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The Labour Pension Fund is offering six equal absolute-return mandates, but its return targets and low fees are criticised.
Never have mutual-fund industry associations around Asia come together for a common cause, until Fatca.
The recruitment of Gary Dugan in Singapore forms part of a hiring spree in the firm's products and services team that is set to continue.
Guidance is needed over new proposals that could hit fund capital gains and damage foreign investment into India.
He says private banks will win the race for Asia's wealth and explains how he intends to go about it. He talks about his time at Goldman, and what asset managers must do.
Private equity is benefiting from the rise of sovereign funds, leading many to expand their investment platforms.
Mansfield Mok joins EFG Asset Management, which is building an investment capability in Hong Kong, while GAM adds Kevin Chan.
Asia head for iShares, Julius Baer adds China team, UBS bolsters family office, Deutsche starts sec lending desk and Barings hires in institutional sales, among others.
Experts see a cyclical reordering in emerging markets as LatAm overtakes Asia in appeal, while institutional investors are set to transform market dynamics.
The consultancy worries Korea's corporate pension plans are so conservative that they may not be able to pay their liabilities over the long-term.
Jones Lang LaSalle is among those setting up teams in Asia to service wealthy individuals in response to rising interest in real estate.
The bank adds Wendy Liu from RBS, which is selling its cash equities business to CIMB. Nomura is reshuffling as it builds its Asia equity offering.
FRM’s Japan office is on track to raise $100 million for a Japan-focused strategy of hedge funds.
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.
Saying superannuation funds want more international exposure, Challenger buys a stake in an Asian boutique and is targeting other deals.
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.
China’s social security fund aims to plough up to Rmb250 billion into state-owned enterprises and private-equity funds to support the real economy.
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.
The regulator improves the process of QFII applications and quotas, easing limits on asset allocation and structured products.
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.
The former head of real assets at Korea Post says Korean institutional investors are set to pour money into global alternative investments.
The nascent sector is still largely funded by foreign investment, but Treasury China Trust expects this to change.
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.
The firm hires Sarah Lu from Axa Rosenberg IM Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong as it extends its portfolio solutions group to the region.
The use of private banks by Asian family offices is set to shrink in the next few years, say FO executives, who concede they themselves face significant challenges.
The partnership will give the UK hedge fund an inroad to the China market, as CICC expands its alternatives range.
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.
Nobusuke Tamaki, a former official at Bank of Japan and Government Investment Pension Fund, says government bonds may not be as safe as believed.
The head of Hong Kong’s securities regulator says it is processing dark pool applications again after a hiatus amid concerns about retail investor protection.
Asia’s wealthy are at a point where private investment banking caters to their needs. But asset management will come to the fore, says Francesco de Ferrari at Credit Suisse.
The president of KTB Private Equity, who left government pension fund GEPS earlier this year, outlines plans to extend overseas collaboration and deal-sourcing.
The Australian superannuation scheme makes its first Asia-dedicated private investment via funds-of-PE-funds manager Siguler Guff.
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The private equity firm’s third real estate vehicle will have a focus on special situation deals, particularly in Japan and Australia.
AsianInvestor hosted its inaugural Japan Institutional Investment Forum at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo on April 24, 2012.
The Korean central bank has chosen a group of transition management providers as asset owners push for greater transparency on transition costs.
Pension funds in Japan are shifting out of equities and adding alternative exposures, as well as raising Asia allocations, a recent AsianInvestor conference in Tokyo heard.
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.
Neuberger Berman adds distribution directors, AllianzGI bags fixed income head in Singapore, Mercer transfers Hong Kong office leader and Citic Capital boosts its real estate team.