Asia
Amy Cho, Asia-Pacific business development head at Pictet Asset Management, discusses how interest in local- and hard-currency EM debt is gaining critical mass.
A trend of asset outflows is reversing in Asia, but hedge funds are expected to find capital-raising tough this year.
State Street has hired its first Asia head of business development for exchange-traded funds to target fund managers, among others.
Mathews Asia's Robert Horrocks says Greek default would have minimal impact on Asia. The firm talks about its expansion and product plans.
Built upon the bank’s custody and fund admin business, HSBC’s fledgling prime brokerage platform will expand to the US after roll-outs in Europe and Asia.
Exchanges and governments are largely to blame, with Hong Kong a particular culprit and a profit margin that leaves Apple in the dust.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has hired Masaki Taniguchi as its first head of product development for Asia-Pacific. It aims to tailor its regional offering, including to retail.
It continues to rebuild by hiring the ex-head of private bank sales from HSBC to run Asia products and services out of Hong Kong.
Institutional investors and asset managers are increasingly using algo strategies and DMA technology in a structural shift, notes JP Morgan's Michael Green.
Using multiple platforms causes administrative headaches and makes a technology solution that provides information in digestible format key to client servicing.
HSBC names Asia head of prime services, BoA-Merrill loses Asia cap-intro head, Lothian departs BEA Union, China AMC sees GM step down and Eastspring installs Indonesia team.
Australia's move to charge HFT participants based on the number of messages they send to the exchange is self-defeating, but may be copied, warns Deutsche Bank.
They reveal a smarter way to work for asset managers, who are expected to focus more on private banks. But institutional sales hold the key.
The US fund manager aims to enter retail markets in Malaysia and Vietnam, and build onshore businesses in Taiwan and, ultimately, Indonesia.
Asian sovereigns and pension funds are among investors for the oversubscribed emerging markets private-equity vehicle.