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.
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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
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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.
03/27/2020
Vietnam’s VinaCapital to shut down Singapore robo adviser Smartly
The company decided that Smartly "no longer aligns with our group's strategic objectives" after evaluating how much it would need to invest in the business to compete with rivals.
03/27/2020
Saxo Markets launches Malaysian equities for investors
In addition, the Malaysian market can be traded from any account and currency, and Saxo also offers Malaysian Ringgit funding for people with a Malaysian Ringgit bank account to trade Malaysian equities and ETFs.
03/26/2020
How have listed financials performed?
Commonwealth Bank was the ‘best’ big four bank with losses of 30% followed by Westpac at 41%, ANZ at 42% and National Australian Bank (NAB) at 43%.
03/26/2020
Coronavirus may hit Singapore REITs harder than the financial crisis
With a 26% plunge, a gauge tracking them is heading for its worst quarterly drop since 2008 even though the firms offer the region’s highest yields.
03/26/2020
Japanese overseas bond buying keeps dollar swap costs high before fiscal year end
At the Bank of Japan’s now daily auctions of dollar swaps since last week, only about $161 billion has been taken.
03/26/2020
YES Bank fallout: Mutual funds cut exposure to AT-1 bonds
MFs’ investments in AT-1 bonds of public sector banks fell 6% to ₹21,330 crore in February
03/26/2020
Dubai-based World Investments invests $258m in Australian Xinja Bank
World Investments already has significant equity holdings in banks across Europe and the Middle East