Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Individual limit for Singapore Savings Bonds doubled

From Feb 1 next year, investors will also be able to buy the bonds using their SRS funds

Investors to move on property before election: BlackRock

With the policy unlikely to be retrospective, Vardy sees investors potentially putting property back into their portfolio before the next election.

Consumerist sector is India’s investment frontier

India is only at the start of its journey

UBS signs on Morningstar

Morningstar will not provide research on specific equities to the UBS platform, a spokesperson for UBS confirmed.

Final call for 2019 Chief Economists Forum

"The [investor] market will be looking whether we've got two hikes or one. Even if there are two hikes people will remind us it's the end of the cycle, not the beginning."

With 9% average growth for the last ten years, Asia is world's fastest-growing asset management market

AUM leapt by 11% year-on-year to a record $16tn by the end of 2017.

South Korea cuts growth outlook as exports lose steam

Slowdown compounds Moon's headaches as hopes for North Korea progress fade

Standard Chartered spins off private-equity arm

Bank expects to take a restructuring charge of about US$160 million related to the transaction.

Green bonds are far from equity counterparts

The ESG element of green bonds has no impact on performance, according to Julien Bras, portfolio manager for fixed income at Allianz Global Investors.

Manulife AM rolls out HK fund in the Philippines

Manulife Asset Management and Trust has launched seven mutual fund products in the Philippines since the firm was set up last year.

South Korea mutual funds’ NAV growth slows sharply in November

Total assets under management of the mutual funds declined to 561 trillion won as at November 30 from 562.2 trillion won in October.

Phillip Capital now a growing insurance presence in Cambodia

It also offers institutional corporate finance and advisory services, and bespoke IT solutions.

Sustainable investment takes off in Asia

A recent forum in Hong Kong highlighted uncertainty surrounding ESG standards, but as time passes the younger generation will bring a sustainable investing approach to the fore

China’s $856 Billion Startup Juggernaut Is Getting Stuck

But the government is also encouraging investments into startups, so that China can push forward its ambitious “Made in China 2025” plan, outlined three years ago.

Australia's largest Islamic Super Fund launches campaign to go mainstream

Crescent Wealth’s superannuation fund went to market only three and a half years ago and was flourishing.

Yuanta plans to launch Taiwan’s first ESG ETF in 2019

TIP is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

China's ‘Fund Town’ Struggles to Attract Foreign Investors

Beijing Fund Town’s Wu says 1,086 firms have registered so far

CFS swaps global equities managers

Colonial First State has appointed a $600 million mandate as it reviews the manager lineup for its $3.8 billion multi-manager global equities fund.

China Post to launch fixed income fund in HK

The product will be the firm’s second locally-authorised mutual fund for investors in Hong Kong.

HEAD-TO-HEAD: Hamon vs Schroders

FSA compares two Asian (ex-Japan) equity funds: the Hamon Asian Market Leaders Fund and the Schroder ISF Asian Opportunities Fund.

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