Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Marco Polo Hedge Fund Sees Year-End China Rally After Wild Ride

While Boesky predicts a rally by the end of the year, he is waiting for evidence that the government will be able to control margin debt.

Ageas, Muang Thai Life Assurance and Military Bank establish a Life insurance joint venture in Vietnam

The joint venture will benefit from Military Bank's network of 217 branches with more than 2 million customers while leveraging the insurance expertise of Ageas and Muang Thai Life.

Rise in Japan’s defined benefit segregated pension assets in 2014/2015

According to a report from Nomura Research Institute, 80% of EPFs’ assets are expected to be transferred to the government by April 2019.

China policy lenders to issue 15 bln yuan in bonds offshore

Reuters reported in June that Chinese regulators would allow mainland financial institutions to directly issue bonds in Taiwan

BlackRock is big Japanese pensions winner

The rise saw BlackRock become the second-largest manager of defined benefit pension assets in Japan behind Sumitomo Mitsui Trust

Japanese investors may add U.S. munis to portfolios

Some pension clients not overly concerned about eventual rate increases could be attracted to munis because of their relative stability in “flight-to-quality” situations

6 foreign insurance firms woo Philippine National Bank

It is the only bank of significant size and financial stability that will make sense for a foreign player to join forces

PE fund for African and Asian startups raises $150m

The inaugural fund has attracted investment from a diverse range of investors including international banks

Private equity firms keen on Singapore’s CWT in logistics boom-sources

The logistics business has decent growth rates and that works nicely for sponsors

CIFM becomes first Mainland manager to obtain QDLP

A CIFM’s spokesperson told Asia Asset Management that the firm has been granted a QDLP quota of US$100 million.

Canadian manager wins first RQFII licence in N America

The asset management arm of a giant Canadian wealth firm has won the first RQFII licence in North America, months after it established a Hong Kong office.

Sun Life prepares to open HK asset management firm

Roger Steel, Asia president for new markets and business development, said that the new Sun Life Investment Management unit will likely start operations this year

Behind enemy lines - foreign hedge funds thrive in China

Since peaking in June, the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets have fallen nearly 30 percent

Pramerica buys Deutsche Bank’s asset management business in India

Pramerica Asset Managers Pvt. Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc of the US and is the asset management company for Pramerica Mutual Fund, registered with Securities & Exchange Board of India.

PSPF grants funding for global real estate equity mandate

PSPF has yet to finalise the schedule to grant the remaining US$150 million for the global infrastructure equity mandate to the two managers.

Government plans to issue Samurai bonds worth 100 billion yen

The RIJPY0818 and RIJPY0820 are the first to be issued without a Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) guarantee, with diversified investors in the Japanese debt market.

SAFE distributes US$960 million in QFII quotas

The move extends the total quotas under the scheme to 276 entities and a value of US$76.5 billion.

Global Real Estate Crowdfunding Site Wealth Migrate Looks to Asia for Rapid Expansion

Recently Picken was traveling in China addressing a crowdfunding conference and speaking with potential partners.

Alpha Fund Managers Add AllianceBernstein Global Equities Fund To Multi-Manager Portfolio

Global asset manager AllianceBernstein announced today that multi-manager Alpha Fund Managers has become the initial investor in the AllianceBernstein Global Equities Fund.

Nomura Asset Management to launch JPX-Nikkei 400 ETFs

From the listing date, investors will be able to trade the ETFs on the TSE through securities dealers and traders in Japan.

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