07/02/2013
Australia’s AMP, China Life to Launch Mutual Fund in China
AMP becomes the latest foreign player to seek a role in China’s burgeoning financial markets.
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07/02/2013
Kingsoft brings first Asian CB in six weeks
The deal was well received by both hedge funds and outright investors thanks to a decent coupon and a stock lending facility.
07/02/2013
UOB ends fund management joint venture in Malaysia
Following the merger of the investment banking arm of the OSK group into the RHB group
07/01/2013
ICICI shops in Tokyo for lower costs after dim sum
ICICI Bank is applying to sell bonds in Japanese yen less than a month after an issue in yuan
07/01/2013
CIMB-Principal Asset Management is Asia's Fund House of the Year
This prestigious award is granted to the best overall fund house headquartered in Asia Pacific,
07/01/2013
Malaysia still a preferred equity destination for global investors
Global wealth had been tilted in favour of Asia, buoyed by sustained optimism of the region's growth prospects Read more: Malaysia still a preferred equity destination for global investors
06/30/2013
Ironbark acquires Deutsche AM Australia
Ironbark Asset Management has acquired Deutsche Asset Management Australia Limited (DAMAL)
06/30/2013
BlackRock launches first Asia equities fund for UK investors
The BlackRock Asia Fund is designed to replicate the successful investment strategy of the offshore BGF Asian Dragon Fund,
06/27/2013
GFIA’s June insights report a future for best of boutique Asian hedge fund managers
"At an aggregate level, it’s still a very tough world out there.
06/27/2013
JPMorgan Asia Equity Dividend Fund introduced
Designed to capture income opportunities and long-term capital growth potential in the Asia-Pacific region excluding Japan
06/27/2013
Equity Trustees’s Revised Takeover Offer
This increase in synergy estimate occurred without any new information on The Trust Company being provided to Equity Trustees
06/27/2013
Rabobank to Stay in Indonesia
abobank Groep halted efforts to sell its Indonesian unit after local regulators imposed tighter restrictions on overseas bank acquisitions.
06/26/2013
HSBC granted licence to distribute mutual funds in China
Citigroup also joins British lender among those green-lighted by Chinese regulator
06/26/2013
Lazard to offload Scottish Pacific stake
LAZARD Australia Private Equity is poised to sell its majority stake
06/26/2013
Dubai's Damac Properties woos Indian investors
"Indians are among the biggest investors in Dubai property markets.
06/26/2013
China’s luxury e-commerce market to be worth $27 billion in 2013
China’s ecommerce market looks set to be worth $296-billion in 2013 as China surpasses America
06/25/2013
Deutsche Bank is new supervisor to Vietnamese open-ended fund
Initially established as a joint-venture company between a British investment firm and Sacombank—a large commercial bank in Vietnam—Vietfund Management is now a leading fund management company in Vietnam with approximately $200 million of AUM.
06/25/2013
HSBC, Citigroup Win Approval to Sell Mutual Funds in China
This product offering not only supplements the existing range of wealth management products offered by foreign banks
06/24/2013
BNP Paribas launches dealing services in Australia
The custodian has launched the service as a response to the increasing demand for outsourced services
06/24/2013
Can Winsome Diamonds regain its sparkle?
With almost all its business transacted overseas, Winsome's exposure to currency volatility and gold prices had always been high.