01/10/2014
The outperformance helped encourage Chinese capital to emerge as a growing force in an industry that is dominated by U.S. and European institutions such as pension funds and endowments.
01/10/2014
European deals account for more than 10 per cent of global yuan debt issues every year and have so far been mostly conducted in Hong Kong.
01/10/2014
Japanese fund manager Simplex Asset Management Co. plans to launch a hedge fund in Hong Kong to be led by the former Asia trading head for Royal Bank of Scotland Group Kin Cheung.
01/09/2014
Physical A-share exposure provided by China’s largest mutual fund management company
01/09/2014
The RQFII scheme, launched in 2011, allows financial institutions to use offshore RMB to invest in the Chinese mainland securities markets, including stocks, bonds, and money market instruments
01/08/2014
Bitcoin has stormed onto the international scene as a highly-popular
01/08/2014
There were 900 clearing transactions at most for a single day
01/08/2014
Apollo's assets under management have more than doubled since it invested in HFA
01/07/2014
The initiative, that is 75% owned by the Hong Kong Exchange, the country’s main cash and derivatives exchange was authorized by the country’s financial watchdog in October 2013
01/07/2014
First non-Greater China based asset manager to be awarded RQFII licence to enable investment in China’s domestic securities markets
01/06/2014
The company chose Hong Kong because of enthusiasm in Asia for Bitcoin
01/06/2014
Cheung Kong executive director says low rates will continue to benefit housing and criticises those who say US tapering will damage the market
01/06/2014
Launched in December 2013, the JB China Evolution fund is Luxembourg-domiciled Sicav and will have 30-50 holdings that will benefit from Chinese economic reforms.
01/05/2014
Any such move could greatly complicate the City of London’s plans to become the top market for global trading of the yuan or renminbi, since the clear intention would be to reduce turnover and limit disruptive flows of capital.
01/03/2014
AIG is shutting its operations as the NY based fund has no short-to-medium-term plans for India.
01/02/2014
The local yuan pool consists of 827 billion yuan of deposits and 182 billion yuan worth of certificates of deposit issued in the mainland currency.
01/02/2014
Singapore’s Javelin acquires fund manager, gains Cap Markets licence
The BHAM team will be joining Javelin as part of the transaction, and Justin Kendrick, the principal and founder of BHAM, will join Javelin as its new chief investment officer.
01/02/2014
The 3.95 percent average yield on Dim Sum bonds compares to a record 6.29 percent onshore and the 4.76 percent for dollar securities in Asia, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch indexes that track yuan data since 2004.
12/31/2013
Bitcoin platforms find ways to move forward after China bank ban
The third-party payment channel is fully cut, impossible to resume, but our transaction platform has to move on, said an unnamed chief executive of a bitcoin trading platform.
12/31/2013
Group Chief Executive Officer of Manulife Holdings Berhad, Mark O' Dell, commented: "We are very pleased to have completed the acquisition of MAAKL. This greatly enhances Manulife's business and presence here in Malaysia, complementing our