Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Stick with short duration bonds

Investors will face reinvestment risk, but they can take advantage of cheap valuations for credit by locking in high yields for the short term.

Exclusive: Bank of China offers Sri Lanka $300 million loan, option to raise to $1 billion - source

Sri Lanka, an island nation off India’s southeastern coast, is struggling to repay its foreign loans, with a record $5.9 billion due this year including $2.6 billion in the first three months alone.

China's Big Banks Throw a $22 Billion Test at Hybrids Market

Investors demand higher coupons after last year’s stock rout

Global M&A forecast

Global political uncertainty, from trade wars and growing protectionism to Brexit, will continue in 2019

Shenzhen is attracting banks

City seen as desirable location for financial management subsidiaries

China doubles quota for foreign investors, paving way for global funds to get bigger bite of A-shares amid stock market slump

Beijing is still selective in opening up, as it prefers capital inflow channels over outflow ones

Government set to develop derivatives market

Open interest is the total number of options and/or futures contracts that are not closed or delivered.

ANZ, IOOF revise wealth sale agreement

IOOF and ANZ have already completed one transaction that saw the latter acquire the former's aligned advice dealer groups.

Ascott REIT sells Ascott Raffles place in Singapore to Cheong Sim Lam for S$353M

The buyer of the 999-year leasehold asset has been revealed as Singaporean property tycoon Cheong Sim Lam, executive director and chief investment officer of Hong Kong-listed Associated International Hotels

Buy less Singapore REITs in 2019, says Morgan Stanley

The pointers were released in a research report for the bank’s clients, titled ‘Singapore REITs 2019 Outlook: Sell More, Buy Less’.

Indonesia Resurgence Gathers Pace as Global Investors Pile In

The rebound has shown no signs of fading in 2019.

Foreigners turn into net sellers of Korean stocks for the first time in 3 yrs in ‘18

By region, investors from the Great Britain net sold 8.8 trillion won in Korea stocks

Investing for good? It’s age and not income that counts, say findings from Hong Kong’s investment funds body

But in Guangdong, the bigger interest came from older investors

Pictet AM lifts bond weightings

Pictet Asset Management is cautious about equities as the global economy hits inflection points and market structures transform.

Bank of China to enable payment in yuan on U.S. e-commerce platforms: Xinhua

The system will adhere to U.S. anti-money laundering rules through artificial intelligence and cyber security technologies, Xu added.

Wealthy Chinese spur booming $78bn health insurance industry

Insurers fill gap between rising medical spending and meagre public coverage

Australian platform HUB24 hits A$10bn milestone

Brisbane-based licensee AdviceIQ Partners has joined the platform, adding 31 registered planners to HUB24's platform.

Indonesia to focus on Shariah financing to fund infrastructure projects in 2019

The slice of banking assets complying with the ban on interest hovered at about 5% for the past three years.

South Korea corporate pension funds post sub-par return

The South Korean government introduced the corporate pension scheme in 2005 in order to mitigate mounting financial pressure on the public retirement system from an ageing population, a problem which many other countries also face.

Singapore and Hong Kong developing ILS rivalry

Ribeiro suggested that Hong Kong is shifting its focus under new CEO Carrie Lam.

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