08/05/2012
Citigroup Follows Goldman, UBS With China Brokerage Venture
The joint-venture will engage in investment banking business in the Chinese domestic market, including equity and debt securities underwriting.
08/05/2012
CLSA ECM, Asia Plus Securities partner in Thailand
The agreement covers CLSA’s investment banking services in Thailand only, which include equity public offerings and M&A advisory.
08/02/2012
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.
08/02/2012
The central banks of Taiwan and China are discussing an agreement that would allow settlement of transactions on the island in the Chinese currency as relations warm between the former rivals.
08/01/2012
Financial advisers from Hong Kong feel particularly strongly that the sector is heading toward bubble, with nearly two fifths (38.9%) sharing this view.
08/01/2012
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
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
Milltrust International Group has added the first three funds to its emerging markets platform. Further additions are planned for later in the year and early 2013.
08/01/2012
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
The completion of the acquisition followed receipt of all required regulatory approvals. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
08/01/2012
. On July 20, Beijing-based Citic said it had bought a 19.9 percent stake in CLSA and planned to purchase the remaining shares by mid-2013 for a total of $1.25 billion.
08/01/2012
The Greater China Fund searches for replacement of current investment manager
The process in place for finding a successor to Baring includes requesting proposals from a short list of highly regarded investment managers as well as consultation with major shareholders. The process is intended to result in the identification of a wel
08/01/2012
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 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
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
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 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.
07/31/2012
Baring Asset Management snaps up Korean asset firm
The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
07/30/2012
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
Cash made up 11 percent of its portfolio in the year ended March from 3 percent a year earlier, GIC, as the sovereign wealth fund is known, said in its annual report.