Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Edinburgh office investment surges thanks to Koreans

In May, one of Germany’s largest pension funds purchased 4-8 St Andrew Square for £120m.

India opens up insurance sector to foreign investors

Foreign participation in the Indian insurance industry, which is worth billions of dollars, has been tightly guarded by the government out of fear of backlash from the strong workers unions.

Bracing for change: Singaporeans jump on the skills of tomorrow

Will picking up new skills be enough to protect Singaporeans from automation-induced job losses in uncertain times ahead?

Increasing SG costly for middle Australia: Grattan

Grattan pointed out that compulsory super was originally created to forestall wage increases that could have sparked inflation

Small caps boutique shuts doors

Mhor launched a small caps fund and it returned over 24% p.a. net of fees since inception to May end.

Temasek's Assets Look Set to Fall for the First Time Since 2016

CIMB Private Banking economist Song Seng Wun, who has been covering Temasek for over a decade, predicts the figure may dip to S$300 billion.

Big China Brokerage Banned From Investing Its Own Money in IPOs

The firm will demote its head of trading and has warned other employees linked to the breach of rules on the IPO of Suzhou TZTEK Technology Co., Galaxy Securities said in an email Monday.

Eastspring raises $417m for FMP

The Singapore-based asset manager is the latest firm to issue a fixed maturity product for risk-averse, income-hungry retail investors.

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

This reverses the five-year-long trend during which fixed income allocations at sovereign investors fell as equities posted strong gains.

Singapore the big winner of Hong Kong’s chaos

The city-state’s comparative stability is drawing business and funds away from tumultuous Hong Kong

SANNE opens new office in Mumbai, India

The opening of this new office expands SANNE’s already strong network of offices across the EMEA, Asia-Pacific and Americas region and adds further capability and scope to the services SANNE can offer its clients.

Japanese property on a roll as Chinese grow weary of traditional hotspots Vancouver, Sydney

Interest by Chinese buyers in Tokyo property has shot up 10-fold in the first quarter, according to property portal Juwai.com

Industry fund to increase premiums

The new fee structure, which was reviewed with life insurance partner TAL, formed part of the new PYS legislation.

India Says It Could Raise $10 Billion in First Foreign Bond Sale

Foreign currency debt to be issued in second half of the year

Marathon 'poised to offload 17 UK hotels' to Thai buyer for £500m

Bangkok-based conglomerate DTGO is performing due diligence on the 17 properties after outbidding rival investors from Thailand and the UK, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private negotiations.

Japanese Fund Investss in Leading Chinese Distributor

One of the leading fine wine distributors in Greater China – East Meets West Fine Wines (EMS) – has received investment from Cool Japan Fund (CJF).

GROW Super unveils admin platform

GROW recently hired former KPMG partner and superannuation Adam Gee as head of strategy to help implement TINA

Responsible investing flies into the mainstream market

Nearly half of all professionally managed investments made in Australia are now classed as responsible, and they are outperforming mainstream investment funds, a benchmark report has revealed

Australia’s Biggest Pension Fund Says Get Ready for Low Returns

The weak Australian dollar boosted returns on overseas assets, while infrastructure, property and fixed-income markets all did well, Chief Investment Officer Mark Delaney said in a statement Thursday.

Softbank plans to invest $2-4 b more in India in 2 years

The Japanese company will help portfolio companies form joint ventures with Indian firms.

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