Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Ruffer shutters Hong Kong office as it closes Pacific fund

The £361m fund is closing as manager and Hong Kong office head is set to retire.

Manulife Eyes Mainland China Wealth

Hong Kong is the premier destination for mainlanders seeking health and retirement insurance solutions

Thornburg Investment appoints Concord as Taiwan master agent

“I am pleased to partner with Thornburg to further our commitment to providing Taiwanese investors with a wide spectrum of offshore funds that meet their individual investment objectives,”

Singapore-listed ETF assets top S$10 billion

The other four are iShares Barclays USD Asia High Yield Bond Index ETF, Lion-OCBC Securities Hang Seng TECH ETF, NikkoAM-StraitsTrading Asia ex Japan REIT ETF and Lion-OCBC China Leaders ETF.

Moelis Australia reports record results

We are pleased with the broad-based growth across the business during the half

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You can choose to opt out of insurance cover or change your cover, although you may need to go through medical checks if increasing your cover.

Magellan profits fall but AUM passes $100b

Average FUM rose 9% to pass $100 billion, increasing from $95.5 million to $103.7 billion.

Saxo lowers minimum commission fees

“Saxo Markets Australia’s trading client base increased by 56% in 2020 and our new client base increased by 114%,”

APRA publishes additional FAQs on the Superannuation Data Transformation Phase 1 reporting standards

APRA has also made updates to FAQ 605.0b on ad-hoc reporting requirements for products and options and FAQ 1.05 on the definition of trustee-directed products.

Ex Goldman Partner launches Japan activist fund

Taro Hirano President/Chief Portfolio Manager has over 20 years of investment experience including 16 years as a value investor at AllianceBernstein Japan.

Singapore’s Temasek to raise S$1.5 billion from its first 50-year local dollar bond

“There is a huge investment appetite for these bonds, as they are safe haven assets offering decent yields,”

Korea Post calls bids for 600 billion won venture capital mandate

Korea Post’s previous tender was for a 60 billion won domestic venture capital mandate.

Singapore Raises Growth Forecast

At the same time, the ministry cautioned that growth in the key Southeast Asian economies in the second half of 2021 is likely to be slower than earlier projected.

La Trobe Financial releases two new investment products

The new products were launched on 23 July 2021.

ASX celebrates 20 years of ETFs

Global equity ETFs had the most AUM with $57.5 billion, followed by Australian equities at $30.5 billion and Australian fixed income at $8.9 billion.

Active ETFs primed for explosive growth

“An active EFT is really about a portfolio manager or firm trying to differentiate themselves from what the broader market is returning,”

Suncorp delivers strong profit and returns capital to shareholders

The Group has announced a strong FY21 result that demonstrates the program of simplifying and refocusing Suncorp is gaining traction.

Taiwan bull market run helps BLF funds return to the black

The combined assets of the eight funds as of June 2021 was NT$5.35 trillion, up from NT$4.74 trillion a year ago.

EY Australia shrugs off Covid to grow 9 percent to $2.3 billion

As a breakdown, EY’s Tax and Law business contributed $570 million to the total revenues, with Assurance delivering $530 million.

Japan’s Chikyoren invests in GLP’s Japanese logistics fund

Property assets in Japan and the broader Asia Pacific region are attractive to large asset owners like Chikyoren, according to an investment consultant in Hong Kong.

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