The Korean financial industry association is putting together ideas to present to regulators and ministries in a bid to promote investments into long-term vehicles.
The supremo of Asia’s Hedge Funds Club has established a new alternative investment advisory and capital-raising business.
Greater interest in Ucits from fund managers in Asia, including China, leads to expansion at Arendt & Medernach in Hong Kong.
Retail funds look set to provide faster asset growth than institutional business, says the head of Manila-based BPI Asset Management, which is about to launch a funds trading ...
Money poured into long-term bond funds in the US and Europe in the third quarter of 2010, yet the overall asset figure slid 0.6% on the back of a €24 billion equities ...
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The private-equity firm signs agreements with the governments in Shanghai and Chongqing to set up two renminbi-denominated funds of Rmb5 billion each to invest in Chinese ...
You might be excused for thinking that Hong Kong has become a centre for investment management, but the latest data from the territory's Investment Funds Association says ...
Plans to open up the country’s financial markets will make it easier to sell a wider range of products, including offshore funds, locally.
The Luxembourg law firm will advise asset managers in Greater China and elsewhere in the region from its new office in Hong Kong.
As we reach the end of our reporting for 2009 and close our website until January, here are my favourite stories.
Multi-client segregated accounts are being hyped as the mainland’s answer to hedge funds. They’re not – but they will have their uses.
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 consultant highlights those asset classes where active management is more likely to deliver results.
The former chief investment officer of the Korea Investment Corporation begins trading his Asian credit hedge fund in Singapore.
Data from Lipper and Credit Suisse shows October and November have not been kind to the hedge-fund world, but annualised performance figures should be good enough.
Nomura Asset Management leads the pack of 29 $1 billion-plus fund launches in Asia-Pacific this year.
Tuan Lam of Goldman Sachs Asset Management explains the process, and gives his outlook for alternative investments in 2010.
The Chinese fund house’s prospectus for its Asian equities product, slated for launch next week, indicates it will manage the fund without MOU partner State Street.
Andreas Neuber will remain as chairman of the joint venture, while UBS banker Michael Chin will take over the CEO role.