Principal Global Investors says its nine-year-old preferred securities fund is gaining assets among sophisticated European and Asian investors amid post-crisis regulatory change.
Dai Xianglong tells a forum the social security fund will raise its private equity investment heavily over the next three years after PE accounted for 70% of its total return ...
It's not raining men in Korea, but private equity financiers can step in to help when a family bloodline looks like faltering due to a lack of a male heir.
The Public Service Pension Fund has handed out three $200 million global equity portfolios and a pair of $200 million emerging-market equity mandates.
A 12.5% fall in the CSI 300 in 2010 saw index and equity funds suffer, with fixed-income funds shining. Smaller firms were generally better placed, and this is tipped to continue.
What worked for equity investment over the past two decades will not be the same in the next two, says the consultancy. A portfolio now needs to contain high-growth and ...
Jason Todd will join the Indian investment bank and securities firm in Hong Kong as global head of equity strategy.
Kapur joins Deutsche Bank from Mirae Asset Securities together with two long-term colleagues.
The Canadian institution is rapidly building an investment team in Hong Kong to capture growth in Asian markets, starting with China-focused private equity.
The financial information and ratings provider has extended its credit-scoring tool to Asia ex-Japan and boosted its regional equity research capabilities.
Dominic Scriven takes on a new CEO role as the Vietnam-based investment firm restructures its management.
But on a five-year view, losses in late-2008 and early-2009 have not prevented the asset class from making money and outpacing publicly listed equities, says Preqin.
The Singapore-based fund of hedge funds analyses the phenomenon whereby hedge funds often reduce exposure towards year-end, with some interesting results.
The Swiss private bank is also cautious on China, but bullish on gold.
The broker will offer listed equity products onshore and expects particularly strong demand for index futures from foreign institutions.
Andrew Musters, Global Head of Private Equity at Robeco, discusses clean tech private equity.
Frank Khoo, Asia head at Axa Real Estate Investment Management, outlines the regional strategy behind tie-ups with Ping An Group and Sumitomo.
China is about to approve real estate investment rules for insurers, with the authorities mindful that insurance capital should not be used to encourage speculative bubbles.
Overlay Asset Management CIO Hélie d’Hautefort says his boutique currency shop is working on behalf of private equity investors. But how liquid, really, is FX?
Vietnam-based investment firm Dragon Capital assures its investors that the Nui Phao tungsten mining operation has not yet had its licence revoked, contrary to press reports.