03/27/2015
China Life considers scaling up overseas exposure
Chinese insurance behemoth China Life Insurance Co is weighing up its investment options due to the slowdown of China’s economy
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03/27/2015
European assets draw demand from Asia, says BNPP IP
BNP Paribas Investment Partners expects investors in Asia to increasingly focus on European opportunities amid depressed asset prices
03/26/2015
Axis Bank launches first-of-its-kind financial planning app based on tablets
Private sector bank major Axis Bank, in a partnership with Max Life Insurance, has today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind financial planning app that will enhance the customer’s life insurance purchasing experience
03/26/2015
Manulife AM banks on India potential with fund launch
Manulife Asset Management is the second Thai asset manager expecting a good return from equity in India
03/26/2015
Canada seeks Chinese investment
The combined federal-provincial corporate income tax rate in Canada has been cut from 42.4 percent in 2000 to 26.3 percent in 2014
03/26/2015
Mizuho seeks to build on No. 1 M&A rank by hiring bankers abroad
As well as recruiting abroad, the company will consider moving employees from Japan
03/26/2015
Invest Hong Kong celebrates milestone of 600th Mainland Chinese client
Our business and operations give us an excellent platform which will help support and drive our growth both in Hong Kong and globally
03/25/2015
Hedge funds eye Asia energy opportunities
With the already low price of oil predicted to be subdued for some time, opportunities in the Asia energy sector have seen alternatives credit managers break new records in the size of the funds they are raising.
03/25/2015
Clearstream opens three new offshore RMB Cash Correspondent Bank accounts in Luxembourg, Singapore and Frankfurt
The move is the latest by Deutsche Börse Group and Clearstream to provide investors in Asia and Europe with more options and greater flexibility in managing their offshore RMB liquidity.
03/25/2015
China Construction Bank selects Euroclear’s international ETF structure for first RMB listing
In this industry first, the ETF will be listed and traded in RMB, GBP and EUR on the London Stock Exchange
03/25/2015
Vietnam bank stocks trouncing Asia signal end of bad-debt crisis
There is no longer systemic risk in the banking system
03/25/2015
Chinese Bank Launches Fund in Global Expansion
China Construction Bank and Germany’s Commerzbank open money-market fund in London
03/24/2015
Vanguard secures first RQFII licence in Australia
The CSRC has awarded Australia's first RQFII licence to a Vanguard subsidiary. And with the renminbi scheme expanding rapidly, last week Deutsche revealed it had received Germany's first licence.
03/24/2015
HSBC to service first German RQFII licensee
In July 2014, China extended the Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor pilot scheme to Germany with a quota of 80 billion RMB (US$13 billion) being allocated.
03/24/2015
U.S.-based property investment fund preparing to sell Japanese Investment Advisor
The sale preparations come after a rise in property values in Japan
03/24/2015
Hong Kong investors buy Sydney CBD office block for $112m
A private Hong Kong group has swooped on a Sydney CBD office block that was offloaded by a venture between the listed Abacus Property Group and German real estate group AM alpha for $112.3 million.
03/22/2015
GF Securities Plans Hong Kong IPO of Up to $3.6 Billion
China’s fourth-largest brokerage firm is the latest to tap funds as the mainland stock market rallies
03/22/2015
Sebi eases norms for domestic funds managing offshore money
Making it easier for domestic funds to manage offshore pooled assets, Sebi today relaxed its norms by dropping the '20-25 rule'
03/20/2015
SFC mulls more foreign ETF listings in HK
The regulator holds talks with the exchangetraded fund industry as it considers increasing crosslistings in Hong Kong. The city's ETF market has faced criticism over its dependence on Greater China funds.
03/20/2015
Nippon Life turns to overseas, eyes ¥1.5 trillion in mergers and acquisitions by 2018
Nippon Life Insurance Co., reversing its focus on the domestic market, is planning to invest up to ¥1.5 trillion in mergers and acquisitions overseas over the next three years.