10/15/2018
Japanese Market Declines
Among auto makers, Honda is lower by 2 percent and Toyota is losing almost 2 percent.
Alternative Investments
10/15/2018
Asian markets resume their fall, with tech stocks leading the way
Indexes in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia off more than 1%
10/15/2018
Wealth built from scratch
Lau says 30 percent of respondents are aged between 24 and 34 years. "We called the group millennials, that would be more for marketing targets."
10/15/2018
UK fund manager flies in to court companies
Under his stewardship the company has seen its funds under management grow to about US$8 billion, mainly on the strength of its private clients.
10/15/2018
Infocus points to member growth
Steinhardt said the company’s growth had been both strategic and organic as advisers sought prudent licensee alternatives in the face of the Royal Commission.
10/15/2018
Value Partners making leap into China’s private markets
The private markets push underway now counts as a second round of diversification for the 25-year-old firm.
10/12/2018
Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management gets Employees' State Insurance Corp mandate to manage its funds
After successfully fulfilling an independent competitive technical and financial bidding process, RNAM, the asset management joint venture of Reliance Capital and Nippon Life Insurance of Japan, has been awarded this mandate.
10/12/2018
AAM new product roundup
Columbia Threadneedle Investments offers Global Extended Alpha Fund to retail investors
10/12/2018
Coupland Cardiff launches new fund focused on Indian subcontinent
It is focussed on high growth and high quality companies that benefit from domestic growth and strong corporate governance with demonstrable track records.
10/12/2018
Cbus invests in UK infrastructure
Cbus has a proud history of infrastructure investment in Australia and with this partnership we now hold stakes in ports from Sydney to Edinburgh.
10/12/2018
New SGX Islamic Banking Index Boosts Singapore’s Status as Asia’s Top Financial Hub
It will track and solely focus on Shariah-compliant companies listed on the Singapore Exchange or SGX.
10/11/2018
An Asian bid for Italian bonds?
Data suggests Japanese investors are buying dips in Italy’s debt
10/11/2018
HSBC and Standard Chartered to keep funding China business, despite trade war risks
In response to questioning from GTR at an event in Hong Kong today (October 10), Standard Chartered’s head of transaction banking for China, David Koh, said the bank is “definitely going all in with BRI”.
10/11/2018
Singapore Creating Invoice Platform Powered By Ripple Blockchain
Ripple was one of the early startups to gather funding in the region, with over 130 startup deals made by 2016 – bringing in $545 million worth of funds and setting up the space for a future in blockchain development.
10/11/2018
Taiwan’s BLF opens tender for NT$42 billion domestic absolute return mandate
The investment scope for the mandate includes domestic stocks traded on the Taiwan stock exchange and the over-the-counter market, local equity exchange-traded funds, as well as domestic corporate bonds and sovereign bonds.
10/11/2018
Indonesia mutual fund assets up 8.3% in January-September 2018
The regulator typically posts the data without any explanation.
10/11/2018
Former AFA president recognised
Described as someone many members have always looked up to, Mitchell not only played a key role in the running of the association but also led a number of the AFA's previous lobbying efforts.
10/11/2018
Prudential eyes takeovers, bank distribution pacts in Asia
"We are agency-focused in those markets, but we would love to do more on the distribution side,"
10/10/2018
Influx of Chinese banks good for Gulf region: Dubai-based bankers
They invest, partner up with government-related entities and this helps the whole banking market in the region
10/10/2018
The Japanese Passport Is Now the Strongest in the World, with Singapore and South Korea Not Far Behind
All three countries have a visa-free/visa-on-arrival score of 188.