12/12/2013
Aegon Religare expects 15-20% growth this fiscal
Aegon Religare Life Insurance expects to grow at 15 to 20 per cent in terms of premium collection in the current fiscal
Alternative Investments
12/11/2013
Abu Dhabi wealth fund to invest $250 million in Hines India Real Estate
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is pouring $250 million into Hines India Real Estate.
12/09/2013
Deutsche, Amundi set for bigger share of yuan funds pie
Global fund managers are reaching outside Asia to tap growing demand for Chinese assets after authorities relaxed investment restrictions to promote the international use of the yuan.
12/09/2013
Standard Life Reduces Australian Exposure
Standard Life Investments has moved to deliver on its strategy to reduce its exposure to real estate in Australia to focus on what it regards as recovering markets.
12/09/2013
“2 and 20” Fading, Managers Need Big Assets or Performance to Profit: Citi Prime Finance Survey
Economics Fosters Investor-Manager Alignment of Interests
12/09/2013
Carlyle, Farallon bet on China’s funeral growth with HK IPO
China Cinda Asset Management Co Ltd, the country's largest bad debt manager, will invest a total of $10 million through two separate subsidiaries
12/09/2013
ABN Amro to Add Commodity Staff in Asia as Demand Increases
The region now accounts for about 25 percent of the 250-strong commodity team
12/09/2013
Philippines insurance industry to grow throughout next year
SunLife predicts that the sector will keep up its expansion throughout 2014 to continue the trend.
12/09/2013
China Everbright Bank to launch US$2.8 bln Hong Kong offer on Tuesday
China Everbright Securities, China International Capital Corp (CICC), Morgan Stanley and UBS AG were hired as joint global coordinators.
12/05/2013
Henderson Global launches new fund
One of which allows Henderson to offer registered managed investment schemes to Australian investors as a Responsible Entity.
12/05/2013
PE group calls for transformation of HK into asset management hub
The survey looked into the current position of Hong Kong in the global asset management industry and recommendations for transforming the city into a major asset management hub.
12/05/2013
HSBC HK Eyes Boost In Rmb-denominated Fund-raising Activities In Malaysia
The dialogue aimed to raise awareness among corporations on the use of renminbi, or yuan, in trade settlements and investments.
12/04/2013
Qualified expectations for Chinese asset management expansion overseas
Latest research from Cerulli entitled Asset Management in China 2013 finds that a spate of regulatory changes has unleashed opportunities for Chinese asset managers to potentially expand into regional markets.
12/04/2013
Nama selects Australian firm to manage €1.8bn loan portfolio
The agency said today it had chosen Pepper Asset Servicing, which specialises in asset management services, as its preferred bidder following a tender process.
12/03/2013
Polar Capital warns of slowing asset growth
Asset manager says its growth will be “heavily influenced” by the Japanese market after huge growth in its Japan funds in recent months.
12/03/2013
Lloyd George Management Launches Asian growth fund
The strategy's focus will be to identify high growth franchises in order to generate returns through a balance of growth and income and will be led by Christopher Darling
12/02/2013
Orion Asset Management Scraps insto business
Orion Asset Management is closing its funds management services for institutional clients over the coming weeks in move
12/02/2013
Hedge funds launching traditional long-only strategies in direct competition with asset managers
Deutsche Bank has published the results of a survey which examines the expanding role of hedge funds within the wider asset management industry.
12/02/2013
Sun Hung Kai to expand alts incubation platform
Sun Hung Kai Financial unit plans expansion of managers on alternatives incubation platform following recent acquisition of a stake in Justin Klintberg’s Kima Capital.
12/02/2013
StanChart Makes Plans to Grab London Yuan Market Share
Standard Chartered Bank plans to offer preferential interest rates and waive clearing fees as part of its strategy to win market share for the growing yuan business in London.