07/31/2014
The Most Tax-Efficient Way to Own Gold
For small investors, gold exchange traded funds (ETFs) have emerged one of the favourite ways for taking exposure to the yellow metal without buying it in physical form like bars and jewellery.
07/30/2014
The long-standing dismal performance led BNY Mellon to divest from the JV in May, selling its entire 49% stake in the firm to Shanghai Leadbank Asset Management.
07/30/2014
Amit Goyal is co-owner and chief executive officer of the firm, which will serve the luxury residential real estate market throughout Northern India.
07/30/2014
Chief executive and president Mark Tucker said his company had no desire to invest outside the region, where its insurance market covers 16 and terrories and tremendous opportunities are available.
07/30/2014
The HKMA is the key manager of the Exchange Fund
07/29/2014
Agency broker Newedge is developing its stock-lending and equities execution capabilities following its acquisition by Société Générale this year and a global restructuring in 2012.
07/29/2014
Two markets will now be able to transact US dollar deals during Asian banking hours
07/29/2014
HKMA chief Norman Chan says not one cent of the HK$3 trillion reserve can be spared for government spending on welfare or infrastructure
07/29/2014
The move follows a surge in non-performing loans (NPLs) in recent months, most notably in export-focused regions like the Yangtze River Delta and Guandong, where firms are battling rising costs and weak domestic demand.
07/28/2014
World Bank data showed that alongside the expansion of the Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP), or output of goods and services, came the rise in the purchasing power of Filipino consumers.
07/28/2014
Fund research and investment management are areas of focus, with the investment consultancy’s chief executive, Joe Mansueto, bullish on China.
07/28/2014
The lender is planning to list its insurance units
07/28/2014
BlackRock, the world's largest mutual fund which manages assets worth about $4.6 trillion, is launching its global multi-asset fund in India through the fund-of-funds route.
07/27/2014
Australia is, in our view, heading into a much weaker, a much lower demand environment
07/25/2014
One of the tranches will issue an interest payment of 4 percent over the term of the bond
07/25/2014
Select Fund Services has made a Neuberger Berman fund-of-hedge-funds strategy available to retail and self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors.
07/25/2014
The first-half new business value was more than the company recorded for the whole of 2010
07/25/2014
Leading US Life Insurance company enters Vietnam
The Ministry of Finance has granted establishment license of BIDV Metlife-a life insurance joint venture between the US Metlife Company and the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) and BIDV Insurance Corporation (BIC).
07/25/2014
Trading in the £66 million ARC Capital fund, which counts Rathbones among its shareholders, has been suspended amid a breakdown in communication between its investment manager and board.
07/25/2014
Morningstar Take