08/22/2014
Macquarie shuts down suspended van Eyk funds
Macquarie Investment Management has moved to terminate four van Eyk blueprint funds that were suspended last month following an illiquid investment.
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08/22/2014
SuMi Trust Expands Tokyo Office To Serve Asian Clients
Besides serving existing clients, the team is working to expand SuMI's presence in the region.
08/22/2014
Deutsche Bank lays seeds for future with warrants in Japan
The market for contracts sold to investment banks expanded fivefold
08/22/2014
OCBC to divest properties for expansion of business banking interest
OCBC had sent out feelers for the possible divestment at the right price
08/22/2014
RSA sells Singapore, Hong Kong ops
RSA Insurance Group has reached agreement, subject to regulatory approvals, to sell the insurance business of each of its branches in Singapore and Hong Kong to Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd.
08/22/2014
Taiwan banks readying suite of RQFII funds
Bank SinoPac, Citibank, E.Sun Bank and Taishin have all expressed interest in adding RMB-denominated qualified foreign institutional investor funds to their OBU platforms to provide access to mainland China’s onshore securities market.
08/22/2014
Franklin Templeton launches 'Shubh Laabh' in Sitapur
Franklin Templeton Investments (India), one of the largest mutual fund houses in the country have launched 'Shubh Laabh' - an initiative to help people learn, invest and prosper through mutual funds.
08/22/2014
Christie's Auctioneers Unveil New Shanghai HQ In Historical Landmark Building
The Art of The Horse, will be the opening exhibition at Christie's Shanghai on 21 October and tours to Hong Kong in November.
08/21/2014
Schroder unveils global asset allocation fund
The fund aims to provide investors with steady monthly income from the portfolio yield
08/21/2014
L Capital looks to deploy $250 mn of its $1-bn Asia PE fund in India
L Capital Asia is understood to be looking at as many as four significant opportunities to invest in the near future
08/21/2014
Maybank gets nod for up to RM10bil AT1CS programme
The bank has also received approval from Bank Negara for the establishment of the AT1CS programme.
08/21/2014
Dimensional latest to join Calastone network
Global asset manager Dimensional Fund Advisors has become the latest manager to join Calastone's automated global transaction network service.
08/21/2014
How to run a $1 billion fund after both your co-founders go to jail
What do you do when two of your business partners—among the biggest names on Wall Street—are sent to prison for their involvement in the largest insider trading fiasco in decades, leaving you to manage $1.4 billion of investments in South Asia
08/20/2014
India Inc high on global bond market; investment-grade & junk bonds raise cheaper money
Prices of these bonds have risen in the secondary market soon after their issuance in the offshore markets
08/20/2014
Bangladesh keen to join BRICS Bank
We have decided to join BRICS Bank
08/19/2014
JP Morgan AM launches RQFII A-share fund
“We target to put our product on the shelves of up to 20 distributors by the end of this month,” said Ancus Mak, vice president of retail distribution.
08/19/2014
IFC sells stake in Cambodia's commercial bank to Japanese bank
IFC's financing and technical support has helped Acleda expand its financial services to Laos and Myanmar
08/19/2014
One third of Asian hedge funds headquartered in China
Asian hedge funds assets surged in the second quarter of this year to $116.7bn, the third consecutive quarterly record for the Asian hedge fund industry.
08/19/2014
Sebi mulls platform for pvt equity, VC securities
It could be a non-exchange trading venue for privately held securities
08/19/2014
Offshore Investors Rally Behind China's Undervalued Stocks
Offshore investors are rallying behind China's undervalued equities by plowing billions of dollars into Hong Kong's exchange-traded funds denominated in the yuan currency.