Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

CIMB clinches 2.45 billion ringgit sustainability-linked derivative deal

Transaction with Standard Chartered is Asia’s largest ESG derivative trade to date

AMP Capital welcomes Cbus Property & UniSuper as new partners in the AMP Capital Retail Trust

Investment management

The Japanese funds that showed a strong hand in Q3

“This was driven by strong initiative from the Japanese government whose policies are called ‘Abenomics’.

TPT Wealth awarded ‘superior’ rating for two income funds

The two newly-rated income funds offered by TPT Wealth seek to provide capital stability and competitive monthly income returns via diversified investments across a range of fixed interest type assets.

Hong Kong Exchange Fund posts Q3 investment loss of $1.70bln: HKMA

The Exchange Fund recorded investment income of HK$126.5 billion in January-September period this year

Evergrande suffers setback as debt-stricken developer fails to sell its US$1.7 billion Hong Kong office tower to Yuexiu Property

The deal was expected to be completed by the end of September, sources close to the matter had previously told the Post.

Korea Teachers’ Pension opens tender for 80 billion won venture capital mandate

The pension fund’s previous tenders this year were for a 200 billion won domestic private equity mandate in July, and a domestic equity mandate of unspecified value in May. Like many Korean asset owners, the fund does not typically disclose tender r

Hong Kong Fund Manager Expands Asia Footprint

The Singapore office will focus to attract and offer privileged access to investment opportunities for high-net-worth individuals and family businesses

Netwealth FUA passes $50 billion

It was a 52.7% increase from the previous corresponding period, some $17.9 billion.

FSC white paper sees FPA support

“The financial planning profession will now benefit from a stronger and unified representative voice on the issues most critical to them,”

Record inflows for HUB24

Inflows had commenced to the IOOF private label which was launched last quarter.

Deloitte acquires asset management advisory firm Bluefield

“All operators in heavy asset-exposed industries are looking at automation and improving yields on assets employed,”

China unveils draft of latest 'negative list' for investment

New section curbing funds to media sector sparks concern over press control

Kyle Bass's failed Hong Kong short got Bannon-linked cash

The hedge fund, which takes positions in the Hong Kong dollar and other Asian currencies, lost 95% of the $30 million it invested, the report added.

France’s AXA IM Alts invests 10.6 billion yen in Japan properties

AXA IM Alts now has 337 billion yen of total real assets under management in Japan with the acquisitions over the last 12 months, according to Laurent Jacquemin, the firm’s head of Asia Pacific.

Ashmore Asset Management Indonesia, Bank Danamon launch new mutual funds

The bond fund, which is also aimed at long-term profit, invests in short-term government debt and provides monthly dividends.

REI Super makes drastic fee changes

The changes also apply to the fund's pension offerings.

Investcorp aims to double private equity investments in India

Alternative asset manager plans to invest $300m in the next two to three years to boost its portfolio in the country, a top executive says

HKMC’s Financial Results Highlights for the First Half of 2021

Amid uncertain market conditions, the HKMC proactively communicated with the local and international investment community for debt issuance to fulfil its refinancing needs and accumulate cost-effective pre-funding to support its sizable loan purchases.

Southeast Asia Now has Direct ETF Investor Access

This decade till 2030, the World Bank and Brookings Institution forecast that Asia will add 1 billion middle-class consumers, mainly in China and Southeast Asia.

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