Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Alternatives managers must be more transparent

Regulators are demanding a higher level of transparency for super funds.

Three Malaysian Banks in Merger Talks

Proposed Merger Would Create the Country's Biggest Lender

NZ Super benefits from $1b property sale

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund will take a 29.69% share of the $1 billion proceeds from the sale of the AMP Property Portfolio assets to a Canadian pension fund.

AllianceBernstein fund on net wealth platform

It said the product would appear as an investment option in both net wealth’s wrap services and super products.

Apollo shoots for unloved Japan and emerging markets

Apollo Multi Asset Management has spent recent months moving into two areas of the market

Hong Kong fund managers see AUM hit record high

Contributions from overseas investors reached a historic high of HK$11.38 trillion, or 72% of the total fund management business in 2013.

K2 AM wins Asian Hedge Fund Award

The company said the win came on top of an earlier win for K2 in August 2013

Fund growth slowing

HK$11.38 trillion, came from overseas investors

ASIC Now Has Fund Managers In Its Sights

ASIC is also focused on swap transactions which are used by managers to reduce risk within a fund

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.

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