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By Leigh Powell | 3 days ago
Experts see a cyclical reordering in emerging markets as LatAm overtakes Asia in appeal, while institutional investors are set to transform market dynamics.
By Joe Marsh | 3 days ago
Jones Lang LaSalle is among those setting up teams in Asia to service wealthy individuals in response to rising interest in real estate.
By Pictet Asset Management | 4 days ago
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.
By Jame DiBiasio | 5 days ago
James Rickards, partner at JAC Capital Advisors, plugs his book on currency wars by saying the Fed’s quantitative easing puts the world at risk.
By Georgina Lee | 11 May 2012
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.
By Leigh Powell | 10 May 2012
The firm hires Sarah Lu from Axa Rosenberg IM Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong as it extends its portfolio solutions group to the region.
By Nick Lord | 10 May 2012
The regulator bans Yohichi Kumagai of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company (Europe) over failings in a ruling that may deter Japanese firms from expanding into the UK.
By Georgina Lee | 7 May 2012
The growth of China's non-bank lending segment is creating space for investment funds, such as Gen2 Partners' vehicle, to offer mezzanine financing to SMEs and developers.
By Georgina Lee | 4 May 2012
Ping An Asset Management sees potential to offer advisory credit analysis on fixed income funds to foreign institutional investors as China increasingly opens up its interbank ...
By Joe Marsh | 2 May 2012
Qatar is partnering the UK bank on private equity opportunities, with Barclays putting investment staff in Doha. The QFC Authority says more seeding partnerships are pending.
By Leigh Powell | 2 May 2012
They are urged to court sovereign wealth funds in frontier markets as established players increase in-house expertise. All the same, SWF volumes have tripled in five years.
By Leigh Powell | 30 April 2012
The joint-venture is expected to be between $1-3 billion in size to invest in PE opportunities in China and globally. The deal is seen as mutually beneficial in terms of ...
By Georgina Lee | 27 April 2012
The time and cost of listing a Ucits product in Dublin may make it a more attractive funds domicile than Luxembourg for Asian managers, particularly Chinese.
By Joe Marsh | 27 April 2012
The alternatives arm of asset manager Vontobel aims to hit capacity for the product within five years with the help of sales through private banks in Asia.
By Georgina Lee | 26 April 2012
The finance ministry must exempt foreign institutional investors in Indian equities and bonds unless it wants to see massive capital outflows, argues advocacy body Asifma.
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