04/02/2020
Northbound funds see inflows of $145m in February
After the unusual outflow in January, Hong Kong-domiciled products sold in the mainland (northbound funds) through the MRF saw net inflows in February.
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04/02/2020
JPMorgan launches FX trading engine in Singapore
The central bank is looking to develop the Republic into a global price discovery and liquidity centre for FX during Asia trading hours, JPMorgan said.
04/02/2020
Warakirri appoints exclusive manager for equities
Their relationship goes back 15 years, when Warakirri first mandated Northcape.
04/01/2020
Fosun International Announces 2019 Annual Results
Achieves double-digit growth in net profit
04/01/2020
Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial buys into Ares for US$384 million
They will also coordinate on certain capital market financing activities in the US and Asian leveraged finance markets.
04/01/2020
BGH Capital, Canadian pension fund shelve NZ acquisition
The two parties terminated their scheme implementation agreement, with no breaking fees.
04/01/2020
VanEck rejigs China A-shares ETF
The Australian fund is a feeder fund that invests in a NYSE-listed VanEck fund; both were the first A-shares funds in their respective markets.
04/01/2020
Vanguard launches simplified investment platform
The platform will charge investors 0.2% of their total account balance annually, up to a maximum of $600.
03/31/2020
China Success Finance Announces 2019 Annual Results
Deeply Rooted for Construction of Greater Bay Area; Enhancing Integration of Traditional and Innovative Businesses
03/31/2020
Japan’s Dai-ichi Life extends 9.4 billion yen loan to West African nations
The insurer says it has invested 15.4 billion yen for development and improvement of infrastructure in West African countries in the current financial year ending March 31.
03/31/2020
Thailand's TMBAM Eastspring closes two bond funds amid panic selling
The Bank of Thailand is also setting up a lending facility to support investment grade bond mutual funds and money market funds facing a liquidity crunch amid the market turmoil.
03/31/2020
Chant West sale hits roadblock
Chant West denies this, and pointed to its recent financials.
03/31/2020
7 Trends in Philippine Real Estate in 2020
Santos Knight Frank believes that while business processing outsourcing (BPO) companies will still pursue expansion within Metro Manila, they may still move outside the metropolis in the long run.
03/31/2020
Eastspring liquidates Thai funds amid massive outflows
Four of TMBAM Eastspring’s fixed-income funds have been terminated due to a flood of redemptions, eliciting comments from Thailand’s deputy PM.
03/30/2020
Japan central bank’s ETF buying surge seen to further distort the market
Other Japanese ETF investors such as banks are decreasing their ETF assets because of the ongoing market volatility.
03/29/2020
Older super fund members rush to cash
Sunsuper, another public not-for-profit fund with almost $70-billion in assets under management, has seen almost $1 billion switched into its cash and capital-guaranteed options.
03/27/2020
Amundi HK set to launch FMP
How are fixed maturity products vulnerable during extreme global market turmoil?
03/27/2020
Value Partners to add ninth onshore fund
The Hong Kong-based asset manager has added one more product for sale in China via the private fund management channel.
03/27/2020
Australia superannuation funds cut value of unlisted assets amid market turmoil
Central banks around the world have slashed interest rates and introduced emergency measures as global markets are battered by the coronavirus pandemic, with major indices whipsawing from day to day.
03/27/2020
Singapore asset manager ARA buys majority stake in UK’s Venn Partners
This is ARA’s second investment partnership in Europe after its acquisition of an unspecified majority stake in Scotland’s Dunedin Property Asset Management in July 2019.