10/04/2011
Ex-Rabobank Traders Launch Asia-Focused Hedge Fund
Ex-Rabobank Traders Launch Asia-Focused Hedge Fund
Alternative Investments
10/03/2011
Nikko AM acquires DBS Asset Management
The alliance will see Nikko AM's investment products distributed throughout DBS' network of core markets in the region.
10/03/2011
Former The Star journalist makes it big in hedge fund management
He is one of Asia's most influential men in hedge funds but former journalist turned maverick investor Cheah Cheng Hye (pic) has not forgotten his humble roots.
09/30/2011
Analysis: Chinese private equity firms set sail abroad
Analysis: Chinese private equity firms set sail abroad
09/26/2011
R-Cap seeks to expand overseas presence on deeper Nippon ties
R-Cap seeks to expand overseas presence on deeper Nippon ties
09/26/2011
Blackstone sells $1.3 bn India funds to Aberdeen
Blackstone sells $1.3 bn India funds to Aberdeen
09/26/2011
Fund guru Bolton keeping faith with markets in China
Fund guru Bolton keeping faith with markets in China
09/23/2011
Japanese institutions increase hedge fund allocations
Japanese institutional investors are generally bearish on hedge funds, according to a new HFC Advisory survey, which shows 42% plan to increase their hedge fund allocations in the near term.
09/22/2011
Morgan Stanley changing dark pool to attract bigger orders
Morgan Stanley plans to alter the way it brings orders together in dark pools, trying to encourage bigger trades for institutional customers after a three-year decline in the number of shares per transaction industrywide.
09/22/2011
Bullion Vaults Run Out of Space on Gold Rally
Deep in the 7.4-acre Singapore FreePort next to Changi International Airport’s runways is the bullion vault of Swiss Precious Metals, behind seven-metric-ton steel doors built to survive a plane crash or earthquake.
09/20/2011
UBS SDIC to launch China’s first REITs SA product
It becomes China’s first fund management company to launch a REITs SA product.
09/19/2011
Money manager Mirae eyes big South Korea hedge funds push
South Korea's hedge fund industry could reach a size of around 40 trillion won ($35.8 billion) in the next two years now that the government is set to soon allow the products to be launched, a senior executive at the country's top mutual fund fi
09/16/2011
Gottex Asia Fund Cuts Number of Investments to Boost Returns
Gottex Fund Management Holdings Ltd., which farms out $8.9 billion to hedge funds, halved the number of investments in its Asia fund since late last year to improve returns, Co-Founder Max Gottschalk said.
09/13/2011
Goldman Mulls Indonesian Brokerage
Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and Morgan Stanley (MS.N) are each in talks to buy an Indonesian brokerage firm to expand their reach into the hot capital market of Southeast Asia's biggest economy, sources with direct knowledge of the deals said on Monday.
09/13/2011
HSBC launches sale of non-life insurance business: sources
HSBC Holdings Plc has launched the sale of its non-life insurance business, sources told Reuters on Monday, a global division worth about $1 billion and now part of the bank's plan to strip away non-core units.
09/12/2011
Morgan Stanley Releases The Definitive Gold Stocks Report
Everything you always wanted to know about the future of gold stocks and much more...
09/08/2011
Property Boom Spurs Billionaire Boom
China’s property and construction barons took top spots on a popular survey of the nation’s wealthiest individuals released Wednesday, despite Beijing’s efforts to cool the economy by clamping down on real estate speculation and cutting
09/08/2011
New exchange may raise costs, volatility
A research paper prepared by Schroders Investment Management and RBC Capital Markets suggests that the launch of a new local stock exchange October 31 risks increasing investor costs and possibly increasing share market volatility, according to a report b
09/06/2011
Morgan Stanley launches liquid fund
Morgan Stanley launches liquid fund
09/05/2011
Hong Kong Regulators Delay Launch of Huttenlocher Hedge Fund
Hong Kong Regulators Delay Launch of Huttenlocher Hedge Fund