09/29/2013
China central bank signs 3.5 bln yuan currency swap deal with Iceland
China's central bank has signed a bilateral currency swap agreement worth 3.5 billion yuan with the Icelandic central bank
Alternative Investments
09/26/2013
Event driven only hedge fund strategy in the black for August says Preqin
Preqin’s Hedge Fund Analyst database reveals that event driven was the only hedge fund strategy to produce positive returns in August
09/26/2013
Americas Now Facilitates the Creation of the First Chinese Offshore Mining Fund
Americas Now Resources Investment Management Corp. is pleased to announce the launch of the first Chinese global offshore mining fund, which was facilitated by Americas Now.
09/24/2013
Vietnam's First Actively-managed Ucits overseen by female trio
Dragon Capital’s Vietnam Equity Ucits, which is being overseen by an all-female board
09/23/2013
BNY Mellon to provide fund administration support to Telstra Super in Australia
Telstra Super, Australia’s largest corporate super fund, is an existing client of NAB.
09/23/2013
SMC Global launches Saxo Bank’s trading platform
Saxo Bank is an EU-licensed bank with presence in 25 countries
09/22/2013
Race is on to launch Hong Kong-domiciled funds
Fund houses in the city are racing to introduce Hong Kong-domiciled funds to make sure their products
09/22/2013
Schroders launches Schroder ISF Asian Dividend Maximiser
Schroders’ Maximiser strategy has proven to be durable for enhancing equity yield in all market conditions
09/22/2013
Dragon Capital Targets Wealth Managers with Vietnam Fund
Indochina-based investment firm Dragon Capital has launched what it claims to be the first actively managed Ucits fund targeting Vietnamese equities.
09/19/2013
Signing of Asia Passport agreement expected
Asia Region Passport − a landmark agreement for Australia’s financial services industry
09/19/2013
SGX and Bank of China Partner to Grow China Markets
Singapore is a leading offshore RMB centre outside Greater China and the world's third-biggest centre for foreign exchange trading.
09/18/2013
Aberdeen All Asia eyes Japan-only mandate and looks to raise £100m
New capital will be raised by the issue of up to £100m of ‘C’ shares at 100p per share.
09/18/2013
Man Group and 5 Other Funds Gain Foothold in China
The fund has been working to get approval in China for several years
09/18/2013
Six Foreign Hedge Funds to Gain Foothold in China
China, which has been gradually opening up its financial system, is about to let foreign hedge funds stick a small toe in.
09/18/2013
Perpetual Gets All-Clear To Acquire Trust
Perpetual's take-over offer for The Trust Company will be allowed to proceed after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) stated it would not oppose the proposed acquisition
09/18/2013
Goldman Launches Asia Hedge Fund
Goldman Sachs' in-house hedge fund has unveiled a new Asia vehicle.
09/15/2013
Citi First To Launch RMB Cross-Border Automatic Sweeping
Facilitates RMB Cross-border Loans from China to Overseas
09/15/2013
Macquarie Inflows Benefit From Perpetual Deal
Macquarie Group has reaped the benefits of integrating Perpetual’s Private Wealth Platform into its wrap business
09/15/2013
Schroders launches Indian equity opportunities fund
The Schroder ISF Indian Opportunities fund will take an unconstrained, bottom-up view of potential investments in the country.
09/15/2013
German boutique to close Greater China equity fund
Hesse-based investment firm set to close Luxembourg-domiciled strategy following period of redemptions