05/22/2014
Singapore firms' Q1 profits soar 24.8 per cent to $9.6 billion
Listed firms were on a hot streak in the first quarter with earnings going through the roof.
Alternative Investments
05/22/2014
ADB: Private investment lags in Southeast Asia
ADB says private role in financing Southeast Asian infrastructure has lagged since 1997 crisis
05/21/2014
Singapore central bank warns on foreign property investment
MAS said in a statement that it is monitoring developments closely to ensure financial stability
05/21/2014
OneVue acquires SMSF admin business
Renner has been with Super Managers Australia for twelve years
05/21/2014
Blue Sky directors buy stake in Alternatives Fund IPO
Managing director Mark Sowerby has also sold a small parcel of shares in Blue Sky
05/21/2014
Ex-Barclays analyst readies healthcare hedge fund launch
Former Barclays PLC analyst and healthcare specialist Jason Mann plans to launch his own hedge fund in June with a focus on the healthcare sector in emerging markets.
05/21/2014
US-Based Citadel Completes Yuan Fundraising Under China Investment Trial
Hedge-fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin's Citadel LLC has become the first foreign firm to complete a yuan fundraising under a trial program that allows high net worth Chinese to invest abroad via foreign hedge funds.
05/21/2014
Asian asset managers urged to raise standards
Growing investor sophistication will impose greater demands on fund firms, as Asia's middle class expands and pension schemes are reformed, argued panelists at an AsianInvestor forum.
05/21/2014
ICICI Prudential and IDFC see highest growth in equity assets
ICICI Prudential, IDFC and Birla Sun Life emerged as the highest gainers in equity assets last fiscal.
05/19/2014
HSBC unveils centralized FCY management solution for Shanghai FTZ corporates
It also enables the company to utilize a number of other techniques including netting and centralized foreign currency exchange to enhance efficiency of working capital management.
05/19/2014
Vermillion Hedge Fund Said to Start in Shanghai Free Trade Zone
The unit of Vermillion, 55 percent owned by Carlyle Group LP, is for commodities trading and is led by Ian McGuinn, said three people with direct knowledge of the matter who asked not to be identified because the issue is private.
05/19/2014
Australia: Active management supplies only half of hedge fund returns
Hedge funds and alternative investments returns have relied in part on fee and market returns with active management contributing just over half of returns according to investment analysis.
05/19/2014
India's Birla Sun Life to take over ING funds
The sale also marks another retreat by a foreign firm from India's asset management industry
05/19/2014
Nomura eyes China market with JV in Shanghai
Nomura also aims to tap into the high growth potential
05/19/2014
The Blue Circle enters into partnership with Armstrong Asset Management
Armstrong team brings across sectors investment experience and an unmatched Southeast Asia operating experience.
05/19/2014
Legal & General IM plans Asian investment team
The UK asset manager has poached Paul So from Enhanced Investment Products to build an index funds team in Hong Kong
05/19/2014
Japan's $1.26 trillion pension faces overhaul as Abe reforms drive riskier bets
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is moving to shake up oversight of the world's largest pension fund.
05/19/2014
AMP Capital launches new Asia quant strategy
AMP Capital has launched an Asia Quant Fund, which takes the proven quantitative investment technique it has honed in Australia and applies it to a selection of rapidly developing Asian markets.
05/19/2014
CVC closes USD3.5 billion Asia-Pacific fund
CVC’s ability to bring global industry expertise, strategic advice and management along with capital has provided us with a competitive edge in Asia
05/19/2014
Chinese brokerages make overseas dash for cash
Assets are growing on average by 44% at these firms