Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Institutional investors are catching on to ETFs

Traditional bond-buying strategies are not working in the current low-growth, low-yield environment.

Singapore’s GIC offloads nearly half of its UBS stake

The GIC shares are being sold through an ‘accelerated bookbuild’ which will place them directly with interested institutional shareholders.

China growth headed lower as commodity rout hits factories

Beijing’s new emphasis on financial stability puts economy back in deceleration mode

Noah Holdings Limited Announces Unaudited Financial Results for the First Quarter of 2017

The reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the nearest GAAP measures is set forth in the table captioned "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Results" below.

Vistra Establishes Presence in Australia with the Acquisition

Commencing business under the current owners in 1995, Foster Raffan provides accounting and tax, audit, and wealth management services.

Japan bank expresses support for PHL infra program

The government plans to pour as much as P8.2 trillion to finance the country's infrastructure needs over the next six years, with P860.7 billion allocated for big-ticket projects this year alone.

Japan Post looking to buy Nomura’s stake in real estate unit: sources

The talks are at an early stage, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions were private.

Aberdeen unsure about Asia job cuts on merger with Standard Life

Standard Life expects the merged company to achieve 75% of the annual cost savings by the end of its second year.

AMAC calls for development of third-pillar pension products

The OA scheme, which came into force in 2015, is also a supplementary DC pension system, which is available to certain categories of civil servants in local government agencies.

PGIM identifies Japan and Australia as key focus for Asia strategies

The company has several Asia-focussed strategies including Asia core, Asia retail, and Asia value-add.

What’s the best approach to infrastructure financing in Asia?

The role of governments and the multilateral development banks is key to catalyzing institutional investment in the sector by addressing factors that have historically deterred such investors.

Australia’s Future Fund realigns equity objectives

The Future Fund’s listed equities programme, which commenced in 2007, was built through external investment managers, with a mix of active and passive management, pursuing a predominantly long-only approach.

Lenders of second resort

The equity numbers showed that the amount of outbound capital placed by Korean funds in 2016 was 21% down from 2015.”

Sun Hung Kai & Co. Seeking to Grow Investments to $2 Billion

It is seeking returns of 15-20 percent from the investments, which may take the form of debt or equity.

New assets and market growth take industry to record highs

The largest inflows were recorded in the Australian equities and Australian bonds categories, with virtually no outflows recorded at either a category or sub-category level.

Intermediate Capital Group gets super backing for senior debt fund

Taiwan’s BLF seeks new custodian for pension insurance fund

The BLF said in a statement posted on its website on May 2 that it is seeking an overseas investment custodian to provide custodial services for the NPIF’s mandated and self-directed investments, totalling US$10 billion.

RIAs Merge to Form $2.9B Practice

McGill had also founded McGill Hill Group around 30 years ago to assist dentists with some financial planning

Mid-stage VC Iron Pillar marks first close of maiden India fund at $20m

The India fund has also announced its first two investments — in SaaS company NowFloats and online jewellery retailer BlueStone.

NAB in proposed LMI tender with US insurer

According to the AFR, the process is still “in the preliminary stages”.

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