Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Transpacific sells NZ business to Beijing Capital

Transpacific Industries has entered an agreement to sell its New Zealand business to a wholly owned subsidiary of the Beijing Capital Group.

Global Logistic Properties enters strategic partnership with Bank of China

Global Logistic Properties said on Monday it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Bank of China

Essel Financial Services streamlines realty fund business

Essel Financial’s real estate fund business proposes to build a corpus of Rs.500 crore in 3-6 months

Open ended fund structure planned for Hong Kong

Currently, unit trusts dominate the market, as the companies ordinance does not permit the establishment of a variable capital investment vehicle in Hong Kong.

K2 AM launches International Fund

The Opportunities fund will be managed by the K2 International team, which includes Nick Griffin, James Tsinidis and Jeff Thomson.

GAMCO Asset Management Inc. and DIAM Asset Management Launch Japan-Based Open-End Fund

The fund will open on March 19, 2014. The application was filed with The Kanto Finance Bureau on February 14, 2014 and will be distributed by Resona Bank, Ltd., Saitama Resona Bank Ltd., and Kinki Osaka Bank, Ltd.

Manulife Launches Asia Pacific Investment Grade Bond Fund

Manulife Singapore and Manulife Asset Management Singapore today jointly announced the launch of a new Asian bond fund, the Manulife Funds - Manulife Asia Pacific Investment Grade Bond Fund

HFT Investment Management awards RQFII mandate to BNP Paribas Securities Servi

The bank provided a full suite of services for the funds encompassing global custody, fund accounting, transfer agency and Hong Kong trustee services.

Asia Nexgen Opens Hong Kong's First Bitcoin Shop

Hong Kong based bitcoin exchange Asia Nexgen has opened a physical bitcoin shop in the city state's western district, allowing consumers to buy the virtual currency and send it to their digital wallets.

BlackRock soft-closes EM chief’s Asia fund

The US firm closed the fund on December 20 of last year and assets currently sit at $193 million.

ClearView Wealth granted trading halt

The ASX has granted the company a trading halt

Committee on 'banks as broker' model to give report by March

The sector has been asked to ensure that customer centricity is maintained and mis-selling is avoided

OneVue to purchase Map Funds Management

OneVue and Map have previously worked together

Accolade for Harbour Asset Management

Morningstar praised it for its strong performance and the way it communicated with its investors.

Long-term investors flock to India, ETF assets fall

For policy makers worried about the quality of foreign institutional investor flows into India, here is some good news. More 'long only' funds, that is, investors focused on long-term investment and stock-picking, are flocking to the markets as

Carlyle to bid against New Zealand, China funds for Transpacific NZ arm

Private equity giant Carlyle Group is expected to bid for Transpacific Industries Group Ltd's New Zealand waste management business

Treasury Group's FUM up on retail inflows

This was a pleasing result for the company, led by strong contributions from RARE, IML and Celeste

AUSCOAL Super tweaks SSgA currency mandate

AUSCOAL Super has awarded a new dynamic currency hedging strategy mandate to State Street Global Advisors that will allow AUSCOAL Super's investment team more involvement in the portfolio's currency management.

Singapore-based investment management firm set to open London office

The Singapore-based investment management firm, is working to establish an office in London

JM Financial forays into global M&A space with Foliage deal

We want to build an Indian investment bank which is global

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