Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Korean banks seek new opportunities in Southeast Asia

This is the first of a series highlighting Korean banks' operations in Southeast Asian countries.

Korea’s KIC expected to open new office in Singapore

The KIC opened its first overseas office in New York City in 2010, and its second in London the following year.

Investors flocking to Asian bonds

Even the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate increase and hawkish tone, which came on the same day as the data, failed to substantially lift Treasury yields.

An evolution towards passive investing

A confluence of trends is leading to an increasing amount of asset flows around the world into passive investments.

Singapore State Fund Said to Confront Complaints in GLP Sale

Bidders competing with management group sought more disclosure

Manulife Continues Asian Expansion

The Toronto headquartered firm becomes the first trust corporation backed by the resources of a multinational financial services group in the Philippines, following the recent liberalization measures initiated by the BSP.

Savings bleeding out of Japan's graying regions to Tokyo

Regional banks paying high interest rates in hopes of retaining cash

Nomura Asset Management expands AI effort

This PoC is one of the first full-scale efforts made by a Japanese asset manager to analyze and score analyst reports using AI.

Macquarie goes to Rio with joint real estate venture

Macquarie already has a presence in the Americas, in Mexico, via the listed FIBRA Macquarie real estate investment trust and last year became a big player locally and in China.

PE Panorama: CalPERS to pull out of PE?

CalPERS has an allocation of just under US$26 billion to PE, representing just over 8% of its total portfolio.

Link in major UK acquisition

The balance of the Acquisition would be funded through a combination of existing cash and available debt facilities.

Harvest Global Investments first to qualify for Swiss-HK Mutual Recognition of Funds Scheme

The MRF scheme allows Swiss investors to allocate funds to Harvest’s China Equity and Asia Frontier strategies.

ING to expand deeper into China

Having spun off its insurance and asset management businesses, the bank now has free rein to engage such financial players in fund-raising and cash management.

QIC and Eagle Investment join forces

The new performance solution also includes a number of customised configurations to meet complex requirements and methodologies for reporting on international investments

UBS launches Asia ex-Japan ETF in London

The ETF is synthetically replicated, trades in British pounds and has a total expense ratio of 0.37%.

BNP Paribas appointed for first access to Swiss-HK fund connection

Deal will enable China-focused fund manager to access HK-Swiss scheme.

MSCI inclusion may only represent a small start but great things could lie ahead

There are still other problems or potential problems.

Yuan the key to expansion of Sino-Russian economic ties

An inadvertent beneficiary of US/EU sanctions against Russia, China stands to gain more by working to deepen commercial ties with its neighbor

China sinks $15bn into Ghana’s economy

The funding partnership with China, Dr. Bawumia explained, is not based on the traditional model of borrowing and aid.

MetLife Hong Kong Surges Ahead with Triple-digit Business Growth in the First Quarter of 2017

Our ability to innovate and stay ahead of the curve has been instrumental to our success.

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