Australia’s AMP Capital offers two funds on new UCITS platform
Australian fund house AMP Capital has launched a Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS platform with two new funds catering to UK and European institutional investors.
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04/07/2014
Perpetual sells New Zealand asset for $63m
Investment management firm Perpetual has agreed to sell The New Zealand Guardian Trust Company for $63.3m, having acquired its parent company last year.
04/07/2014
AMP launches infrastructure and real estate UCITS platform
The platform was made available after demand from global institutional clients for pooled fund exposure to these capabilities and there are plans to expand into other jurisdictions in Europe and Asia.
04/06/2014
Indians can Now Import Diamonds From Anyone
A recent decision by the Reserve Bank of India that went into effect on Monday permits Indian diamond traders and manufacturers to import diamonds from any mine, not only from the handful of sources they were restricted to in the past.
04/04/2014
BNP Paribas launches short duration RMB bond fund
The fund has a target duration of under three years and aims to offer investors an annual yield of around 4.5%.
04/04/2014
Siam Commercial Bank bond issue success
The sale was 6.4 times oversubscribed with strong support from Asia, Europe and the United States.
04/04/2014
Japan's Kokusai Asset fund knocked from top spot by Fidelity
A global bond fund of Japan's Kokusai Asset Management, which has reigned as the top mutual fund in the country for more than 12 year
04/04/2014
Hong Kong Jockey Club Starts Direct Hedge Fund Allocations
In addition to controlling horse-racing in the city, the club operates authorized betting on football games and lotteries, according to its website.
04/03/2014
INDIA: 19 fund houses see negative growth in assets
On quarterly basis, of the 44 mutual funds, 29 fund houses registered rise in AAUM
04/02/2014
UK-based CDC Group invests $28 million in Ratnakar Bank
The private sector lender will now look to expand its services into a number of India's poorer states
04/02/2014
Alibaba seeks to continue cooperating with banks
ICBC cut the interfaces from five to one that allow bankcard holders to make payments via Alipay's quick payment scheme in ICBC's system.
04/01/2014
Korean hedge funds start to find footing
After a slow start, Korean onshore hedge fund industry AUM could double to $5 billion by 2015, as domestic pensions and other institutions allocate to the asset class.
04/01/2014
StanChart, Dhillon family putting over $90M in Religare Enterprises
The firm did not disclose the break-up of the money to be raised from the two.
03/31/2014
Chinese bank eyes Pioneer after ruling out Ignis bid
China’s biggest state-owned lender is considering launching a €2 billion bid for Pioneer.
03/31/2014
Specialist fund management firm gets Hong Kong approval
The fund management company said it has a deep and extensive investment experience in Asian markets given its three senior investors
03/31/2014
Bank of China and Deutsche Borse extend strategic cooperation
Deutsche Börse and Bank of China have announced their strategic cooperation at a signing ceremony in Berlin hosted by President Xi Jinping and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
03/31/2014
Aberdeen Targets U.S. to Asian Managers as It Weighs London Fund
Global asset managers using non-publicly traded real estate funds are the largest source of overseas capital in European property, broker DTZ said in a March 11 report.
03/31/2014
Singapore SWF To Seed Ex-CIO’s Hedge Fund
He remains a senior advisor to the GIC, has had a hand in managing Singapore’s foreign reserves for 40 years,
03/31/2014
Singapore SWF To Seed Ex-CIO’s Hedge Fund
The former chief investment officer at Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund is set to launch a new hedge fund, backed by his former employer.
03/28/2014
ING IM to launch pair of specialist funds
The Asian corporate high yield fund will replicate an existing fund offered to Japanese investors.