03/14/2017
Legg Mason bond funds receive Zenith tick
Wherein a global investment strategy committee oversees decisions on duration, yield curve.
Alternative Investments
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
03/10/2017
Philippines aims for ‘golden age of infrastructure’
The city is really suffering now from lack of mobility, not only in terms of mobility, it’s really the total absence of infrastructure
03/10/2017
Korea Post announces ILS tender
Korea Post will be accepting applications for its ILS mandate until March 17.
03/09/2017
Jobs in limbo after ANZ reveals broker unit sale
The ANZ Share Investing brand will remain on the platform and ANZ said in a statement it will try to find roles for the Melbourne and Sydney staff who are affected.
03/08/2017
Private equity funds lead growth at asset management firms
Behind the growth of the assets was an expansion of privately offered funds, which grew 24.6 percent on-year to hit 250 trillion won during the same period, the FSS said.
03/07/2017
Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund announces final close of $141 million
Some of the investors include AXA Impact Fund, FMO, International Finance, JPMorgan Chase, MetLife and funds managed by Triodos Investment
03/07/2017
Nikko AM, Straits Trading launches Asia ex Japan REIT ETF
The Nikko AM-Straits Trading Asia ex Japan REIT ETF is the second REIT ETF to list on the bourse.
03/07/2017
South Korean pension fund buys Brisbane property
We are well placed to find value for our clients in new locations, in the right building, with the right tenants.
03/07/2017
More fund management services going digital
Portfolios invest primarily in exchange-traded fundslisted on the Singapore Exchange.