03/15/2012
Infrastructure funds are set to play an increasingly important role in the asset management landscape in Asia, says Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) managing director Ravi Menon.
03/15/2012
Another sign of Asia’s increasing importance in the global gold market is news that Singapore is planning to boost its share of global gold trade sevenfold after scrapping taxes on gold, silver and platinum bullion.
03/14/2012
Fortress Investment Group has been named "Asia Firm of the Year" in the 2011 PERE (Private Equity Real Estate) Global Awards.
03/14/2012
The launch of the Pilot Platform will strengthen the cross-border issuance of, and foreign investment in, local bonds in Hong Kong and Malaysia.
03/14/2012
Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and cash-positive pension funds from Asia and the Middle East are an emerging force behind the high level of global capital currently flowing into the Central London commercial real estate market, according to the latest rese
03/14/2012
BNP Paribas Securities Services has two more industry awards to add to an impressive list of accolades received over the past few months.
03/13/2012
Northern Trust announced today it has received two awards for excellence in servicing institutional clients in the Asia-Pacific region.
03/13/2012
The fund will be Dublin-domiciled and replicate the firm's largest fund, the 'Value Partners Classic Fund', which is predominately invested in mainland Chinese equity.
03/12/2012
Australia's top fund managers earn salaries ranging from $500,000 a year to several million dollars, and some boost their pay packets further through incentive schemes and dividends.
03/12/2012
IIFL has applied for temporary suspension of its trading activities on the Singapore exchange.
03/12/2012
This is the fifth consecutive year where YES BANK's customer centric initiatives have been recognised at the Asian Financial Services Congress.
03/09/2012
India Infoline has also decided to apply for a suspension of its trading activities on the Singapore exchange, the people said, citing a letter sent to the affected employees.
03/09/2012
At Greenpark, Ms Teoh will head up the Asia-Pacific operation, playing a leading role in the firm’s emerging markets initiative with the IFC (International Finance Corporation). In addition, she will be responsible for sourcing investments across th
03/08/2012
Hedge fund startups are trying to raise money as investors become more risk-averse amid Greece's debt crisis and the biggest investigation of Japan's fund industry after AIJ Investment Advisors Co.'s suspension by regulators looking into ho
03/08/2012
The Luxembourg-domiciled UBS Asian High Yield fund’s ‘twin-engine’ strategy will focus on Asian high yield corporate bonds and Asian currencies.
03/07/2012
All of its assets invested in A-shares markets are held under safe custody by the QFII sub-custodian, China Construction Bank Corporation.
03/07/2012
The deal, the latest in a series of cost cutting initiatives under new HSBC CEO Stuart Gulliver, includes 10-year bancassurance agreements with AXA and QBE.
03/06/2012
A Northern Trust survey of 121 institutions, predominantly pension funds, in Europe, Asia and North America, forms the basis of the white paper entitled, Customized Beta: Changing Perspectives on Passive Investing.
03/06/2012
AIG is looking to place some 1.7 billion AIA shares in a range of HK$27.15-27.50 per share - a discount of up to 7 percent to Friday's AIA closing price, according to a term sheet seen by Reuters on Monday.
03/06/2012
Entitled The 40 Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers, Forbes reveals that Joe Zhou of Hong Kong’s Ortus Capital Management and Danny Yong (pictured) of Singapore’s Dymon Asia Capital shared 37th place, with Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio, RenTec