Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Westpac to combine Advance super with BT Super

The Advance Retirement Suite had $202.8 million in total assets at June end. It had 15 member options and about 3460 member accounts (down 19% in two months).

Australia sweeps pension market rankings

Australia is one of the seven nations that accounted for 92% of pension assets out of 22 countries analysed.

Manulife launches new UITF

The fund is invested into a mixed portfolio including equity, fixed income and government securities across the globe.

AMP ‘doubles down’ on troubled wealth core

The rebuff has left the 171-year-old company with little choice but to refocus on its high-stakes, multi-year turnaround plan, including squeezing profits out of the troubled financial planning network and a suite of under-performing superannuation funds

Australia’s Rest taps State Street to streamline operations

Superannuation fund to use cloud-based Charles River solution for automated processes and transparent view of workflows

AXA launches ‘Wealth Ultra Savings Plan (2-year Pay)’

Short premium payment term and low entry fee, projected total cash value doubles every 10 years

Eaton Vance bullish on EM debt

“Within the benchmark, we are positive on duration in Indonesia, Uruguay, Russia, Thailand and Malaysia. Outside of the benchmark, we are also positive on duration in Serbia and Ukraine.

ASX profits slide, names chair

The ASX increased its full-year capital expenditure guidance to between $110 million and $115 million after recording $54.5 million for the half.

Ares backs out of AMP bid

"AMP continues to review options for maximising the ability to grow and invest in AMP Capital including exploring partnership options,"

Standard Life Aberdeen to exit Indonesia by mid-2021

This was a difficult decision to make but the right way forward for the business.

Asia Pacific property in the Year of the Ox

New retail concepts, such as Burberry’s ‘social retail’ store in Shenzhen created in partnership with Tencent, are likely to prove a new trend

T Rowe Price launches China equity fund in HK

The fund is one of two products managed by the US firm recently authorised by the Securities and Futures Commission for sale to retail investors.

Praemium profit, growth up

2020 was a year of significant disruption and challenges.

Japan’s Dai-ichi Life sells entire 17% stake in Janus Henderson

Janus Henderson was born of the 2017 merger between US investment firm Janus Capital and the UK’s Henderson Group.

China hedge funds add $268b in assets in 2020, trouncing Wall Street rivals

China's early economic recovery from the pandemic fueled rallies in stocks and commodities, lifting returns across all eight hedge fund strategies tracked by PaiPaiWang.

Pandemic pushes impact bonds from niche to mainstream

Record US$500 billion added to 2020 market, with 2021 looking just as strong

Kapstream wins JANA allocation

The trust invests in short maturity global and Australian debt securities like nominal bonds, local inflation-linked bonds and extended credit.

Mapletree Investments bets big on European office market

Singapore-based fund hopes to meet its fundraising goal by the end of March

SGX, Trumid, Hillhouse to Launch Asian Bond Trading Platform

The joint venture, known as XinTru, will launch and operate Trumid XT, an electronic bond trading platform powered by advanced technology and rich analytics.

Malaysia’s EPF mulls sale of seven local properties worth 350 million ringgit, report says

“The decision to buy or sell real estate will also take into consideration the fund’s overall portfolio strategy and the long-term health of the fund,”

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