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AMP Capital hires Asia infrastructure head
Boe Pahari will move from Foreshore Global Capital in London to AMP Capital Investors' office in Singapore for the new role.
By Joseph Marsh | 11 March 2010
People Moves
Asia headcount grows fivefold at BSI
The Swiss private bank has been hiring feverishly in the region, but may find it harder to attract talent down the road.
By Joseph Marsh | 10 March 2010
Alternatives
Pacific Alliance Real Estate boosts Shanghai team
The property arm of alternative-asset manager Pacific Alliance has poached Wei Song from Equity International.
By Joseph Marsh | 10 March 2010
Alternatives
Hedge funds marginally up in February
The year-to-date performance for hedge funds globally is still in the red -– but only by 18 basis points. However, Asian funds are down further.
By Simon Osborne | 9 March 2010
Distribution
Nikko AM may market green bond fund in Asia ex-Japan
After success in Japan with a product that invests largely in World Bank-issued green bonds, Nikko Asset Management has launched a Ucits III version and might offer it ...
By Joseph Marsh | 9 March 2010
Markets
The changing face of ratings
Yu-Tsung Chang, head of Asia-Pacific ratings at Standard and Poor’s, talks about the role of rating agencies in Asia’s credit markets.
By Mei Tuicolo | 9 March 2010
Markets
The changing face of ratings
Yu-Tsung Chang, head of Asia-Pacific ratings at Standard and Poor’s, talks about the role of rating agencies in Asia’s credit markets.
By Mei Tuicolo | 9 March 2010
Conference Highlights
MAS stresses importance of transparency and investor trust
Ng Nam-Sin of the Monetary Authority of Singapore spells out what authorities expect of asset managers doing business with Singaporean clients.
By Joseph Marsh | 8 March 2010
Alternatives
"It's called 'hedging'," responds Orchard's Edds
One of the hedge fund managers who spun out from Stark Investments to co-found Orchard Capital Partners tells us what’s cooking.
By Simon Osborne | 8 March 2010
Alternatives
Neuberger Berman outlines private equity’s ‘return to normalcy’
Investor appetite and market structures in 2010 resemble those of a normal private-equity environment, says the asset manager.
By Jame DiBiasio | 5 March 2010
Alternatives
Sovereign debt may trigger CTA opportunity, says PMJ
2009 proved to be the first down year for the system developed by Peter Matthews of PJM Capital, but the asset class could do well this year.
By Simon Osborne | 5 March 2010
Alternatives
Aprea bemoans lack of progress on Reits in India
The Asia Pacific Real Estate Association is opening a branch in Mumbai in order to press the case for allowing Reits.
By Joseph Marsh | 5 March 2010
People Moves
Brown Brothers Harriman boosts Asia sec-lending team
The custodian has transferred BBH veterans Robert Lees and Richard Meek to Hong Kong to strengthen its securities-lending presence.
By Joseph Marsh | 3 March 2010
Alternatives
Aquitaine launches private-equity fund targeting hedgies
The Hong Kong-based alternative investment boutique celebrates its 10th anniversary with a new strategy taking stakes in Asian asset managers.
By Jame DiBiasio | 3 March 2010
Distribution
Pru-AIA deal holds peril and promise for fund managers
Fund-house execs are divided over whether the proposed $35 billion acquisition of AIA by Prudential is a potential boon or bane. And what about Hong Kong's MPF business?
By Jame DiBiasio | 2 March 2010
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