03/09/2015
Qatar-South Korea to become strong trade and investment partners
President Park of South Korea tour of the Middle East ended in Qatar where he met with Emir Sheikh al-Thani and most of their discussions focused on trade and investment.
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03/09/2015
Chinese international payments system soon
One yuan coins are placed on 100 yuan banknotes in Beijing. China International Payment System will also put the yuan on a more even footing with other major global currencies like the US dollar.
03/08/2015
Myanmar is opening up to foreign firms—is it time to invest?
The international community mostly condemned the elections as a farce, but in the years since Myanmar has continued to make incremental steps towards becoming a free-ish, fair-ish country.
03/08/2015
Jho Low eyed Taib Mahmud's cashpile, offered to bring in rich strategic investors from Mid East
The disappointment that came with not being able to swing RHB Bank Bhd to Kuwait Finance House in 2006 did not stop Jho Low from turning failure into an opportunity.
03/06/2015
UAE may invest in Pak’s gold, copper projects: Durrani
Islamabad looking to benefit from the UAE’s strategic location
03/06/2015
Netwealth launches global stocks trading service
The Global Market Access service allows advisers to place trades directly with netwealth, who then arranges execution on up to 10 exchanges from around the world via Citi's global network.
03/05/2015
Axis Bank raises $ 250 million via bonds
Axis Bank will apply the net proceeds to meet the funding requirement of its foreign branches
03/05/2015
It’s official. It’s Leveraged.
The company will now be known as Leveraged, with Leveraged Equities now comprising part of the product range in a potential multi-product strategy for the firm.
03/05/2015
The top performing new kid in Japan who likes to talk
RWC is hoping to shake up the UK Japanese equity fund sector in April by launching a strategy with constructive engagement at its core
03/05/2015
China’s Huarong Plans Hong Kong IPO This Year
Huarong Chairman Lai Xiaomin says stock offering would likely top the $2.5 billion IPO of Cinda Asset Management
03/05/2015
Chinese finance becomes new drive to mired LatAm economies
Chinese lending to Latin America increased over 70 percent to 22 billion U.S. dollars in 2014
03/04/2015
Cedrus Investments Signs Collaboration Agreement With PT Antam of Republic of Indonesia
PT Antam processes a number of minerals as well as operating other businesses including trade, transportation and other services related to the mining sector.
03/04/2015
Rush hour in China asset management
Anbang Insurance Group has filled headlines with its daring acquisitions across financial services
03/04/2015
Morgan Stanley launches Asian bond fund for star manager’s team
This new approach will invest in corporate, government and government-related issuers, which are either listed or undertaking the majority of work in the Asia excluding Japan region.
03/04/2015
EQT Considers Cashing Out in Singapore
EQT joins private-equity firms looking to exit investments in Asia in recent months with possible sale of Classic Fine Foods
03/03/2015
Mitsubishi Corporation Launches New ASEAN Private Equity Fund
AIGF will be the core platform in Southeast Asia for MC's private equity business which comprises of a diversified mix of investment strategies that span emerging and developed markets, with investment focus from small caps to large corporations.
03/02/2015
Taiwan’s largest asset manager eyes Indonesian market
The board has approved plans to inject as much as $15 million into the Indonesian brokerage.
03/02/2015
AMP Capital plans first step into Japanese infrastructure market
AMP Capital will assist GII to acquire high quality assets as well as provide ongoing advice.
03/02/2015
South Korea's pension fund to invest in hedge funds
As of November 2014, NPS, the world's third largest pension fund, has a total of USD426bn in AUM
03/02/2015
$430bn Korean pension approves hedge fund allocation after studying the asset class for eight years
The $430bn Korean’s National Pension Service (NPS) last week approved a plan to allocate some of its assets into hedge funds this year after studying the asset class for eight years