Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

JPM AM’s mainland partner prepares for auction

JP Morgan Asset Management takes a step closer to becoming the first foreign asset manager to own 100% of an onshore mutual fund house.

Forrester Announces Asia Pacific Financial Services Webcast Week 2020

Eight distinct sessions designed to provide an inspiring week of insights and best practices for digital financial services professionals to prepare for the next normal

Philippine pension GSIS disburses 4.1 billion pesos of loans, relaxes rules

Overall, the fund disbursed loans to around 60,000 members and pensioners last month.

Korea stock market sees third straight month of foreign selling in April

Foreign investors have been exiting Korean stocks since the second half of last year amid uncertainties over trade tensions between China and the US, and social unrest in Hong Kong, with the selling accelerating in the wake of the pandemic

Vanguard Aussie equities funds called out over fees

Yet on fees, the fund is more expensive than alternatives in the market.

Hong Kong hedge fund launches third retail product

Foundation AM’s China high yield strategy aims to provide an annual income target of 8.5%.

Northern Trust wins asset servicing mandate for Singapore-based hedge fund

Modular, which spun out of a large US hedge fund manager in January 2020, is one of Asia’s largest hedge fund launches in recent years.

Japan's Nippon Life, AXA eye strategic investment in IndusInd Bank

An investment in IndusInd Bank will help Nippon Life strengthen its distribution network through bancassurance

Apex And Bite Announce Partnership

Apex delivers a single-source solution covering the full spectrum of financial services products to asset managers, capital markets and private clients via over 40 offices and 3,500 employees worldwide.

Clime courts Madison Financial Group

Clime has since launched a new income fund, and SMA portfolios.

CountPlus acquires firm

CountPlus chief executive Matthew Rowe said the Centenary acquisition highlights one of the new opportunities presenting Count Financial following its acquisition by CountPlus, as the network continues to grow.

Ares Australia Management launches Ares Global Credit Income Fund

The Fund offers Australian investors access to a higher income strategy with a focus on capital preservation and additional diversification from traditional investments in their portfolios

Hydrogen’s time is now in post-pandemic world

Alternative fuel hailed as the “holy grail” in bid to move away from oil and gas

China officially scraps foreign quotas in two investment schemes

Beijing had granted nearly US$215 billion of quotas under the two schemes as of last month.

India fund managers still selling off bonds on redemption fears, report says

Similar measures by governments around the world have taken a huge economic toll as businesses shuttered, throwing millions of people out of jobs.

How early release impacts the ASX

Rainmaker Information director of research Alex Dunnin believes this is likely still the case following the coronavirus crash.

J.P. Morgan Asset forms China logistics joint venture with New Ease

Sun Dongping, founder and chairman of New Ease, adds that tenant demand for quality logistics facilities in China will remain “robust” as consumers shift to e-commerce.

Value Partners brings dividend fund to onshore China

The fund, which has an 18-year track record, is distributed through the Mutual Recognition of Funds scheme.

SingAlliance opens office in Hong Kong

Chia has also been affiliated with BNP Paribas, ABN AMRO Bank, and Shenwan Hongyuan Securities, and has held roles spanning Taipei, New York, and Singapore, in addition to Hong Kong.

Hong Kong's eMPF tender draws some half-dozen bids, results in second half 2020

Around half-dozen applicants are believed to have submitted bids by the time applications closed.

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