Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Value Partners Malaysia launches Shariah China A-shares ETF

Offering provides exposure to Shariah-compliant new economy stocks in China A-shares universe 12

BetaShares upgrades ETF growth forecast

“With strong sharemarket performance as a tail-wind we saw industry funds under management increase rapidly,”

Korea’s NPS renews State Street’s global equity, alternatives custody mandate

Boston-based State Street had $40.3 trillion of assets under custody and/or administration as of March 2021.

Vanguard announces fee changes

Vanguard Personal Investor is not designed like a broking site which has a focus on trading.

US retirement firm acquires 15% stake in Challenger

The acquisition followed Athene’s pending agreement to merge with Apollo.

Japan’s Nomura plans to suspend part of cash-prime brokerage business – source

The bank will continue cash-prime brokerage services with Japanese and Asia stocks, as well as the prime brokerage business with U.S. stock derivatives, where the bank has strengths, the source said.

Hong Kong's pension fund posts 4.5 per cent investment gain in first half, but policy and regulatory challenges lie ahead

The second half of this year will be challenging

Korea’s KIC sees assets top US$200 billion, aims to be a top ten wealth fund

Five years ago, Korean newspapers reported that KIC’s former CEO Eun Sung-soo had forecast the fund’s assets to hit the $200 billion mark by 2020.

Singapore NFT Marketplace Mintable Receives Ripple Backing

Singapore-Based Buyer of Record-Breaking NFT Artwork Revealed

State Street: Strong Demand for Gold ETFs in Asia

SPDR Gold Shares, which tracks the spot price of gold bullion, is the only gold ETF on SGX, which launched in 2006 in USD.

Westpac completes sale of general insurance business to Allianz

The sale has added approximately 12 basis points to Westpac’s common equity Tier 1 capital ratio.

AIA captures further significant growth opportunities in china

China is one of the largest life insurance markets globally

Singapore’s CapitaLand sells China property stakes to Ping An for 46.7 billion RMB

According to Puah, the company aims to grow its exposure to the new economy sector in China to S$5 billion over the next five years from S$1.5 billion at the end of 2020.

China's enterprise annuity funds hit 2.32 tln yuan

China has 22 enterprise annuity fund management institutions as of the first quarter, including 11 companies managing public offering funds.

Super funds finish year on a high

"A year ago, it would have been hard to believe that the typical balanced option would be delivering a near record return for the 2021 financial year."

House price boost a win for bank stocks

“We think the evidence is to the contrary, and as a result we should continue to see positive earnings momentum as the market improves their forward-looking bad debt forecasts for the banking sector.”

Australian real estate managers’ assets fall, global peers see gain

Goodman Group remained the largest Australian real estate manager with A$51.8 billion of assets, slightly down from A$52 billion in 2019.

Taiwan’s first Vietnam ETF gets US$358 million inflow in first month

Vietnam is one the few economies that did not decline last year in spite of the coronavirus crisis.

Singapore’s GIC nears deal for stake in healthcare business of Malaysia’s Sunway, report says

GIC has been an active investor in the healthcare sector in recent years, including in China and the Philippines.

AXA to sell its insurance operations in Malaysia

The transaction is subject to closing conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approvals, and is expected to close by 2Q 2022.

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