Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Three new participants on Chi-X as market presence grows

We welcome these three fine firms who, like all our participants, are intent on providing their clients the best possible service

Macquarie SMA touches $100m in FUA

The Macquarie Wrap platform offers term deposits, SMAs, managed funds, domestic ASX-listed securities

Vietnam Surges to Top of Asian Stock Markets

Unlike many emerging markets, the small country is growing faster and gaining stature as a manufacturing hub.

PE Panorama: Tripping up on the hurdles

Past Advent funds, including its Fund VII, included an 8% preferred return hurdle

IAG set to ramp up Asia expansion

IAG could spend anywhere from $200 million to up to $1 billion for a potential stake in a Chinese property and casualty insurer.

Asia's Steadiest Hedge Fund Had August Gain for Perfect Record

Volatility across global markets spiked last month

Chinese investment in Christchurch needs a hard look

It's hard to see what is so generous about the Guoxin move.

Global estate planning forum STEP opens India chapter

The opening of the India chapter is significant as it marks the coming together of competitors

LSE Sale Of Russell Investments To Citic May Fail - Bloomberg

The plunge in the Chinese stock market since the middle of June and investigations launched into some Citic executives have derailed the talks

Chinese investors eye real estate in Dubai as China’s property market loses shine

Brokers say annual rental yields in the Middle Eastern hub reach 8 per cent on average, buoyed by strong, stable expatriate demand

Xinhua Insight: Europe's offshore yuan hubs carve out different roles

China's push for the globalization of its currency has spurred financial centers worldwide to become offshore yuan hubs.

Old Mutual Global Investors expands fund range in HK

Old Mutual Global Investors has expanded its fund range by adding the North American Equity and the Europe ex UK Smaller Companies strategies to its shelf.

ARA has potential for $2bn in local sites, says David Blight

Singapore-listed ARA Group is close to amassing $800 million of Australian property investments and has the capacity to buy another $2 billion of local holdings

M&G not planning to replace Asia chief

The UK fund house is looking at options, but its regional MD will not be directly replaced after he leaves at the yearend. Andrew Hendry says he is likely to stay in Asia and wants a fresh challenge.

Meiji Yasuda seals partnership with UK's No. 2 asset manager

The Japanese insurer and its new business partner plan to jointly develop high-yield asset investment products, with foreign bonds to be included in the portfolios.

Demand for constructive engagement Japanese fund remains strong

This new UCITS fund closely replicates the Japanese Stewardship Fund – a Dublin-domiciled AIF – managed by the same team led by fund manager Yasu Kinoshita.

Thick-skinned buyers assault China's bad debt mountain

As China's economy registers its slowest growth in a quarter century, more borrowers are in default, swamping banks in a rising tide of non-performing loans.

Britain bets the bank on a pivot to China

UK assumes an economic relationship requires submission on everything else

India's Serum Institute says halted stake sale talks with funds

Poonawalla said Serum would hold off all discussions "until the markets stabilise"

HSBC to sell 'panda bond' in a first for foreign banks in China

“The central bank’s approval for one of the first issuances of its kind by a foreign financial institution could signal the opening up of an alternative source of funding for global borrowers,” Helen Wong, HSBC’s chief executive fo

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