Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Japanese investors express interest during Kalla visit

Japanese interest in the Indonesian banking sector has been shown by the plans of major Japanese lenders to acquire two Indonesian banks.

Chinese Government Changes Tune on Blockchain Technology, Advocates Centralized Model

Throughout 2017 and early 2018, the Chinese government took several steps to restrict its citizens' access to cryptocurrency, as well as the applications of any coins already acquired.

In second bet on fintech, former Hong Kong financial secretary John Tsang backs identification project

Technology that uses telecommunications data ‘safer and better than current methods’

Active shortfalls see pension fund fee restructure

GPIF also conceded underperformance may be due to the pension fund being a "poor selector of asset managers."

Abenomics' impact fading at sensitive moment for Japanese economy

Factory output slowed and inventory rose in April, a sign firms may have overestimated global demand.

Swiss boutique unveils Luxembourg-based Vietnam fund

Sustainable business model, shareholder composition, cash flow generation and balance sheet’s health remain among main investment criteria.

Thailand mutual fund assets decline in January-May on weaker bond funds

The three companies have a combined AUM of 2.60 trillion baht, accounting for over half the total industry assets.

Islamic finance industry assets surpass $2tn-mark

The report says that the strong growth momentum in Islamic finance is mainly owing to the global economic recovery in 2017

Cash cloud hangs over Blue Sky Alternative Investments reset

Questions came from fund managers trying to understand the state of the business, from financial advisers looking for positives

China manager beating 99% of peers says Tencent to rise more

When you have a billion users, you just monetise it gradually. You don't have to deliver all the earnings in a year.

$1.5 Trillion Says: Eat What You Kill

One pension plan sends a shock wave round the fund management industry.

New platform to grow sustainable financing in Asia

With Asean’s banks lagging in sustainable financing, a new platform has been established by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) with the aim of encouraging key players in finance to get on board.

Malaysia market to see continued uncertainty amid foreign selling

Ang Kok Heng, chief investment officer of Phillip Capital Management, believes this is because foreign investors are sceptical of the new government’s financial policies.

OPINION: Asia ex-China?

What is more, MSCI’s approach has been ultra-cautious. Eng-Teck Tan, senior portfolio manager at Nikko Asset Management, notes that the 5% weight is the lowest MSCI has ever given to a country being introduced to its indices for the first time.

Malaysia pension funds grow their alternative assets

The fund had total AUM of 140.80 billion ringgit as at end-2017, up from 125 billion ringgit a year earlier, when alternatives accounted for just 4.9% share.

Invesco gains, Blackrock loses in FE 100 changes

Threadneedle’s fund was also among several of the firm’s products recently pulled from distribution in Taiwan, FSA reported earlier.

Ex-Goldman Sachs manager launches Ashoka India Equity trust

Investments will be highly focused with only 20-40 ‘high conviction’ opportunities

BlackRock sets up first China onshore equity fund

He adds that BlackRock will continue to support China’s ongoing capital market reforms and contribute to the development of the local asset management industry.

Asia seeing increased adoption of ESG among investors, asset managers

Mounting environmental and social pressures are pushing asset managers into ESG

PE Panorama: It’s all about returns

the report notes that over 60% of LPs believe that “too many GPs [general partners] are chasing too few deals in the North American buyout market”.