03/22/2018
Japanese life insurers to merge corporate pension operations
Aging society and negative interest rates are forcing the sector to cut costs
Alternative Investments
03/22/2018
Australian hedge fund veterans launch Asian funds management business
They gained experience at top-tier financial firms including, JP Morgan, Colonial First State, Accel-KKR and Perpetual Investments.
03/22/2018
NAB, Nippon Life in MLC whispers as wealth review gathers pace
Nippon knows NAB well and has been diversifying into asset management as part of a global acquisition strategy.
03/21/2018
India’s Godrej Fund Management to raise $600 million to invest in office property
GFM says Dutch pension fund manager APG Asset Management NV is a “cornerstone investor” in the Godrej Build To Core-I fund.
03/21/2018
BLF increases commitment to responsible investment
An increasing number of Asian institutional investors are integrating ESG considerations into their passive strategies.
03/21/2018
Superstar fund managers in China can raise US$5b a day
An equity portfolio offered by E Fund Management raised 4 billion yuan (S$830 million) over just a day this month.
03/21/2018
Australian Stockbroking Reaches 645,000 Clients in 2017: Investment Trends
The number of traders that have placed at least one stock trade in 2017 reached a new record high.
03/21/2018
Global fund managers eye trillion dollar pension business in China
Although such fund-of-fund (FoF) pension products are popular in mature markets like the United States, they will have a hard time getting off the ground in China without supportive policies that are now lacking, such as preferable tax treatment, fund man
03/21/2018
Japanese investors boost spend in overseas real estate
The largest Japanese developers such as Mitsui Fudosan and Mitsubishi Estate, already have extensive investments overseas but now more investors are following suit.
03/21/2018
Uganda: Bank of India Could Exit Ugandan Market
The Asian lender has a market share of less than four per cent.
03/21/2018
Jupiter Asian Income - a different way to invest in Asia
2017 was a tough year for funds investing in Asia for income
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.
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.