Commentary
Editor Jame DiBiasio picks his favourite AsianInvestor online stories from the Year of the Rabbit.
Last year’s rule changes will continue to have global implications, but regulators need to beware the impact of their work is not fewer clients served by fewer bankers ...
Long/short fared worst and CTA best as Asia strategies sank a combined -8.5% in 2011. But data provider Eurekahedge takes the view that things can only get better this year.
They recognise the importance of new communication methods in client interaction, and those quickest to adapt will likely reap the benefits, writes Scorpio Partnership.
Olympus’s trip has cast a shadow over Japan Inc as British-born CEO Michael Woodford plots his next move. Tadashi Kageyama of Kroll reflects on investor lessons to be ...
The launch of our iPad and iPhone apps this year has driven key digital growth. Here we track AsianInvestor's digital progression and talk about how our offering is different ...
The benevolence of Asia's wealthy could be directed to improve economic and social conditions, but the entrepreneurial source of their fortune may lead to a different approach ...
Percival Stanion, global head of multi-asset portfolios at Baring Asset Management, says investors are waiting for emerging-market monetary easing and more certainty in Europe.
Matthew Sutherland, Asia-Pacific head of research at Fidelity Worldwide Investment, discusses new research on what companies are likely to do with their growing horde of cash.
Not enough investment is going towards future commodities supply, but global uncertainty is hitting the average price of natural resource stocks, argues Robeco in a white paper.
Hong Kong SFC chief Ashley Alder says there has been a radical change in regulatory attitude since the 2008 crisis, meaning global industry cooperation is now key.
The region's asset management industry will swell to $4 trillion by 2015 and eventually be the biggest in the world, finds Cerulli. ETFs are forecast to grow rapidly, notably ...
Fund-management companies, brokerages and wealth management groups in Asia are turning to sub-advisory partnerships to grow their businesses and provide client solutions ...
Martin Currie’s emerging-market investor Kim Catechis says the next decade’s growth opportunity is intra-EM, but worries that wealth has led to complacent policymaking.
"Life Without Principle", the latest thriller by Hong Kong director Johnny To, offers an inside look at the convergence of selling mutual funds, gambling and loan sharking.