Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

ABN AMRO Clearing awarded in Asia Pacific

ABN AMRO Clearing in Asia Pacific has announced that it has been awarded on the SGX Broker Appreciation and Awards Night, 8 January 2013.

ICBC Named 2012 Golden Custodian Bank

The award evaluation process uses a comprehensive methodology that involves the evaluation on the strength of different categories of financial institutions from various dimensions

StanChart appoints head of Hong Kong/China equity research

He joins Standard Chartered from BNP Paribas where he has held various positions.

Sun Life, Khazanah to buy Aviva's Malaysian operations

The consortium of Sun Life Financial Inc and Khazanah Nasional Bhd edged out rival Manulife Financial Corp to win the eight-month old auction, sources familiar with the sale process said.

Regulator awards fresh QFII, RQFII quotas

The largest qualified foreign institutional investor award went to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

Pramerica moots pension plan in India

The government has its National Pension Scheme which has private players as fund managers

Marlborough hires head of Asian equities for fund range expansion

She will join Marlborough on 1 February, returning to the fund management industry after leaving City of London Investment Management in 2011.

Hong Leong Financial Offers to Buy Out Investment-Banking Unit

It offered 1.71 ringgit ($0.567) per share for the investment-banking unit

Lloyd George Management Frontier Markets Funds Surpass US$250 Million in AUM

Significant growth demonstrates ability of frontier markets to generate higher, long-term returns for institutional investors

Aviva bid for Singapore’s PIAS 'still on'

The deal, which had been conditionally expected to be completed by the end of October, would give the FTSE 100-listed, UK-based Aviva the ownership of one of the largest financial advisory firms in Asia.

Asian and Indian clients catered for in Standard Life’s new Singapore range

Another unique feature is an app that will permit customers to access their plans on their iPhones and iPads.

Asia Millionaires Buying Private Jets Boost Demand

Millionaires in search of new toys are set to fuel a fourfold jump in Asia’s share of private jets in the next five years.

Many Asian Hedge Funds Shun Insurance Coverage - RESEARCH

Asian hedge funds may be catching up with their Western peers in a lot of ways, but insurance isn't one of them.

HSBC's Ping An deal in danger of collapse

A multi-billion dollar deal in which banking giant HSBC was set to sell its stake in China's second largest life insurer Ping An to a Thai firm is in danger of collapse, reports said Wednesday.

Aberdeen Announces New Investment Management Agreement With The Greater China Fund, Inc.

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC is the parent company of an asset management group managing assets for both institutional and private clients from offices around the world.

Citi Launches Expanded Tri-Party Collateral Management Solution

Citi is launching a tri-party collateral management solution in conjunction with tri-party agents that allows clients to consolidate their equity and fixed income holdings into a single collateral pool by combining assets held at Citi as Custodian with th

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