04/17/2014

Challenger agrees $4bn infrastructure fund merger

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.

04/15/2014

Domestic fund managers start to bet on own economy: poll

India-based fund managers are growing more confident in the domestic economy and plan to raise allocations to auto makers and private sector lenders, betting that no change to interest rates will underpin an economic recovery, a Reuters poll showed.

04/14/2014

China approves first REIT product as market cools

China's securities regulator has approved the country's first property trust investment product, giving developers a new source of funding and investors an alternative choice amid initial signs of cooling in the frothy property market.

04/14/2014

Aston/Pictet International Fund launched

Aston will act as the investment adviser to the Fund while Pictet Asset Management Limited will act as subadviser, responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.