10/17/2022
T Rowe Price’s Thomson views current bear market as once in 300-year event
T Rowe Price's head of international equities and chief investment officer also discusses the firm's plans for its China WFOE.
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10/13/2022
Apollo Strengthens Asia Pacific Footprint with New Office in Mumbai
CEO Marc Rowan Participated in a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to Commemorate the Opening
10/11/2022
Malaysia’s Equitiestracker unit Smart Wealth wins fund management licence
Equitiestracker was established in 1976.
10/07/2022
Malaysia’s Permodalan Nasional plans to add infrastructure assets to portfolio next year, report says
He says PNB has set up a small team for infrastructure strategy, and that it will expanded once the company starts investing in the asset class.
10/07/2022
Magellan FUM drops further
Overall, the group's FUM has dropped almost $10 billion since the end of June and about $20 billion since the start of the year.
10/07/2022
Japan’s GPIF appoints LaSalle Investment for global real estate mandate
GPIF is the world’s largest pension fund, with 196.59 trillion yen (US$1.36 trillion) of assets under management as of March 2022.
10/07/2022
Retail the next frontier for private markets: Preqin
Preqin currently forecasts that global private capital markets will reach $18 trillion in size by 2027.
10/05/2022
Singapore’s GIC looks for more hospitality assets in Japan, report says
Goh says GIC is evaluating hotels, resorts and ryokan or traditional inns in key cities like Tokyo and Okinawa.
10/04/2022
Hong Kong Brings in Market-makers for Yuan-denominated Equities
The exchange has allowed companies to issue yuan-denominated shares since 2010 but limited turnover has prompted very few of them to take that step, the SCMP indicated.
10/04/2022
Nomura Appointed as Chair of Newly Established “GX Business Working Group” to Build a Framework and Promote Evaluation and Disclosure on Climate-Related Opportunities by GX League
For the realization of carbon neutral society, GX Business Working Group aims to establish an appropriate framework to evaluate Japanese companies’ opportunity, their contribution to climate change.
10/03/2022
Indonesia Investment Authority, BlackRock partner in US$300 million credit facility to Traveloka
Other institutions which participated include Germany’s Allianz Global Investors and Singapore private credit investment manager Orion Capital Asia.
10/03/2022
Financial stability keeps Thai rates from rising fast
That explains why the Thai central bank stuck to its gradual and measured approach to fighting South-east Asia’s fastest inflation, with a quarter-point rate increase in September, despite peers Philippines and Indonesia tightening aggressively.
09/30/2022
Rich Greater Bay Area residents plan to invest more via wealth channel, HSBC poll finds
The GBA is a Chinese government masterplan to integrate Hong Kong, Macau and nine cities in the southern Guangdong province into a finance and business hub by 2030.
09/30/2022
Lumiant partners with Envestnet | Yodlee
"Not only is the experience tedious, but it is way behind the digital experiences we have come to expect from all areas of our lives. We're stuck in the stone ages and it's time we took advantage of technology to enhance the client experien
09/30/2022
Value Partners’ Business - Centre on Hong Kong. Eye on Asia.
For the last 30 years, Hong Kong has been the home of Value Partners, and it will always be.
09/29/2022
Vietnam’s economic expansion tops 13% in third quarter
Exports rose 10.3 per cent this month from the same period a year ago, while imports climbed 6.4 per cent.
09/29/2022
Dozens of Financial Leaders Commit to HKMA Summit
Amongst those that have already publicly committed to attending the event are HSBC CEO Noel Quinn and Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters.
09/29/2022
Singapore’s GIC co-leads US$265 million fundraising in Thailand’s LINE MAN Wongnai
Chief Executive Officer Yod Chinsupakkul describes the fundraising as an “important milestone”.
09/29/2022
Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers’ opens India office
Toronto-based Ontario Teachers’ had around C$242.5 billion of net assets as of June 2022.
09/29/2022
AFA members invited to question merger
AFA national president, Sam Perera, and chief executive, Phil Anderson, would be holding five member consultations around the country to assess member views.