10/16/2013
Malaysia should focus on fund management industry, says financial expert
S Das & Associates Pty Ltd consultant, Satyajit Das, said by doing so, it could also help the country to achieve its economic and social objectives easier
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10/15/2013
London Jumps Queue in Race to be Yuan Hub
London has stolen a march over Singapore in the race to become a yuan hub, becoming the first foreign city to be allowed to invest directly in domestic securities on the mainland.
10/15/2013
SSgA Expands Retail Presence With OneVue Partnership
OneVue and State Street Global Advisors have entered into a strategic partnership that will see SSgA launch six exchange traded fund model portfolios through OneVue's Unified Managed Account.
10/15/2013
Challenger AUM up 31%
Chief Executive Officer Brian Benari said: "We are very pleased with the unseasonably strong retail annuity sales and remain committed to our 2014 guidance.
10/14/2013
Gaynor's Milford Kicks $16mln Into Xero's $180 Mln Capital Raising
Milford Asset Management, with more than $2 billion under management, participated in Xero's $180 million capital raising this week
10/14/2013
New Zealand fund hands Northern Trust four mandates
The NZ$23 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund has appointed the asset management arm of Northern Trust to manage four new global equities mandates.
10/13/2013
City Financial To Expand Range With Asian Macro Launch
City Financial is to launch an Asian macro fund for Geoffrey Barker
10/13/2013
Can super investors really bank on ethical investment?
One quarter of Australians would be willing to switch superannuation funds to avoid investing in coal or coal seam gas
10/13/2013
HDFC AMC is India’s most profitable fund house
HDFC Asset Management Co. Ltd, was the most profitable money manager in the year ended 31 March.
10/13/2013
Premium Wealth Management Appoints Ibbotson Associates Australia as Investment Consultant
Ibbotson is providing Premium with a full suite of retail investment consulting and advice capabilities
10/09/2013
Commodity Market Decreased in September Amid Mixed Fundamentals
Commodities were lower in September as decreased geopolitical risk and commodity-specific fundamentals weighed on the market.
10/09/2013
State Street fund manager research reveals Asia Pacific expansion is top priority
New research from State Street reveals that the top priority for fund managers is expansion into new markets in Asia Pacific.
10/09/2013
Alibaba's takeover of Tianhong to reshape online finance
This will make Tianhong the country's largest fund management company in terms of registered capital, surpassing that of China Asset Management Co., currently the largest with registered capital of 238 million yuan.
10/08/2013
FE discusses its plans to roll out its UK model in Asia
FE is set to replicate a similar model in Asia that caters to the needs of fund selectors
10/08/2013
Asian investors turning cautious: RFi polls
Inflation had the largest impact on affluent retail banking customers in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan over the last 12 months
10/07/2013
China's Gold Bullion Imports Slip But "Very Strong"
Gold Bullion shipments to mainland China through Hong Kong eased in August but remained "very strong" according to analysts.
10/06/2013
JPM Asset Management to slash fund range
This process is now being implemented in Asia and the US and will see around 100 of its 650 funds shut.
10/06/2013
Gottex joins ex-Blackstone, Goldman execs to seed Asian hedge funds
The scale of the initial financial backing is substantial.
10/03/2013
ICBC Asia triumphs with first Basel III dollar bond
The deal has a one-time issuer call option on October 10, 2018, with the call subject to a prior written consent from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.
10/03/2013
Singapore becomes a destination for junk
Data from Thomson Reuters showed that close to S$5bn (US$4.02bn) of high-yield deals were done to date this year, compared with an estimated S$4.4bn and S$3bn in 2012 and 2011.