Following the official completion of the BNP Paribas-Fortis merger, Stewart Edgar, Asia-Pacific head of the combined entity, outlines his war plans.
Foreign investors have bought nearly as many Indonesian bonds in the first few months of this year as they did during the whole of 2009. Other investment flows are also up, ...
French fund house BNP Paribas Investment Partners' new asset-management joint venture with Taiwan Cooperative Bank comes as a surprise to some.
The Canadian insurer gets a head-start in China by buying a 49% stake in the ABN Amro Teda Fund Management joint venture from BNP Paribas.
The well-regarded fund manager will work with Richard Wong to boost Halbis’s China equities capabilities.
The fund house attributes the more than 100% growth in its AUM since December 2008 to the performance of fixed-income funds.
Investment Outlook Series: Simon Godfrey, an investment specialist at Fortis Investments, says infrastructure, consumer and property stocks are among the opportunities in Asia.
BNP Paribas may be taking over Fortis, but in asset management in Asia, the reality may look like the reverse when inevitable job cuts result.
Investment Outlook Series: Simon Godfrey, an investment specialist at Fortis, says extreme sell-offs have exaggerated the risk exposure of Asian companies to the global ...
The need by Fortis Group to sell assets acquired from ABN Amro last year will not include asset management.
Fortis’s new Clean Energy Fund focuses on solar, wind, hydro and biomass power generation assets and seeks infrastructure-style returns.
Barend Janssens becomes head of a new team charged with the task of building Fortis's private banking business in the region.
The sale will be made to comply with regulations. Fortis had to sell one of its asset management companies in China and opted to keep Fortis Haitong.
When it comes to selecting star companies with visible earnings, pricing power is more important than emerging-market exposure, says Fortis Investments.
The fund caters to conservative investors who are betting on Taiwan’s economic growth and the benefits of an expected improvement in relations with China.
Alex Ng of Fortis tells a self-satisfied industry to change its ways if it is to compete against hedge funds, structured products and ETFs.
A change of pace for the funds executive as she moves to Fortis Prime Fund Solutions as regional managing director for Asian operations.
The Chinese insurance company pays $3.32 billion for the stake in Fortis's asset management subsidiary, gaining access to a business with $378 billion of assets under management.
Joanne Murphy leaves Fortis to pursue other interests, while Stewart Bent is ushered in to cover her job as a temporary measure.
The Chinese insurer pays $2.65 billion to become the largest shareholder in Fortis in a deal which both parties are calling highly synergistic.