01/19/2015

Pre-Budget recommendations on offshore funds

A recent clarification issued to Foreign Portfolio Investors clarified that fund managers of FPIs who are present in India would not be treated as permanent establishments in India, addressing the concern that the FPIs may be taxable in India to the exten

01/18/2015

China moves to make pension system fairer

In new details released on Wednesday, Beijing said it has abolished its dual-track pension system that previously favoured civil servants and discriminated against private-sector workers

01/18/2015

Global players exiting Indian mutual fund sector

While the total assets of the Indian mutual fund sector rose by a hefty 26pc in 2014, breaching the Rs11trn-mark for the first time, international fund houses are gradually exiting the sector, selling off their assets to Indian funds.

01/15/2015

Kasikorn AM building cross-border business

Thailand’s biggest asset manager has seen a sharp uptick in flows into its foreign feeder funds and is working on building teams with a view to launching Asean products.