06/27/2012
Singapore asset manager gears up for China liberalisation
Whilst companies have started to issue RMB-denominated bonds outside of China (known as Dim-Sum bonds), the RMB-denominated onshore and offshore fixed income market is considered by many investors as illiquid and with much currency risk.
06/27/2012
Sovereign's asset consulting clients for alternatives include Sunsuper, Vision Super, Westpac Staff Super and Perpetual, with funds under advice estimated at around $5bn, noting that Sovereign advises on alternatives and not the whole fund, according
06/26/2012
AMP Limited is to acquire Australia's largest SMSF administrator Cavendish Group as part of plans to establish an SMSF dedicated business unit under Paul Sainsbury.
06/26/2012
Hong Kong-based firm Segantii Capital has shut down its Asian hedge fund to new investors despite being one of the best performers in the region.
06/26/2012
Maybank Kim Eng’s Thailand and Philippines operations have been awarded Best Broker by FinanceAsia in its Country Awards.
06/26/2012
Matt Feldmann, partner at Clifford Chance, believes that the AIFMD, which is scheduled for implementation in 2013, is the primary concern of most Asian asset managers for erasing Europe off their radar.
06/25/2012
Top-rated Singapore’s appeal among private-banking clients has risen as the local currency gained 12 percent since 2009 and Europe’s financial turmoil deepened with Greece’s new government struggling to meet targets for cutting its defic
06/24/2012
Hedge funds eyeing some exotic alternatives
How exotic? How about portfolios betting on Chinese companies embroiled in fraud probes? Or funds looking to arbitrage prices in the electricity market?
06/24/2012
The new scheme would finance completed or off plan residential properties developed in Melbourne by Malaysian and Australian developers in the form of term loan, overdraft or a combination of both, it said in a press release Friday.
06/24/2012
Nomura, the global investment bank, and Permal Group one of the most experienced and established hedge fund investors,
06/24/2012
"We looked at where we anticipated growth would be and Asia looked like a particularly worthwhile place to invest," Pierre Jond, managing director of BNP Paribas Securities Services in Australia and New Zealand, said Monday. "In the context
06/21/2012
In the context of global financial turmoil, the Indian economy offers tremendous long term investment opportunity to foreign investors who are looking for diversifying their investment portfolios, he said.
06/20/2012
The roundtable was sponsored by law firm Bingham McCutchen and by Eurex, and took place in May at Bingham's Tokyo offices.
06/20/2012
The roundtable was sponsored by law firm Bingham McCutchen and Eurex and took place in May at Bingham's Tokyo office.
06/18/2012
The confession by legendary fund manager Anthony Bolton on Tuesday – tucked away in the second annual report of Fidelity’s China Special Situations fund – was as stark as it was honest.
06/15/2012
Liquidity squeezes have shaken the offshore renminbi money markets on three occasions since the start of the year, with short-term interest rates spiking as lenders scrambled for funds.
06/15/2012
David Nish, the group’s chief executive, said the changes would allow the business to target “exceptional opportunities” in the region.
06/15/2012
"The deal could immediately prop up HKEx to become one of the major global metals and commodities exchanges," Hong Kong Exchanges Chief Executive Charles Li said.
06/15/2012
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index Finished Down 1.33% in May
06/15/2012
Sparx Asia Capital Management Ltd. will be responsible for the five-year fund, which will have maximum capacity of 40 billion yen ($507 million) and will start in August or September, Abe said in a telephone interview from Tokyo.