06/12/2012
Northern Trust has launched The Northern Trust All Country Asia ex-Japan Equity Index Fund for institutional investors seeking diversified exposure to companies in Asia's developed and emerging markets, excluding Japan, and including India.
06/08/2012
The latest to quit is former Lehman Brothers trader Allan Bedwick, who is shutting his $120 million Asia-based fund after giving it a two-and-half-year run, fund documents obtained by Reuters showed.
06/08/2012
Paris-based asset manager Tobam has launched the Tobam Anti-Benchmark Pacific ex-Japan Equity fund with backing from Seven Investment Management.
06/08/2012
The investment program aims to expand client service and industry capabilities in select strategic markets, bolster the hiring and deployment of top talent, and cultivate innovative new services and multidisciplinary offerings.
06/07/2012
The Fortress Asia Macro Fund was launched in March 2011, and is managed by a Singapore-based team headed by chief investment officer Adam Levinson.
06/07/2012
Craigs Investment Partners more than doubled its profit last year as the brokerage half owned by Deutsche Bank benefited from KiwiSaver inflows and reaped fees from equity and debt capital raisings.
06/06/2012
China is the one of the most active markets in foreign exchange realm and it is apt for the leading player in the business to start its retail operations here. With this move, the world’s most populous country became the latest and a major link in t
06/05/2012
A multibillion-dollar investment fund set up by Russia and China is expected to make its first investment, into a Russian forestry company, as economic ties between the neighboring countries grow closer.
06/05/2012
Retail stock broking firm Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Ltd and State Bank of India have inked an agreement to extend Portfolio Investment Services to Non-Resident Indian customers, mainly from the Gulf region.
06/04/2012
His Sequence Fundamental Macro Fund is currently returning capital to investors and will shut by the end of June, according to a letter to investors seen by Reuters.
06/01/2012
Spendid debuted last July. Its assets have increased by 50% since its launch, and the fund is now up 14% since inception.
05/31/2012
The long-biased fund managed peak assets of about $130 million, Lewis, a former JPMorgan executive, told Reuters.
05/31/2012
"Local managers have a choice of targeting retail, high net-worth or local or offshore institutional investors."
05/31/2012
Symphony is also opening up the $21 million Sinfonietta fund, an Asia-focused macro fund, and looking to raise $400 million to $500 million from outside investors for it, he said.
05/31/2012
The art market, in other words, is a proxy for the fate of the superrich themselves.
05/30/2012
The agreement aims to promote and facilitate trade, investment and other opportunities between Dubai and Australia, said a DIFC statement.
05/30/2012
With 320 hedge fund players in attendance, Eurekahedge gave credit to the top achievers of 2011 and 1Q 2012 and were pleased to welcome many new faces among this year’s event.
05/30/2012
Yet, Fortress Investment Group LLC (FIG) is launching a new fund that seeks to thrive on market volatilities in the relative calm of Asia.
05/30/2012
The Global Finance (US) selected the winners from the custodian banks that reliably provide the best custody services in local markets and regions.
05/30/2012
Drawing upon Standard Life Investments’ established stock-picking expertise, the Fund will be managed by Alistair Way1 and will consist of a diversified portfolio of 60 – 100 stocks with stock, sector, country and tracking error limits.