Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Korea Post opens tender for foreign bond investment adviser

Korea Post has around 150 trillion won of assets under management.

Hong Kong’s Value Partners launches global emerging markets ETF

San Francisco-based EMQQ has three emerging and frontier markets indexes which are licensed to ETFs listed in global markets, including France, Germany, Hong Kong, the UK and the US.

CICC’s asset management arm lists seventh fund in Hong Kong

H-shares are stocks of Chinese companies that are traded on the Hong Kong bourse, while A-shares are firms listed in China’s onshore market.

Singapore and New York bourses to collaborate on dual listing, ESG, ETFs

“It aims to create a more connected ecosystem to facilitate access to capital and the development of new investment solutions to address growing complex needs of market participants and investors,”

Sun Life Hong Kong re-launches 2 x guaranteed return savings plans due to client demand

Varley also said that one of the things SLHK is proud of is the ability to give clients strong guaranteed return savings plans that provide flexibility and accessibility for the Affluent and HNW client.

Centrepoint Alliance reports strong adviser growth

The growth of Centrepoint’s lending business remained a key strategic focus

Mercer pumps $100m into Perennial Partners strategy

"We are leveraging Perennial's large and experienced investment team to find companies that are shaping a better future while pursuing strong, consistent returns for our investors,"

Global ETF assets shrink but capital flows stay strong

ETFs have long found favour with retail investors because of the low management fees.

Thornburg Investment Management Obtains QDLP License in China

Thornburg Investment Management (Shanghai) Limited has assembled a dedicated team in Shanghai with deep expertise in business development and operations to serve the QDLP business.

KPMG & HSBC’s Emerging Giants in Asia Pacific report identifies potential regional unicorns and their growth drivers

Identifying potential regional unicorns and their growth drivers

Sovereign wealth funds see inflation as top threat, shift into private assets, Invesco poll finds

The findings are based on its poll earlier this year of 139 chief investment officers and heads of asset classes at 81 sovereign wealth funds and central banks.

Malaysia’s Principal Asset Management aims to put new products on TnG e-wallet platform

According to Principal Asset Management Chief Executive Officer Munirah Khairuddin, who is also the country head for Malaysia, the fund has helped to expand the company’s customer base to 2.4 million now from around 300,000 as of end-2020.

abdrn converts three funds to Article 8

$2bn Asia Pacific Equity fund

BetaShares revises down ETFs FUM forecast

The first half of 2022 had been “far less buoyant”, the firm said, with inflows insufficient to offset market falls.

Update on AMP Capital Wholesale Office Fund

Investment management

Ping An Co-CEO Jessica Tan: Diversity key to changing evolving Ping An's business models to serve 200 million+ in China

Ping An, one of the largest insurance companies in the world, transformed from traditional P&C insurance business to integrated financial service provider with ecosystems in financial services, healthcare, auto services, and smart city

Australia's ANZ in advanced talks to buy Suncorp's banking arm-media

A Suncorp spokesperson said the company does not comment on market speculation.

Rockefeller’s Fleming sees banks’ caution growing over China

“All the major financial firms in the US were trying to build a presence in those markets and now you have a retrenchment back to home markets, on both a financial basis as well as on trade,”

Selling insurance units could help Asia-Pacific lenders stay resilient: S&P

“Typically, banks will maintain long-term distribution agreements with the buyers of their insurance units, allowing them to continue offering insurance services to their customers without having to take on the cost of such products,”

Malaysia’s EPF launches platform for members to buy affordable insurance

The plans only offer coverage for one year, without automatic renewal.

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