A survey of Asian institutional investors by Greenwich Associates shows they're diversifying their portfolios as asset sizes grow, AsianInvestor's recent investment summit heard.
The last decade has seen Brazil grow fastest followed by Australia, while the only positive allocation in the past 15 years has been to alternatives, finds a Towers Watson study.
Mutual funds of global bonds, emerging-market equities and commodities enjoyed strong inflows in November.
The quivering heaps of toxic debt are being alleviated by government stimulus and unprecedented liquidity.
Domestically there are concerns about creditor protection, while overseas there is wariness towards hedge funds but more interest in private equity.
The trust bank now ranks as the third-largest manager of Japanese pension money, behind Sumitomo and Barclays Global Investors.
Japan, China and Australia are the region's top three markets in terms of fund size, according to Lipper.
China is the fastest growing market in the region and elsewhere in the world, and its assets size has more than doubled in the first six months of 2007.
Deutsche Asset Management creates a new regional role to develop its business of managing third-party insurance assets.
Charles Schmitt & Associates is suspected of defrauding clients of its fund of hedge funds.
Cerulli says Asia ex-Japan mutual fund assets will cross the $500 billion mark by 2007.
Canada''s largest global custodian consolidates its sub-custody arrangements in India by ditching Deutsche Bank.
David Humphreys, the bank''s MPF point man, is now casting his eye at pension opportunities globally.
State Street Corporation has bagged a lucrative contract with ABP to service its US and Japanese assets.
PT Holdiko Perkasa is racing against time to finalise asset sales before the year-end deadline.
BT reorganization revives speculation over the future of its Asian assets.