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IndusInd Bank, BFIL sign exclusivity agreement for merger talks

The company offers financial services to the poor people.

Duqm authority woos Chinese investors to free trade zone

Al Jabri said Duqm is a hub linking the Middle East markets, such as China, with its large population, impressive industrial development, competitive prices and western markets in the United States and Europe.

China onshore bond market expected to draw foreign investors

It was launched 17 months after Beijing opened its interbank bond market to foreign institutional investors in February 2016.

Avenir Capital Flagship Fund Opens to Retail Market

Avenir Chief Investment Officer, Adrian Warner said the launch of the Avenir Global Fund to retail investors was a major step in Avenir’s plans to deliver superior returns to a wider group of investors.

Japan govt launches US$12b follow-up sale of Japan Post Holdings shares

The sale - the first since its postal and financial giant's mammoth IPO in 2015 which also raised about US$12 billion - also comes in the wake of M&A missteps.

Tokyo bourse approves listing of Japan's first ESG funds by Daiwa Asset

The approval comes at a time when ESG investment is expected to rapidly expand

Chinese online insurer wins HK approval for $1 billion IPO: sources

The sources could not be named because details of the deal are not public. ZhongAn did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for comment on its IPO plans.

Fullerton Goes After Wealthy Chinese Clients

Fullerton Fund Management is the first Asian fund house to register its WFOE as a private fund management company with the Asset Management Association of China

State-owned Japan bank picks 5% in Asia-focused M&A advisor

DBJ’s clients will also gain access to top quality acquisition targets worldwide.

Man Group Receives Approval for Private Fund Management License in China

The PFM license is the next stage of Man Group’s long-term strategy to build our presence in the world’s second largest economy,” said Luke Ellis, Man Group CEO, in the statement.

Oman Counts on Chinese Billions to Build Desert Boomtown

For China, the project is a potential success in its Belt and Road Initiative, a government-backed drive to win trade and investment deals along routes linking China to Europe.

Taiwan’s BLF grants US$1.8 billion funding for fixed income mandate

In its latest monthly report posted on its website on September 1, the BLF says it granted half of the total quota to the companies on July 25.

Fitzpatricks Group acquires financial advice firm

Fitzpatricks is amongst the leaders in the financial advice sector across Australia in the delivery of client centric advice.

American Real-Estate Firm Plans $500 Million Singapore IPO

The KBS-Keppel joint venture company could offer an investment yield of close to 7%, according to people close to the matter, in line with what Manulife US REIT pays.

China encourages foreign insurance firms to enter its health, disaster and pension markets

The China Insurance Regulatory Commission said in a post on its website that it will improve market entry policies for foreign insurance firms that have not entered China.

SMSF inheritance plans are a ticking time bomb

The biggest change is the cap of $1.6 million each person can now maintain in a superannuation pension from July 1, 2017.

MCP Master Income Trust IPO exceeds $400m in demand

MCP Managing Partner Andrew Lockhart said: “Investor interest in our Offer shows strong demand from retail investors to gain access to a listed, fixed income product.

Maybank Islamic sees financing assets grow 8% in 2017, says CEO

Despite the anticipated dip in the lender's financing growth this year, he stressed that the country's Islamic banking institutions had been growing at "phenomenal rate"

Japan Post to Announce Trillion-Yen Share Sale Sept. 11

Shares of Japan Post fell 3.3 percent, the most since January, to close at a 10-month low of 1,282 yen.

Exotix puts in place hires who will increase Africa & Asia equities research offering

Any new road to investment opportunities across the emerging markets' landscape is to heralded, at least to appropriate degrees.

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