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Tuesday, 16th May 2006

TOP STORIES :

	Mutual Funds & Markets
	The Chinese mutual fund blockbuster is back Guangfa is rumoured to have raised over Rmb12 billion for its new equity fund - shades of 2004’s boom and bust, or is this something more durable?

	People Moves
	CSAM hires Watson consultant Peter Ryan-Kane fills a new role to spearhead product development for Credit Suisse in non-Japan Asia.

	People Moves
	Vision Investment plans to seed hedge funds Fund of funds group hires Julius Wang from Ritchie Capital.

	Alternative Investments
	Morgan Stanley buys Hang Seng Building The $290 million investment adds Hang Seng Bank’s Central headquarters to Morgan Stanley’s Hong Kong property portfolio.

	Business Moves
	ABN AMRO ups stake in China fund-management JV ABN AMRO Asset Management teams up with Northern Trust and Tianjin TEDA in a China fund management joint venture.

	People Moves
	Private equity firm attracts India BPO specialist 3i brings on board Akshaya Bhargava, erstwhile CEO of Infosys' BPO subsidiary to lead foray into investing in BPOs.

	Alternative Investments
	Morgan Stanley veteran introduces event-driven hedge fund Michael Lien’s Asia ex-Japan hedge fund begins active marketing with plans to raise $400 million.

	People Moves
	Pease joins Russell as investment strategist in Australia Andrew Pease resigns as chief economist at JPMorgan to help Russell grow its investment consulting and managed funds businesses.

	M&A Briefing
	NAB sells Asian insurance assets to AXA National Australia Bank offloads its Hong Kong and Indonesian insurance businesses for A$575 million.

	Mutual Funds & Markets
	HSBC’s GEM Equity Fund passes $1 billion-mark Growing demand for emerging market stocks despite "dark clouds" on the horizon.

	Loan Digest
	KKR’s Flextronics buyout to boost the Asian LBO market KKR loan deal promises to be largest LBO financing from India ever.