Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Korea’s KBIZ opens tender for 260 billion won private equity mandate

This is the second time KBIZ is outsourcing investments this year.

Singapore’s Temasek, Brazil’s Votorantim form US$700 million fund to invest in Brazilian firms

Temasek had a net portfolio value of S$403 billion ($292.3 billion) as of end-March 2022.

Alts Manager Waterfall Opens First Asia Office

The US alternatives manager focuses on investing in asset-backed credit and has $10.65 billion in assets under management, according to the statement, as of April 30 this year.

Manulife core profit drops on asset management, Asia sales challenges

They also noted that lingering Covid-19 restrictions in Asia could prove a challenge, a headwind the company had flagged in its previous quarterly results announcement.

North adds 12 managed portfolios to investment menu

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Barings Acquires Australian Property Firm

As of March 31 this year, Barings’ global real estate platform managed a total of $48.9 billion in AUM.

Australian Eagle team to join Montgomery

“The partnership delivers on our strategy to form alliances with leading managers in Australia and overseas to offer clients more investment choices amid changing market conditions.”

Japan’s GPIF equity investments hit as markets slammed

“With the highly persistent volatility [in market conditions, the pension funds are] unlikely to see a sharp rebound in their second-half performance,”

Former HKMA Chief's SPAC Completes IPO

The newly listed SPAC features a star-studded roster of financial heavyweights as owners.

S&P Dow Jones Indices launches benchmarks to track dry bulk freight markets

Capesize and Panamax are the largest and second largest standard sizes of dry bulk carriers.

Suncorp NPAT falls by a third

The firm would pay a final fully-franked ordinary dividend of 17 cents per share, which represented a 75% payout ratio.

Macquarie Asset Management agrees to acquire Polish last-mile logistics facility

The complex is fully-leased to seven local and international tenants and has been awarded a ‘Very Good’ rating under BREEAM’s sustainable building certification scheme.

Japan’s Dai-ichi Life invests 300 million yen in local renewable energy startup

According to Dai-ichi Life, its investment in the startup will “have a positive impact on society by reducing carbon dioxide emissions and mitigating climate change”.

Taiwan’s BLF funds incur record first-half investment loss

The BLF noted that factors such as the Russia-Ukraine war, US inflation risk and global supply chain disruptions continued to weigh on corporate earnings and global economic growth, with stock markets plunging 20% and bond markets shrinking 15% in the fir

Ministry of Finance issues Renminbi Sovereign Bonds through Central Moneymarkets Unit of Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Please also find attached the tender-related information provided by the Issuing and Lodging Agent through the HKMA.

Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui DS opens China unit, eyes US$2 billion of business

In an interview with Asia Asset Management, he says the firm aims to operate private fund management business and will focus on offering value-added products, such as those under the qualified foreign institutional investors scheme, which includes Chinese

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