08/02/2012

SMX Proposes Introduction Of Negotiated Trade Facility

The Negotiated Trade facility will allow participants to report the details of a large trade that has been privately negotiated outside of the exchange's trading system and which meets the exchange's prescribed minimum thresholds.

08/01/2012

UK asset manager plans new Asia office

UK asset manager Jupiter, which this morning beat analyst expectations with its first-half figures, will open a new sales office in Hong Kong this year as part of global expansion plans, according to its chief executive.

08/01/2012

Investing in Asia conference opens for business

The conference is the first major event to specifically target the opportunities and showcase what Australian firms need to do if they wish to become part of the world's most dynamic economic region.

08/01/2012

Malaysia targets the rich to boost numbers

Tourism Malaysia international marketing director for South Asia, West Africa and Africa Zulkifly Md Said, said they would be targeting countries with large populations, Asiaone reported.

08/01/2012

Maybank upbeat on growth

He was speaking to reporters here on Tuesday after Maybank Foundation's breaking of fast with senior citizen, orphans, single mothers and the physically challenged.

07/31/2012

KDB ends talks on HSBC retail unit ‎

KDB is seeking to beef up its retail financing business, which is smaller than its corporate-financing and investment-banking operations, before it expects to go public later this year. 

07/31/2012

Russell launches China A Equity fund

The fund is supported by a specialist manager research team based in Shanghai through Russell's joint venture Ping An Russell Investment Management.

07/31/2012

ING Said To Plan Breakup Of Asian Insurance Unit In Sale

The company is currently in discussions with Manulife Financial Corp.and AIA Group Ltd. for the Southeast Asian operations, and with both firms as well as KB Financial Group Inc.for those in South Korea, the people said, asking not to be identified becaus

07/31/2012

China's CICC to launch fund with Brevan Howard

China International Capital Corp. Hong Kong Asset Management Ltd. and U.S.-based Brevan Howard plan to establish a fund of funds that will invest in a range of funds managed by Brevan Howard, the asset management company said in a statement.

07/30/2012

Citi awarded Value Partners mandate

Launched in June 2012, the new Ucits fund is a sub-fund of Value Partners Ireland Fund, a Dublin-domiciled umbrella company regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.

07/30/2012

Singapore Exchange proposes margins for traded securities

The exchange announced the plan on Monday, following measures introduced by the Monetary Authority of Singapore last week to create a liquidity buffer of S$20 billion to back up a deposit insurance scheme in the event of a banking crisis.