08/22/2012
J.P. Morgan has executed Hong Kong’s first HKD tri-party repo transaction between Bank of China (Hong Kong) (BOCHK) and Barclays Bank, the first such trade following the launch of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s (HKMA) cross-border collater
08/22/2012
Worried over the finance ministry’s efforts to curb gold imports that may create long term negative impact on its availability in the country, bullion dealers have urged the government to allow banks to buy the metal back from consumers.
08/20/2012
The Reliance Life Insurance Company, a unit of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Capital, is in talks with several public and private sector banks to utilise their services in offering insurance products, a senior official has said.
08/20/2012
Graham Ng, deputy head of equity sales and research at Boci Securities, says the firm’s prime servicing unit has prioritised developing relationships with managers of Chinese hedge funds up to $100 million in size.
08/19/2012
EFG Asset Management adds to its growth-oriented Asia strategies with the launch of the New Capital China Equity Fund
08/19/2012
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank will be running a tight ship, after announcing a 43% decline in full-year profit this morning.
08/19/2012
The platform, a Dublin-domiciled UCITS umbrella structure, will select best-of-breed managers in high-growth emerging markets according to Milltrust International, and has launched with three sub funds; these include Bank Itau, BTG Pactual and Value Part
08/19/2012
Norway's example of a sovereign wealth fund that captures some of the profits generated by the resources boom wouldn't work in Australia, a Treasury adviser says.
08/19/2012
The decision could deal a blow to the Dutch financial group's Asian divestment process, in which it is selling Asian life insurance and asset management operations in two separate transactions.
08/19/2012
Spot gold surged 43 percent during the period. So far this year, bullion has gained about 3 percent though prices are down 16 percent from a peak above $1,920 hit last year.
08/19/2012
The Anil Ambani-led Reliance group firm is launching the salary-based insurance agent drive in semi-urban and rural areas.
08/16/2012
OCBC Capital has signed two conditional sale and purchase agreements which will see Lion Global Investors Limited acquire a 70 per cent stake in PMFB for RM33 million, and Koperasi Angkatan Tentera Malaysia Berhad buy the other 15 per cent stake for RM7
08/16/2012
CalPERS will invest $480 million to the ARA Long Term Hold Fund sponsored by ARA Asset Management, a member of the Cheung Kong Group.
08/16/2012
The sale has pushed Reliance Capital's value to $1.1 billion, in the largest such deal for an Indian asset management firm.
08/15/2012
Deal targets the biggest ever delisting of a New York-listed Chinese company
08/15/2012
The result was ahead of the market's consensus of $469m.
08/15/2012
In May, the firm hired Aoifinn Devitt (pictured) from Ignis Asset Management to head its manager selection business from primarily Japan, to Europe and other parts of Asia.
08/15/2012
on date, Reliance Life is in the sixth position in premium income among the private players. Bancassurance has been a distribution gap for Reliance Life.
08/14/2012
The Perth-based group, which made its name as an “angel investor” specialising in Scottish technology start-ups and university spin-off companies, is looking forward to a surge in fee income after taking charge of two government-backed funds w
08/14/2012
He will work not only with the city's alternative investment firms, but also to help educate the public there about the Chinese hedge fund industry.