Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Hartford to Sell Japan Operation to Orix in $895 Million Deal

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. agreed to sell its Japanese operation to Orix Corp. as Chief Executive Officer Liam McGee narrows the U.S. insurer’s focus.

Tianhong now China's biggest fund house

Profitability statistics tell a different story though, naming ChinaAMC as the most profitable mainland fund house last year.

China to sell record batch of offshore yuan debt in Hong Kong

In 2013, the MOF issued only 23 billion yuan on bonds in Hong Kong.

China-Focused Real-Estate Fund Halts Operations

A real-estate fund that once managed around 2.8 billion yuan and focused on Chinese properties has halted operations and is now looking abroad.

Threadneedle builds up Asia business

Threadneedle Investments is expanding its local investment and manufacturing capabilities in Asia and plans to set-up an investment hub in Singapore, its first outside of the UK and US.

South Korea’s State Fund Plans Boosting Alternative Assets

KIC joins sovereign funds from Norway to Angola

Jupiter at ‘battle strength’ in Hong Kong with first ad campaign

The aim is to take on two more new hires for the Hong Kong office before the end of June, and there is also one person working out of Singapore.

Almost 4 out of 10 Asian CFOs expect profits to drop or remain unchanged: survey

Growth rates throughout Asia are still strong

MAS, Brunei monetary authority sign pact on bilateral cooperation

This builds on the existing collaboration between the two countries

Threadneedle rolls out first locally manufactured Asian equities fund in Singapore

Fund may also invest in other securities

Hedge funds still love Japan despite losses

Hedge fund managers are still bullish on Japan despite a painful start to the year.

Affin offers service to EPF and KWAP

The alliance between Japan’s Daiwa and Affin IB will see the co-branding and distribution of research reports

China Orient, Great Eagle To Launch $1B US Property Fund

Both parties will seek to raise capital from other investors

China Life Insurance to outsource asset management services

The considerable capital will be spent directly on the domestic stock market

BlackRock Seeks Buyers for Malaysian Office Towers, Mall Complex

BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, is seeking bids to sell two office towers and a mall in Kuala Lumpur

Former Soros team to start $150 mln Hong Kong-based hedge fund

Hedge fund start-ups in Asia on average raised just over $50 million each last year

China firm plans $1 billion distressed asset fund for foreigners

A unit of one of China's biggest bad-debt banks plans to woo foreign investors with a $1 billion fund for soured property loans and distressed real-estate assets, reopening the sector to outsiders after a failed attempt last decade.

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.

Richard Li builds an Asian insurer

To create a pan-Asian player selling insurance to the region’s emerging affluent classes.

Gold retail investment up 31 per cent in 2013, jewellery up 18 per cent

Thomson Reuters has published its Gold Survey 2014 results.

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