05/09/2012
Aviva PLC has hired Morgan Stanley to sell its stake in a life insurance joint venture with Malaysia's CIMB Group, people familiar with the situation said, as part of the British insurer's global retrenchment.
05/09/2012
Ishiyama joins a breed of new hedge funds seeking to provide alternative investments for Japanese clients following AIJ Investment Advisors Co.’s suspension by regulators for allegedly losing more than $1 billion with hedge-fund strategies.
05/09/2012
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is seeking to strengthen its fund management industry through the implementation more internal control of the current and future players, reported Laven Partners, a global consulting firm focused on the alternativ
05/08/2012
Professional real estate fund manager ARA Asset Management on Tuesday announced a 35 per cent jump in first quarter net profit to $20 million.
05/07/2012
The way they interact with investors, and the role they play in helping Australians build their wealth.
05/07/2012
BlackRock today released the results of its latest BlackRock Sovereign Risk Index.
05/07/2012
Schroders’ decision to buy a stake in an Indian fund management company at the end of last month underlines the asset management industry’s interest in a potentially large but challenging market.
05/07/2012
Wine, as an investment asset class, is just beginning to happen in India.
05/04/2012
“We would expect to see a steady progression in Asia,” Guloien said yesterday in a telephone interview. “We’re getting the results consistent with the investment we’ve made.”
05/03/2012
HSBC Managed Solutions provide diversified investment opportunities and flexible asset allocation to meet specific needs of HSBC customers based on their expected return and risk tolerance.
05/03/2012
William Lee, who returned to Hong Kong from Singapore in 2000, is among dozens of traders globally in the last three years to move from a proprietary trading desk to his own fund.
05/01/2012
Mr. Keitel views the recent correction in risky assets not as a reversal of fortune for the markets, but rather as a renewed buying opportunity in the coming weeks for investors, especially in light of what he believes are attractive valuations.
04/30/2012
Och-Ziff, the $30-billion New York-based hedge fund, has frozen secondary market stock investments in India due to soaring compliance costs and muddled tax policies, four people familiar with the development said.
04/27/2012
ASIA will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank that will be managed separately from the bank’s operations.
04/27/2012
Washington, D.C.-based Carlyle may be working to convince other shareholders at the bank to add their stakes to the sale in order to offer a controlling stake to buyers, the sources said.
04/27/2012
he Fund targets to pay a dividend of 3.6 cents (SGD) per unit per annum or 0.3 cents (SGD) per unit per month.** The income paying platform leverages on the strong fundamentals of the Singapore economy as well as its growth potential as an Asian hub parti
04/27/2012
Gemini provides distribution and marketing for asset managers that have limited expertise in the retail and wholesale marketplace in Europe.
04/27/2012
Phil Jones, chairman and chief executive of Hemiphon, is in no doubt as to why the workforce management company has listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, putting it down to “speed to market and cost”.
04/27/2012
The office in Hong Kong was formally announced at Fund Forum Asia by Pat Lardner who has just taken up the position of chief executive of the IFIA.
04/26/2012
The bourse is considering takeover bids for the 135-year-old exchange after trading volume climbed to a record last year.