Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

New Zealand Reserve Bank: Bitcoin Could Replace Cash

Bitcoin] is a very low cost payment method with strong security features and usable for cross-border transactions

Bank of China's Paris debut promotes offshore renminbi hubs

Bank of China, Paris branch, made its debut in the offshore renminbi market last night with a Rmb2bn (US$328m) bond that will be listed in Paris and Frankfurt.

YBR requests trading halt ahead of buyout announcement

The company is expected to reveal more details at the start of trading on Wednesday, July 9.

KEB chief says early merger talks "inevitable"

Kim, who has worked at KEB for more than 30 years, was also quoted as saying that "integration is not something for the future but an alternative to overcome the present crisis"

Netherlands launches financing scheme to support Pak SMEs

He said that the Dutch CBI programme also supports exchange of technical experts from Netherlands to Pakistan in 27 sectors of economy

China Plants RMB Clearing Banks Around The World

The business scope covers settlements and remittances of RMB payments backed by a defined set of cross-border trades, direct investments and securities investments.

StanChart, ICICI Pru tie up for distribution

The tie-up comes after the insurance regulator placed on the back burner its plans to force banks to distribute policies of multiple insurance companies.

Morgan Stanley private equity arm raises $1.7 bln Asia fund

One of the key focus areas for Fund IV will be China.

Germany Gets 80 Billion-Yuan Investor Quota for Chinese Market

The allowance follows similar arrangements for Paris, London and South Korea, which have also been granted investment quotas of as much as 80 billion yuan, as Asia’s biggest economy seeks a deeper integration with international markets.

Baring global resources fund completes overhaul

The change in benchmark allowed Goodwin to reduce the weight of the mining and metals sector, raise the weight for energy stocks and include sectors from the broader materials space, such as chemicals, construction materials, containers and packaging and

Sundaram Asset Starts New India Fund From Singapore on Modi Win

The new fund is managed by Anish Mathew, who was previously the deputy chief investment officer of Societe Generale SA’s asset management unit in Singapore.

Indonesia makes successful euro bond debut

The sale attracted €6.7 billion of bids

Street veteran Parikh hangs broking boots

His firm executed its last trades in the second week of March, according to an NSE notification

ING sets its sights on commercial banking in Asia

ING operates in 14 markets in Asia, where besides trade finance, it provides transaction services and structures deals on equity capital markets.

Firm to launch service for investing in Alibaba IPO

An unnamed source familiar with the matter was quoted by the report as saying that investors could apply for the service via Harvest's official website and mobile application next week.

Finsure buys stake in wealth business

Aggregator continues expansion drive with stake in financial planner

Luxembourg eyes Europe bridge

The size of the stake and the value of the deal were not disclosed. It follows the acquisition of LoanKit from Mortgage Choice in August 2013.

Japan’s Sumitomo eyes stake in India’s Reliance Capital.

Reliance is said to have a net worth of approximately $2.1 billion, with total assets of $7.6 billion, as of March 31, 2014.

Standard Life scores BT Wrap inclusion

Established in 2006 in the UK, GARS is a multi-asset strategy which aims to provide positive returns

ANZ changes name and fees for default Kiwisaver scheme

As of July 1, the OnePath KiwiSaver scheme will be known as the ANZ Default KiwiSaver

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