Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

L&T Infra Finance to launch realty fund

Will invest in infrastructure assets like power, roads, renewable energy

Nearly 75% Australian fund managers missing targets

Price volatility will allow active managers to feel some sunlight after the long eclipse of the last half decade

Lion Global eyes quota for RQFII fund trio

The firm became the sixth Singapore fund house to be awarded an RQFII licence. Its chief executive, Gerard Lee, outlines its plans and views on investor demand.

Chinese investment has only just begun

A surge in Chinese investment in Australian property is only the first wave of the Asian superpower’s wealth, a major real estate agency and research group has claimed.

NAB takes over £4bn London asset firm

NATIONAL Australia Bank, which has spent two years winding down and withdrawing from £5.6 billion of commercial property lending to UK businesses, has bought a London asset manager with £4bn invested in UK commercial property.

Top-Performing China Hedge Fund Exceeds $1 Billion in Assets

The fund, managed by Greenwoods Asset Management Ltd. founder George Jiang, had $1.1 billion in assets at the end of August, said Joseph Zeng, Hong Kong (700) office head of the Shanghai-based company.

Fund managers pull out of Hong Kong companies amid rising risk

The city's firms have been underperforming for months amid a rise in political risks threatening key sectors such as retail, tourism and property

Pacific Island Nation Wins Round Against Hedge Fund

A tiny island in the Pacific Ocean has done what Argentina could not

Bank of Singapore to boost alts capability

The private bank is moving to expand its offering in hedge funds and private equity, with a particular focus on the former, where it is not currently very active

Australia's National Australia Bank acquires 75pct stake in Orchard Street

The move comes as a surprise as Melbourne-based NAB agreed to sell a 625-million-pound portfolio of mostly non-performing British commercial property loans to an affiliate of private equity firm Cerberus Global Investors in July.

Chinese bond issuers target wealthy Singaporeans

Chinese companies increasingly target the city state's surging millionaire base to raise funds amid record high borrowing costs in home market

Singapore: Insurers get more time to adapt to new rules

The initial target for the new remuneration framework to take effect was January next year, after the MAS accepted most of the recommendations by the Financial Advisory Industry Review (Fair) panel in September last year.

Chinese Firms in Search of European Funding

There have been mixed results for Chinese companies raising funds in European markets

Standard Life in Asia wins three awards

Standard Life won a total of five prestigious awards at the International Adviser International Life Awards on 25 September 2014, in London, with three being awarded to the Asia and Emerging Markets business.

Strategic indexes regain popularity in Asia

People are saying: 'Equities are at their highest, while volatility, interest rates and yields are low. What do we do?

China to expand bank operations in Qatar

The request from Chinese authorities is pending before Qatar. Qatar is keen to open Islamic banks in China as well. More than one Qatar-based Islamic banks have expressed their interests in opening their branches in China.

Van Eyk finds buyer for NZ business

A New Zealand-based independent financial advice firm is completing the final steps to acquire van Eyk's New Zealand business.

Fortress Named “Management Firm of the Year”

Fortress Investment Group LLC FIG, has been named “Management Firm of the Year” at the HFMWeek 2014 Asia Performance Awards.

RBC GAM launches new fund

The RBC Funds (Lux) - Asia Ex-Japan Fund will give investors exposure to the dynamic and growing economies and markets in Asia

Japan's 3 biggest banks to start operations in Myanmar

The Central Bank of Myanmar is expected to announce the decision later in the day.

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