The Dutch bank wins its case against the European Commission. The sale of its Asian insurance and asset management businesses will be affected.
The bank may create a multi-boutique set-up after its acquisition of ING IM Australia. But Grant Bailey of ING IM denies the sale is part of plans to cut back in the region.
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 ...
Target-redemption funds have been attracting inflows in Thailand due to swinging volatility in the local stock market. But not all asset managers have jumped on the bandwagon.
Emerging-market equity firms see investment opportunities in Egypt’s new political era, but disagree about the timing.
That will be a boon to the series of new Brazil and Latin America funds, but investors should be wary of Chilean and Colombian stocks, says the Dutch asset manager.
The Dutch firm's Asia-Pacific chief executive is off to pastures new and will be replaced by regional general manager Grant Bailey, as the group's future remains uncertain.
Wu will run Greater China sales out of Hong Kong, replacing David Yuan, as the Zurich-based firm chalks up two recent mandates and registers three more funds in Taiwan.
The US asset manager switches from PineBridge Investments to a new funds distributor in its biggest Asian market after Japan.
Ryan will court asset managers for Citi's securities and fund services.
Having completed its merger with ING Asia Private Bank, OCBC's wealth-management unit has big international ambitions.
ING Investment Management names Pranay Gupta as Asia-Pacific chief investment officer, while Nick Toovey is leaving his role as regional head of equities.
But their expectation of a swift US recovery is waning, according to a survey by ING Investment Management.
French fund house BNP Paribas Investment Partners' new asset-management joint venture with Taiwan Cooperative Bank comes as a surprise to some.
Plans to open up the country’s financial markets will make it easier to sell a wider range of products, including offshore funds, locally.
ING Investment Management’s Dubai-based team plans to launch a frontier-market product for global investors that will include both equity and debt.
China Merchants Fund Management will test domestic appetite for global resources investments with a new fund, for which shareholder ING is a sub-advisor.
ING Investment Management chief executive Alan Harden reorganises the reporting functions of his two deputies.
Michael Ferrer, who left ING Investment Management in Hong Kong at the start of the year, will lead a new asset management venture in the Philippines.
Belmans is off to Tokyo to head ING’s insurance business in Japan. A replacement for Belmans’ previous role as North Asia general manager is due to be announced on Friday.