Recent Articles by Liz Mak
31 May 2010
FTSE’s prospects in China are looking brighter following its second asset manager deal with China Southern. The Shenzhen fund house says the index-fund product will ...
28 May 2010
Ten months after Harvest announced its takeover of Deutsche Asset Management’s Asian and Greater China investment platform, Michele Bang stresses her firm is different ...
12 May 2010
Two years after opening its Shanghai investment office, Norges Bank Investment Management makes a move to expand into Singapore.
7 May 2010
You might be excused for thinking that Hong Kong has become a centre for investment management, but the latest data from the territory's Investment Funds Association says ...
5 May 2010
Shin Kong Site in Taipei is tapping into Shenyin Wanguo Asset Management's China expertise in its latest Greater China fund launch. Shenyin Wanguo may follow up with a fund ...
27 April 2010
State Street Global Advisors is set to restructure its ETF business after the departure of Yip, who becomes Lippo Investment Management's third consecutive hire from SSgA, as ...
14 April 2010
The Taiwanese pension fund is inviting pitches for its first three emerging-market equity mandates, worth a total of $750 million.
8 April 2010
Following the official completion of the BNP Paribas-Fortis merger, Stewart Edgar, Asia-Pacific head of the combined entity, outlines his war plans.
31 March 2010
The securities-brokerage arm of Taiwan's Fubon Financial Group is setting up an asset-management joint venture with China's Founder Securities.
26 March 2010
The Taiwanese civil servant pension fund is struggling in its search for products that it understands and that offer decent liquidity. Meanwhile, it is mulling adding a ...
18 March 2010
The regulator releases an early draft of the proposed rules for Chinese mutual funds that want to invest in CSI 300 index futures.
10 March 2010
Despite the fanfare from QDII ETF issuers and the Shanghai Stock Exchange, these products are unlikely to achieve the lofty aims set for them.
9 March 2010
Another fund house queues up to launch a QDII exchange-traded fund and, like FTSE, is intent on repairing its reputation in China.
8 March 2010
The Canadian institution is rapidly building an investment team in Hong Kong to capture growth in Asian markets, starting with China-focused private equity.
4 March 2010
The index provider is finally settling with the Shanghai Stock Exchange over an infringement lawsuit dating back to 2006.
2 March 2010
China's original QDII advocate is on the move. Hubert Tse is now with Boss & Young, a top-ranking law firm based in Shanghai.
27 February 2010
Crisis, what crisis? It’s business as usual for Hong Kong’s institutional investors.
11 February 2010
The $30 billion Labour Pension Fund has put aside the asset-allocation plan completed by Mercer last March and is looking for a new adviser.
5 February 2010
Taiwan's civil-servant pension fund unveils the four winners of its latest overseas mandates, worth an aggregate $900 million, and reports investment results for its latest ...
4 February 2010
Wu Yibing, president of Citic Private Equity Management, explains the workings of the firm’s newly closed Rmb9 billion fund.