The firm promotes Geoff Lloyd from group executive for private wealth and retail distribution to replace Chris Ryan, who exits after a strategy disagreement with the board.
By Leigh Powell | 7 February 2012
AsianInvestor names our marquee award winners, including fund house and institutional investor of the year, and the best service providers to the buy-side in South Korea.
By The Editors | 7 February 2012
The funds business, which is about to be rebranded Eastspring Investments, has moved to expand its institutional sales coverage out of Hong Kong.
By Leigh Powell | 7 February 2012
With value stocks outperforming growth stocks in January, the bank talks up emerging markets on a macro level and is overweighting Chinese and Asean equities.
By Leanne Wang | 7 February 2012
AsianInvestor names the best in investment performance and new fund launches in South Korea. Tomorrow we name marquee winners and service providers.
By The Editors | 6 February 2012
A federal court has accused Swiss bank Wegelin of using sham operations to hide funds, some incorporated in Hong Kong. The city is expected to come under increased scrutiny.
By Leigh Powell | 6 February 2012
Sparx is moving Matthew Kubo, its head of corporate planning, to Hong Kong, where the hedge fund's Asia ex-Japan operation has also seen its CEO depart.
By Yvonne Chan | 6 February 2012
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    15 March 2012  |  The Westin Taipei
    The 6th Annual Taiwan Institutional Investment Forum will draw back the veil on interest and exchange-rate risks and related arbitrage and ...
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    24 April 2012  |  Tokyo, Japan
    The inaugural Japan Institutional Investment Forum will assemble the region’s and the world’s successful asset managers and senior ...
  • 7th Annual Asian Investment Summit
    May 23 - 24, 2012  |  Hong Kong
    The 7th Annual Asian Investment Summit will showcase the latest emerging trends, traditional and alternative investment strategies, pension plans ...
Centre Stage
Samsung cuts in Hong Kong, focuses on Korean HNWs
Samsung Securities’ new CEO, Kim Suk, the previous head of its asset management business, says the firm is seeking to add global investment products to its roster.
Duo launch RQFII funds, target second batch of quotas
HFT Investment Management and GF Asset Management are selling fixed income funds with an equity facility, but may look to other asset classes including ETFs in the next quotas.
Pension AUMs hit global high, but balance sheets weaken
Institutional assets have nearly doubled in a decade to $28 trillion, even as the ratio of assets to liabilities has fallen except in Australia and Hong Kong, finds Towers Watson.
Polls
What will be your favoured currency in Year of the Dragon?





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US dollar
  29%
 
Japanese yen
  3%
 
Aussie dollar
  12%
 
Singapore dollar
  19%
 
Chinese renminbi
  24%
 
None of the above; gold
  14%
TOTAL VOTES: 182

 
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Asian Investor Magazine
AsianInvestor
February, 2012