03/12/2018
Mercer flags more pain for mutual fund managers
Lower fees heighten lure of passive investing
Alternative Investments
03/12/2018
Korea Investment Management to issue Belgium property fund
The Belgium real estate fund will pool assets from Mar. 14 to 21 and start trading on Mar. 22.
03/12/2018
Nippon Life bids to reassert Japan dominance with buying spree
MassMutual and DWS deals 'not the end' of acquisition drive
03/12/2018
Schroders launches Global Credit Income fund in Hong Kong
Dynamic allocation across global bond markets helps deliver stable stream of income to investors in all market environments, says Schroders
03/12/2018
Prudential’s Asian asset unit sets up subsidiary in China
The firm also appointed Bernard Teo as the legal representative for the new unit.
03/12/2018
XL Catlin joins InsurTech Asia Association
InsurTech Asia Association is an independent membership-based industry initiative that aims to promote the application of insurtech in Asia.
03/12/2018
Andy Lau accident sparks rush for insurance cover by Asian film studios
Most expensive film insurance payout was US$50m, following the death of Fast and Furious star Paul Walker, by Allianz’s Firemen’s Fund
03/12/2018
Aetna International continues to expand Asian footprint with Hong Kong licence
Bringing greater access to quality health care benefits and solutions to keep more people healthy in the region
03/12/2018
Warburg close to finalising Vietnam’s biggest private equity deal
Group bets nation’s growth will make good investment in challenging banking sector
03/12/2018
Sumitomo Mistui Financial Group: A Jump Into Japan's Wealth
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. presents a strong company with good fundamentals and earnings in Japan.
03/11/2018
Nonghyup Financial moving to enter Chinese, S.E. Asian insurance markets
The goal is to transfer NongHyup knowhow in insurance areas to these markets
03/11/2018
Deutsche AM sells dalian office tower to china life
The asset management arm of Deutsche Bank disposed of the 40-storey, grade A tower on behalf of one of its European funds, grundbesitz global.
03/11/2018
Meet the $442m fundie worth more than Airlie
The move coincided with the start of a highly profitable bull market for microcap investors.
03/11/2018
India bets on new financial centre to challenge Singapore
Yet many investors chose to bet on the Indian market through offshore derivatives trading — mostly in Singapore — to avoid the tax and bureaucratic burdens of onshore trading.
03/11/2018
Nomura said to appoint Brexit czar in Tokyo to handle move
This refers to a situation in which several countries borrow from just a few big international banks, raising the risk that losses in one country encourage the banks to withdraw from other borrower countries as well.
03/11/2018
Real estate firms ready to face tightened lending requirements
Real estate firms need to scale up efforts to cope with more stringent lending requirements from banks from this year as well as the upcoming influx of new supply.
03/09/2018
Aviva fires up Hong Kong joint venture with Tencent
Aviva Asia will launch a Hong Kong joint venture in the first half of 2018, as the group shifts its investment focus to high growth markets.
03/09/2018
HSBC plans to double staff at Chinese joint venture
The firm currently has 120 staff, but wishes to boost this to 300.
03/09/2018
HSBC launched SGD income bond for Singapore retail investors
HSBC said the fund will primarily invest at least 50% in SGD denominated bonds issued by governments, government agencies, supranational bodies or companies that are Singapore and non-Singapore based issuers.
03/09/2018
China eyes Southeast Asia push with $10 billion Manila airport project
Beijing has called on financial firms to develop overseas lending businesses to help connect China with old and new trading partners including the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations