04/16/2012

IAG continues Asian push with $480m buy

After flagging the move in December, IAG says its Malaysian joint-venture business, AmG Insurance, has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire Kurnia.

04/16/2012

ING starts sell off race for Asian assets

Bankers for ING sent financial details of the Dutch group’s $6bn Asian insurance businesses to a string of bidders late on Friday firing the starting gun on what will be a keenly fought contest for the units.

04/16/2012

MIG Bank expands into Asia

MIG Bank is a leading Swiss bank providing online trading services for private and institutional clients

04/13/2012

Singapore's SMX to launch new gold, silver futures

SMX, owned by India's Financial Technologies, is hoping to capitalise on the brisk trading interest in gold and silver futures contracts traded in India, the world's biggest gold consumer, and give potential players the opportunity to hedge via

04/12/2012

More Steps Considered in Push to Open Yuan

Now, the People's Bank of China and other government agencies are weighing a quota-based system through which approved mainland businesses would be able to take out yuan loans offshore and remit the funds, the people said.

04/10/2012

Veteran funds manager slams the short view

The former Portfolio Partners manager, who now manages money in Melbourne for a mix of family offices and industry funds with Industry Funds Management, says long-term equity returns for investors are being undermined by a short-term focus that appears to

04/09/2012

OCBC to launch 6th credit-linked structured product next month

OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Bhd plans to roll out a new credit-linked structured investment (CLSI) product next month in addition to the five existing ones, due to its increasing popularity as an alternative investment option for the current times.

04/05/2012

Hedge Funds Go on Attack In India

After years of complaining about poor treatment as minority investors in India's publicly traded companies, some Western hedge funds are turning to activist tactics that have not often been tried here.