Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Superich Pushed Prices of Top-Tier Homes Higher in 2013

Number of People With More Than $30 million in Net Assets Also Rose

Luxury Industry Optimistic About Q1 2014 UHNW Spending, Luxury Sentiment Survey Shows

More than 30% of those polled expect revenue to rise by more than 10% in Q1 2014, the report shows.

Singapore to Overtake Tokyo as 2023’s Asian Millionaires Hub

Singapore is poised to surpass Tokyo as the Asian city with the most ultra-high-net-worth individuals within a decade as its stature as a financial center increases with the region’s growth.

The World's Hedge Fund Billionaires

There are now 46 billionaires in the world who have derived most of their wealth from managing hedge funds.

Property remains top wealth driver in China-Hurun list

Real estate remained the most lucrative road to riches in China last year

Impact of the Internet on the Chinese Financial Industry

Some banks in China see their greatest competitors not as traditional financial institutions, but modern Internet-based firms such as Tencent and Alibaba. Once deregulation occurs, these firms will race to control the market, resulting in an irreversible

Population of ultra-wealthy Chinese to surpass Japanese by 2026: report

We’re seeing a rise in the high-end of wealth in the rest of the world

Challenges to Long-Term Asset Allocation and Risk Management in Real Estate Investments - RESEARCH

The report, titled "Long-Run Investment Ambitions and Short-Run Investment Processes," finds long-term asset management challenges and increasing risk management in real estate investments.

New Asian hedge fund assets drop by a fifth to $3.85 billion

Hedge funds launched in Asia in 2013 raised a fifth less than a year before as more managers launched funds with smaller sizes

RepRisk releases Special Report on MINT Countries

After Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs coined the acronym “BRIC” to refer to top emerging markets Brazil, Russia, India and China, he has now popularized “MINT” – Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey as a second category.

Survey identifies growing wealth disparity

The rich-poor gap is widening at a slower pace, but wealth is still concentrated in a small number, survey center director Gan Li was quoted as saying.

Fund managers optimistic about 2014 - Towers Watson

Although expectations for government bond yields continue to be near historic lows and concerns about low growth persist.

Global assets under management to exceed $100 trillion by 2020: PwC

Global assets under management (AuM) will rise to around $101.7 trillion by 2020, from a 2012 total of $63.9 trillion, says a PwC report released today. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 6%.

The upcoming online fund supermarket in Korea may find it hard to grab significant distribution marketshare

Cerulli Associates expects that distribution will continue to be dominated by local banks and securities firms. Our research shows that nine of Korea's 10 largest asset managers have an affiliated bank or brokerage in the list of the 10 largest mutua

Asian Pensions Shift Onus of Investing to Individuals

Asset management firms that decide to take on this business will likely have to wait it out for scale

Emerging Asia’s wealth to overtake US by 2015 - HSBC

The investment bank said that while it's important to remember that some countries in the region suffer the worst cases of poverty, the rise of Asian wealth which powers luxury sales, for example, has been stupendous.

Hedge Funds Start 2014 in the Red

According to Preqin’s Hedge Fund Analyst, hedge funds made a loss of 0.17% in January 2014, the benchmark’s first month in negative territory since August 2013.

Asia Insights 'Investment Opportunities' - Julius Baer

Are China and South East Asia swapping places in terms of investment appeal?

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