12/30/2011
HSBC’s The Future of Retirement programme is a leading independent study into global retirement trends. It provides authoritative insights into the key issues associated with ageing populations and increasing life expectancy around the world.
12/29/2011
Industry research this month suggests that Asian investors, in particular, are starting to favour Asian hedge fund managers as the eurozone’s problems show no clear sign of abating and the US economy trundles along lethargically.
12/28/2011
Stephen Diggle, who co-founded a hedge fund that made $2.7 billion in 2007 and 2008, plans to open his personal farmland portfolio to investors and start a fund that will trade life-sciences companies.
12/28/2011
Nomura is the first Japanese financial institution to qualify for the program.
12/27/2011
Bullish economic growth forecasts and a recent upgrade of Indonesia’s long-term sovereign debt rating to investment grade will provide a solid base for companies to raise funds through bond sales next year, analysts say.
12/27/2011
Uridashi bonds are debt issued outside Japan for sale to Japanese individual investors.
12/26/2011
According to SinoPac SITC, the joint venture will specialize in the establishment of new mutual funds, sales of mutual funds and asset management.
12/20/2011
Building an investment business in India has been a long-standing pillar of Nikko AM's strategic plan to position itself as a leading Asian asset management firm.
12/20/2011
The India Fund is a closed-end investment company with current total assets of $951.5 million (as of November 30, 2011) and its investment objective is long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in Indian equity securities.
12/14/2011
The heavier stamp duties announced last week may have already dented Singapore's standing as a major property investment destination while giving rivals such as Hong Kong a boost, said analysts.
12/09/2011
Aquila, which manages about 3 billion euros ($4.02 billion), opened its first Asian office in Singapore in October.
12/08/2011
It now has six ETFs listed in Singapore.
12/07/2011
The crash drew international attention not only for its stunning price — the vehicles collectively cost more than $1 million — but also for the rare glimpse of Japan’s superrich, who tend to avoid ostentatious public displays of wealth.
12/07/2011
In fact, ETFs for resource-rich countries (e.g., Brazil, South Africa, Chile), as well as China itself, were hit the hardest.
12/07/2011
The staff the new office, Mesirow has moved research senior vice president Edward Littmann and office manager Alex McCarthy from Chicago.
12/06/2011
Lone Pine plans to invest in Krishnan's new firm, although not in its funds.
12/06/2011
It also noted that development capital here remains healthy, indicating continued investor confidence.
12/06/2011
Loans surged 91 percent to $38.3 billion this year from the same period of 2010, beating the previous record of $30.7 billion in all of 2008, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. T
12/05/2011
The move would represent a partial reversal of Singapore's light-touch regulatory policy that has so far succeeded in drawing hundreds of hedge funds and spawning Asia's second-biggest hedge fund centre.
12/02/2011
Douglas said the study offers a comprehensive analysis of the effect of size on performance and volatility across the four largest strategy groups.