Singapore
The UK fund manager has made its first fixed-income investment hire in Kuala Lumpur, and two more are imminent.
The asset manager wants to add sales staff in Singapore and is readying its China Consumer Fund for the retail market there.
Lim Beng-Eu has joined Aviva Investors to help sell products such as absolute-return and property strategies to Asian institutions.
Matt McKeith, former global head of equity dealing at First State, has been replaced by Prado, one of a raft of senior staff to leave Janus Capital in recent months.
Agriculture will be a key focus for the new private equity fund.
Alastair Sclater, ex-Singapore prime brokerage head for UBS and Mizuho, will oversee regional equity mandates.
The US-based, Asia-focused fund manager obtained a broker-dealer licence in Hong Kong this week and is marketing to private banks in the city and in Singapore.
Deborah Ho, CEO of DBS Asset Management, outlines how the Singaporean firm and Nikko Asset Management will work together once their deal is approved.
Juliana Wood will be responsible for the Asian private equity specialist’s fundraising activities and marketing, based in Singapore.
Kenneth Ho explains the product selection process and underlines the importance of new hire Mark Matthews. The firm also grabs a team of Greater China client advisers from UBS.
The Lion City’s Central Provident Fund Board will unveil Chua Boon-Lee as senior investment adviser in July.
The Singapore-based asset manager aims to launch more funds to attract clients from outside its home market, but a renminbi product is not in the pipeline.
The privately held Swiss bank is hiring institutional sales staff and is looking to bring on a long-short equities team, credit and currency specialists and a regional CIO this ...
Singapore commercial property is getting pricey, but longer term investors should still be able to make a single digit return.
The United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investment initiative is increasing its activity in Asia, putting on events in Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam.