Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Standard Bank may face losses at Chinese port

This means different banks and trading houses were holding separate titles for the same metal

India: Banks may soon be able to issue infrastructure bonds

These bonds are expected to be subscribed by both retail and institutional investors

RAM eyes expansion

RAM Holdings Bhd, which is pursuing a fresh strategy of market extension and product diversification, is expanding its regional and global franchise with particular focus on the Asean market.

China Mulls Offshore Yuan Gold Trade in Free Trade Zone

China started a free-trade zone in Shanghai this year

KKR strikes first real estate deal in South Korea

KKR & Co LP has struck its first real estate deal in South Korea, acquiring a commercial property in Seoul with Hong Kong-based hedge fund LIM Advisors in a deal which local media valued at around 500 billion won

Citi Securities registers as first foreign portfolio investor

Recently, Sebi clubbed all foreign investments through foreign institutional investors under one umbrella framework called foreign portfolio investors.

Matthews Asia launches Asia Focus Fund

Unconstrained by sector, geographic area or market capitalisation, it can invest across Asia. However, it aims to invest in medium to large capitalisation companies holding stocks in 25-35 companies.

China-based broker-dealer Planning New Hong Kong Satellite Office

“The imminent Alibaba Holdings IPO will almost certainly see a wave of smaller companies attempt to come to market on its coat-tails during the course of the next year or so and it is our intention to be on hand to provide the essential services and

JPMorgan MF launches JPMorgan India Top 100 Fund

JPMorgan Mutual Fund has launched JPMorgan India Top 100 Fund Read more at: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/mf-news/jpmorgan-mf-launches-jpmorgan-india-top-100-fund_1098748.html?utm_source=ref_article

Korean insurers eye emerging markets

Emerging markets are attracting international insurers as their insurance premiums have steadily grown in recent years.

Sri Lanka Sees Emerging Market Entry in 2015 on IPO Outlook

Sri Lanka is seeking foreign investment to fuel an economy that has been growing at around 8 percent a year as the country recovers from a three-decade civil war.

Singapore-based Irish property firm raises €17.5m

Irish-owned Singapore property investment company Fine Grain Property has just racked up a war chest of 30 million Singapore dollars in a fundraising round, and the first stage of investment will be to build a 300-room Premier Inn hotel in the city state.

Fidante manager set to close

R & M is a traditionally “long only” London-based asset manager

Japanese firms begin to join the crowdfunding fever

Crowdfunding derives its name from the practice of getting funds or finances to support a project from numerous small time investors or “backers” through the Internet.

ICICI Pru launches new close-ended equity fund

ICICI Prudential Asset Management has announced the launch of ICICI Prudential Growth Fund - Series 1, a three-year close ended equity fund that aims to provide capital appreciation by investing in a well-diversified portfolio of equity and equity related

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