Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

MetLife opens new innovation center for life insurance industry in Asia

LumenLab breathes new life into Asia’s insurance sector with disruptive business models

Wealth Manager Golden Equator Lauches L/S Quant Hedge Fund

Golden Equator Capital is launching a quantitative long-short equity hedge fund to bet on and/or against stocks in Europe, Japan and the U.S.

Boutiques offer M&A without the price tag

Two-partner firm Talbot Sayer claims to have “struck a niche” by advising on lower-end M&A, private equity transactions and IPOs at a competitive price.

Alternatives AUM skyrockets globally

Total assets managed by the top 100 alternatives investment managers globally rose to US$3.5 trillion in 2014, with real estate and hedge funds taking the largest share of assets, according to Towers Watson.

UBS Grocon pays $92m for Pyrmont office tower

One of the latest is by LaSalle Investment Management, which has raised $91.9 million through the sale of the office at 19 Harris Street, known as Nokia House, in Pyrmont.

QIA and CapitaLand Work Together to Set up $600m fund

Qatar Investment Authority has entered into a joint venture with Singapore’s CapitaLand Limited’s wholly-owned subsidiary Ascott Serviced Residence Investment.

BPI Securities inks alliance with NY investment firm

Jefferies signed a deal with BPI Securities Corp. last February to distribute to its global client base the latter’s equity research on companies in the Philippines on a co-branded basis.

China ETF Switches Its Strategy After Stock Trading Halts

The past month has been enlightening for investors and providers about how illiquid the Chinese A share market still is

Macquarie latest platform to add AB fund

The group reported that from inception to 30 June 2015, the fund achieved an annualised relative fund return of 10.5 per cent

Hermes eyes Asian equity, expands in Singapore

The UK firm will look at options after its Asia exJapan strategy hit capacity and closed to new investors. It comes as it adds a hire in Asia and launches a direct lending business.

Templeton mulls China WFOE with eye on institutions

The fund house says a potential wholly foreignowned enterprise could act as its institutional client servicing platform in mainland China, marking a step change from the representative office approach.

China IPO freeze opens door to alternative financiers

Open-ended halt to IPOs cuts an option for SME funding

Hedge fund exodus from Singapore predicted

The regulatory environment for hedge funds in Singapore is described as “volatile rather than accommodating” with a lot of people looking at alternative financial centres

Mercer appoints new custodian

Mercer has appointed Northern Trust Company as custodian for its $25 billion in investment and superannuation assets.

Citic Said to Lead Bidding to Buy Frank Russell Arm From LSE

LSE Group bought Frank Russell for $2.7 billion last year, primarily for its index business.

OMGI Asian equity fund to become income fund

Old Mutual Global Investors’ $212m Old Mutual Asian Equity fund will now become part of the firm’s equity income strategy.

China hedge fund locks investors' money up

What this means, in plain English, is that investors who have put their money into the hedge fund cannot, at the moment, redeem their shares for cash.

Hedge Funds Starboard and Third Point Find Ways to Play Alibaba

Starboard Value’s push to have Yahoo spin off its Alibaba stake is just one way that hedge funds are playing the Chinese e-commerce giant.

Super funds take on ASX 200 boards with no women

The largest ASX-listed company to be without any women on its board is Mr Teoh's $6.97 billion TPG Telecom

Asia real estate vehicles tap demand from pension funds

A fundamental shift towards alternatives by sovereign and public pension funds will make real estate and infrastructure investments the fastest growing alternative asset class between now and 2020

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