08/01/2018
Southeast Asian Markets Rebound in July
Benchmarks in the Philippines and Malaysia rebounded in July
Alternative Investments
08/01/2018
Singapore sets up education programme to retrain bankers for a digital world
Assistant Secretary-General of NTUC, Mr Patrick Tay, said “I am elated to see the launch of the IBF Careers Connect Centre.
08/01/2018
CLS teams up with Trust bank to welcome first Japanese funds to settlement service
Fidelity International and MTBJ are being supported by Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH), which acts as MTBJ’s custodian for non-Japanese securities and related currency movements outside of Japan.
08/01/2018
Malaysia's Khazanah sovereign wealth fund invested RM80m in lingerie business: Reports
Responding to a question by former prime minister Najib Razak on how Khazanah had deviated from its original objectives, Azmin said that the fund had invested in the business which eventually failed, according to the report.
07/31/2018
London investment from Asia still strong
There are still dozens of Asian investors looking to invest, but they complain that there is little stock available.
07/31/2018
VN among top 3 regional destinations for Singapore companies: HSBC study
The Việt Nam-Singapore Industrial Park in the southern province of Bình Dương
07/31/2018
Korea Post Insurance seeks managers for global tactical asset strategy
The amount of funding was not disclosed.
07/31/2018
Foreign selling of Malaysian stocks ramps up last week
The selloff has also been exacerbated by US-China trade tensions.
07/30/2018
AMP provides $290m for compensation, downgrades half-year profit
Customer needs are our immediate priority, as we firmly believe this will also best serve the longterm interests of shareholders.
07/30/2018
Developments in Investment Treaty Arbitration in Asia
This includes the announcement by the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
07/30/2018
Heitman raises US$338 million for Asia Pacific fund
The fund will invest in select traditional property sectors in these markets, including retail, logistics, residential and office, as well as specialty sectors such as self-storage, student accommodation and medical offices.
07/30/2018
Asia’s fund selectors sour on emerging markets
The question FSA posed was: “In the next 12 months, will you increase your asset allocation to global emerging market equities, decrease it, maintain it at the current level, or you don’t invest in it?”
07/30/2018
Simply Unsustainable by Gary Dugan
The US continues to mortgage its future and yet tries to call it an economic miracle.
07/30/2018
South Korea pension fund giant adopts stewardship code
NPS move meant to spur follow-on adoption by country’s other institutional investors
07/30/2018
Blackrock’s onshore China fund creates fee pressure
The major feature of the product is that it charges well below other mainland private funds.
07/30/2018
China’s NCSSF to manage 130 billion RMB Shanghai, Sichuan pension funds
The transcript of the July 23 press conference was posted on the ministry’s website the next day.
07/30/2018
SGX eyes Hong Kong and China for its bond platform growth
SGX Bond Pro currently has 140 participants, including global dealers, bank treasuries, asset managers, wealth managers and hedge funds.
07/30/2018
GAM gets green light for Japan expansion
GAM has had an office in Tokyo since 1997, and has been expanding business in the country recently.
07/30/2018
Mobius Sees No Bottom Yet for China
Sees “good chance” of recovery for emerging markets: Mobius
07/30/2018
1MDB land surreptitiously sold to Cayman Islands firm
The company (Silk Road) did not care about the (Air Itam) land because it was not their money anyway