03/15/2017
Asia drives strong results for Prudential
Annual premium equivalent sales across Asia rose by 33% to £3.6bn, while the UK reported similar growth to £1.16bn.
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03/15/2017
GPIF seeks passive domestic equities managers
The system was introduced last year to give the pension fund more flexibility to change its manager line-up and have access to new investment ideas and strategies.
03/15/2017
Novel ETFs listed in Hong Kong
Unlike traditional ETFs, these products are designed to be used for short-term trading or hedging purposes.
03/15/2017
Korean institutional investors eye Paris real estate
Domestic institutional investors have recently been diversifying their overseas real estate portfolio, which was previously dominated by US firms.
03/15/2017
South Korean hedge fund eyes chaebol cash hoards
This year is the best time to start an activist fund
03/14/2017
Chinese Property Buyers In London Disrupt Market
The demand from the Far East is also driven by an increasing number of young Chinese studying in Britain.
03/14/2017
Philippine bonds provide attractive investment opportunities
The recent decline in the peso is thus an opportunity to gain competitiveness, especially in the service sector, rather than cause concern over higher liabilities.
03/14/2017
Instreet launches VC fund
Investee companies must be producing revenue or show signs that revenue is imminent.
03/14/2017
Legg Mason bond funds receive Zenith tick
Wherein a global investment strategy committee oversees decisions on duration, yield curve.
03/13/2017
Japanese banks shedding government bonds
Holdings hit 14-year low as regional banks lead selling push
03/13/2017
Japan, Saudi Leaders Agree to Establish Special Economic Zone
The cooperation projects envisage the participation of both state and private companies of the two countries.
03/13/2017
China moves to make 64t yuan domestic bond market more global
Inflows would help stabilise the yuan, and buttress the nation's dwindling foreign-exchange reserves.
03/13/2017
Equities house Perennial Value takes stake in fixed income manager
Perennial Value director and former chief executive of Perennial Investment Partners Anthony Patterson will hold one of two Perennial spots on the Daintree board.
03/13/2017
Conexus Super Awards 2017 | UniSuper wins Best Advice
Ripoll noted that in the 2015-16 financial year, UniSuper issued 3300 Statements of Advice, and he praised the fund’s pure fee-for-service model.
03/13/2017
Conexus Super Awards 2017 | CIO of Year Cbus’ Donohue & Fok
The award acknowledges the person – or in this case persons – deemed to have made the greatest contribution to the implementation of investment strategy and advancement of members’ interests through contributions to the investment proces
03/13/2017
Red faces all around as 11pc of China fund fail to meet guarantees
Woeful performance prompts securities regulator to better police what many believe to be an already arcane part of the wealth management market
03/13/2017
VC firm Exfinity Venture plans to raise $200m offshore fund
We do not want to miss any opportunity.
03/12/2017
Biggest problem for Dim Sum managers is finding bonds to buy
The size of offshore yuan bond funds has shrunk to a third of 2014’s $9.5b, with net issuance forecast to slump further this year
03/12/2017
Investors encouraged to buy ETFs in Taiwan as global investments
In addition to ETFs tracking securities in the spot and future markets at home and abroad
03/10/2017
How One Hedge Fund Gained as China Battled Yuan Speculators
Eclectica bet on a rise in the cost of borrowing yuan in Hong Kong