09/19/2013
Signing of Asia Passport agreement expected
Asia Region Passport − a landmark agreement for Australia’s financial services industry
Alternative Investments
09/19/2013
SGX and Bank of China Partner to Grow China Markets
Singapore is a leading offshore RMB centre outside Greater China and the world's third-biggest centre for foreign exchange trading.
09/18/2013
Aberdeen All Asia eyes Japan-only mandate and looks to raise £100m
New capital will be raised by the issue of up to £100m of ‘C’ shares at 100p per share.
09/18/2013
Man Group and 5 Other Funds Gain Foothold in China
The fund has been working to get approval in China for several years
09/18/2013
Six Foreign Hedge Funds to Gain Foothold in China
China, which has been gradually opening up its financial system, is about to let foreign hedge funds stick a small toe in.
09/18/2013
Perpetual Gets All-Clear To Acquire Trust
Perpetual's take-over offer for The Trust Company will be allowed to proceed after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) stated it would not oppose the proposed acquisition
09/18/2013
Goldman Launches Asia Hedge Fund
Goldman Sachs' in-house hedge fund has unveiled a new Asia vehicle.
09/15/2013
Citi First To Launch RMB Cross-Border Automatic Sweeping
Facilitates RMB Cross-border Loans from China to Overseas
09/15/2013
Macquarie Inflows Benefit From Perpetual Deal
Macquarie Group has reaped the benefits of integrating Perpetual’s Private Wealth Platform into its wrap business
09/15/2013
Schroders launches Indian equity opportunities fund
The Schroder ISF Indian Opportunities fund will take an unconstrained, bottom-up view of potential investments in the country.
09/15/2013
German boutique to close Greater China equity fund
Hesse-based investment firm set to close Luxembourg-domiciled strategy following period of redemptions
09/14/2013
Hedge Funds Given QDLP Quotas
Six overseas hedge funds have received approval to accept capital from institutional investors and high net-worth individuals on the Chinese mainland for investment in foreign secondary markets
09/12/2013
Aberdeen unseats HSBC as Top Fund as Crisis Takes Toll
For years, Aberdeen Asset Management laboured in the shadow of HSBC's star stock-picker Sanjiv Duggal.
09/11/2013
Citi Surpasses $500 Billion in Alternative Assets under Administration
Citi has surpassed $500 billion in alternative assets under administration, affirming its leadership as one of the largest fund administrators in the alternative asset management industry.
09/11/2013
CIMB Considers Selling Stake in Indonesian Life-Insurance Joint Venture
Malaysia's CIMB Group Holdings Bhd. is looking at the possibility of selling its stake in an Indonesian life-insurance joint venture in a deal that could raise as much as $200 million.
09/10/2013
This is the world’s most expensive asset class
Government bonds are the priciest assets in the world, with Japanese debt topping the overpriced league.
09/09/2013
Challenger Dismisses Access Takeover Rumours
Challenger is unlikely to take over infrastructure investment specialist Access Capital Advisers, despite media reports claiming the transaction was virtually a done deal.
09/09/2013
Citigroup Joins HSBC in Mulling Shanghai Free Trade Zone Plans
Citigroup Inc., HSBC Holdings Plc and Standard Chartered Plc signaled interest in a proposed free trade zone for Shanghai as China’s leaders seek to revamp the world’s second-largest economy to bolster growth.
09/09/2013
Hedge Funds research reveals importance of establishing institutional credibility
New global research undertaken by analyst firm Aite Group and SunGard finds that hedge funds see institutional credibility as a key element for achieving success.
09/09/2013
BlackRock builds up investment solutions business
“Most of the technology has been on the sell side. We are an asset management company with the best technology in the asset management business,” Kapito notes in a media briefing in Hong Kong.