03/20/2018
Malaysia fund management industry AUM up 11.5% in 2017
Securities Commission Malaysia Chairman Ranjit Ajit Singh says the unit trust industry’s net asset value jumped 19.1% year-on-year to 427 billion ringgit in 2017.
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03/20/2018
Green bond rules need to be on par with global trends
Most of the recent green bond issuances have been driven by the People's Bank of China, the central bank, which published separate green bond standards and quotas in December 2015.
03/20/2018
ICBC introduces Central Provident Fund management service
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has introduced its management service for interested parties in participating in the Non-Mandatory Central Provident Fund System
03/20/2018
HK and Brazil sign MoU for enhanced co-operation and FDI
The MoU provides a framework to enhance the close relationship of HK and Brazil by further promoting both inward and outward investment in the two jurisdictions.
03/20/2018
Foreign investors keen on Vietnam’s consumption growth
According to him, the consumer goods sector in Vietnam is offering promising opportunities as the country boasts a young population with higher incomes.
03/19/2018
Asset managers gearing for growth in 2018
The asset management and wider wealth management industries are confident about growth prospects in 2018 but remain realistic about responding to intense fee pressures, a PwC global survey shows. The majority (87%) of the 126 asset and wealth management
03/19/2018
War for Asia Talent Pushes Banks to Boost Plans to Retain Women
Women in senior roles in Asia rise from 10% to 13% since 2013
03/18/2018
Ping An Bank posts mild profit growth in 2017
Income and net profits from retail banking surged 41.7 percent and 68.3 percent, respectively.
03/18/2018
Mergers and acquisitions hot 2018 sectors to drive healthy deal flow: Freehills
Across the region, the firm also tips strong activity in the technology sector, a rebound in outbound acquisitions by Chinese companies and enterprises and expects "cashed up" private equity players to buoy activity.
03/18/2018
Asian property sector to benefit from Belt & Road
The report from real estate consultancy Colliers International indicated that Chinese investment in property in Southeast Asia and South Asia reached $2.5 billion in 2017, nearly four times the level of 2016 and the second highest after $4.1 billion in 20
03/16/2018
Nexus departs Singapore to focus on Middle East
Nexus Financial Services focused on advising on life, savings and investment products for the city-state’s mass affluent population.
03/16/2018
South Korea’s Samsung Active Asset Management and Franklin Templeton’s local unit to merge
The merged entity will be known as Samsung Franklin Templeton Asset Management Co.
03/16/2018
Nirav Modi, Rana Kapoor and others who reportedly own properties in Samudra Mahal
Samudra Mahal was owned by Gwalior’s royal family
03/16/2018
Widodo Wants Indonesia's Banking Sector to Boost Credit Growth
It is not the first time Widodo requests the nation's banking sector to boost lending in an effort to encourage economic activity and economic growth.
03/16/2018
Edelweiss calls off deal to acquire Religare Securities
The statement had said Edelweiss Wealth Management has consistently looked at synergistic growth opportunities and expansion, especially for its asset and wealth management businesses.
03/16/2018
Valuable Capital Group and Saxo Bank partner to offer global investment services
According to the agreement, Valuable Capital Group will provide investors access to more than 35,000 financial instruments leveraging the multi-asset trading technology of Saxo Bank.
03/15/2018
Aetna Int’l continues to expand Asian footprint with HK licence
Aetna already had a presence in Hong Kong, dating back to its 2007 acquisition of Goodhealth, another Hong Kong insurer.
03/15/2018
PIMCO sells Aussie banks as correction looms
This is because, the report explained, the valuations suggested by tight credit spreads and very low volatility are close to fully pricing in the "good news" implied by above-trend global growth and "gently rising inflation."
03/15/2018
BNY Mellon expects retail investors to drive Asia Pacific ETF market
He says ETF sponsors need to enhance product awareness and options in order to promote retail participation in APAC.
03/15/2018
China's $814 Billion Fund Will Cut Exposure to Volatile Markets
CIC to boost direct investments in pursuit of stable returns