Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Two more industry awards for the Securities Services team in Asia

BNP Paribas Securities Services has two more industry awards to add to an impressive list of accolades received over the past few months.

Northern Trust recognized for Custody and Client Service in the Asia-Pacific Region

Northern Trust announced today it has received two awards for excellence in servicing institutional clients in the Asia-Pacific region.

China hedge fund to become Ucits compliant

The fund will be Dublin-domiciled and replicate the firm's largest fund, the 'Value Partners Classic Fund', which is predominately invested in mainland Chinese equity.

Push for fund managers to reveal pay

Australia's top fund managers earn salaries ranging from $500,000 a year to several million dollars, and some boost their pay packets further through incentive schemes and dividends.

IIFL to shut broking operations in Singapore

IIFL has applied for temporary suspension of its trading activities on the Singapore exchange.

YES BANK awarded ‘The Financial Insights Innovation Award

This is the fifth consecutive year where YES BANK's customer centric initiatives have been recognised at the Asian Financial Services Congress.

Carlyle-backed Indian brokerage is said to eliminate 11 jobs in Singapore

India Infoline has also decided to apply for a suspension of its trading activities on the Singapore exchange, the people said, citing a letter sent to the affected employees.

Greenpark Capital opens HK office

At Greenpark, Ms Teoh will head up the Asia-Pacific operation, playing a leading role in the firm’s emerging markets initiative with the IFC (International Finance Corporation). In addition, she will be responsible for sourcing investments across th

Former Mitsubishi UFJ credit trader to start Japan-focused hedge fund

Hedge fund startups are trying to raise money as investors become more risk-averse amid Greece's debt crisis and the biggest investigation of Japan's fund industry after AIJ Investment Advisors Co.'s suspension by regulators looking into ho

UBS launches ‘twin–engine’ Asian HY fund

The Luxembourg-domiciled UBS Asian High Yield fund’s ‘twin-engine’ strategy will focus on Asian high yield corporate bonds and Asian currencies.

Lyxor Asset Management launches Lyxor Selection China A Fund

All of its assets invested in A-shares markets are held under safe custody by the QFII sub-custodian, China Construction Bank Corporation.

HSBC agrees sale of insurance businesses

The deal, the latest in a series of cost cutting initiatives under new HSBC CEO Stuart Gulliver, includes 10-year bancassurance agreements with AXA and QBE.

Northern Trust: 1 in 3 has 40% of stocks, bonds in passive strategies ‎

A Northern Trust survey of 121 institutions, predominantly pension funds, in Europe, Asia and North America, forms the basis of the white paper entitled, Customized Beta: Changing Perspectives on Passive Investing.

AIG selling $6 billion of AIA shares to repay bail-out

AIG is looking to place some 1.7 billion AIA shares in a range of HK$27.15-27.50 per share - a discount of up to 7 percent to Friday's AIA closing price, according to a term sheet seen by Reuters on Monday.

Ortus Capital and Dymon Asia Capital make it onto Forbes’ top earners list

Entitled The 40 Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers, Forbes reveals that Joe Zhou of Hong Kong’s Ortus Capital Management and Danny Yong (pictured) of Singapore’s Dymon Asia Capital shared 37th place, with Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio, RenTec

SWF duo launch new firm

The co-founders have longstanding experience of selecting private equity fund managers.

J.C. Flowers said to mull offers for ING, RBS divisions

It may also bid for Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (RBS)’s Direct Line Group insurance business when it’s for sale, they said.

Henderson, Tantallon shut Asian hedge funds

Asian hedge funds suffered net outflows in the last four months of 2011, according to Eurekahedge. The fund tracker estimates nearly seven in 10 Asia funds have fallen below their "high water mark" -- the peak net asset values above which they c

The Asset Triple A Transaction Banking Awards 201

The field for transaction services in Asia gets bigger and better every year. With the global financial crisis still remaining largely unresolved in large parts of the Western world, all eyes are on the region.

Northstone Peak forms new Asia fund platform

Originally expected to launch its first fund last year, Hong Kong-based Northstone Peak is instead believed to have spent the year working on its partnership with Beijing-headquartered firm.

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