Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

BlackRock launches first Asia equities fund for UK investors

The BlackRock Asia Fund is designed to replicate the successful investment strategy of the offshore BGF Asian Dragon Fund,

GFIA’s June insights report a future for best of boutique Asian hedge fund managers

"At an aggregate level, it’s still a very tough world out there.

JPMorgan Asia Equity Dividend Fund introduced

Designed to capture income opportunities and long-term capital growth potential in the Asia-Pacific region excluding Japan

Equity Trustees’s Revised Takeover Offer

This increase in synergy estimate occurred without any new information on The Trust Company being provided to Equity Trustees

Rabobank to Stay in Indonesia

abobank Groep halted efforts to sell its Indonesian unit after local regulators imposed tighter restrictions on overseas bank acquisitions.

HSBC granted licence to distribute mutual funds in China

Citigroup also joins British lender among those green-lighted by Chinese regulator

Lazard to offload Scottish Pacific stake

LAZARD Australia Private Equity is poised to sell its majority stake

Dubai's Damac Properties woos Indian investors

"Indians are among the biggest investors in Dubai property markets.

China’s luxury e-commerce market to be worth $27 billion in 2013

China’s ecommerce market looks set to be worth $296-billion in 2013 as China surpasses America

Deutsche Bank is new supervisor to Vietnamese open-ended fund

Initially established as a joint-venture company between a British investment firm and Sacombank—a large commercial bank in Vietnam—Vietfund Management is now a leading fund management company in Vietnam with approximately $200 million of AUM.

HSBC, Citigroup Win Approval to Sell Mutual Funds in China

This product offering not only supplements the existing range of wealth management products offered by foreign banks

BNP Paribas launches dealing services in Australia

The custodian has launched the service as a response to the increasing demand for outsourced services

Can Winsome Diamonds regain its sparkle?

With almost all its business transacted overseas, Winsome's exposure to currency volatility and gold prices had always been high.

Private banks mull exit from gold coin business

Gold import has been a huge concern for both the government and the central bank

Credit Agricole successfully launches an inaugural Samurai bond

This new issue comes as a result of a long and successful relationship established with the Japanese investor base

AMP warns its half-year profit likely to fall 13 per cent

Australian insurance and wealth management company AMP has warned investors that its half year profit is likely to drop by 13 per cent.

RBC defying gloom with push into REITs

RBC Capital Markets is defying the gloom surrounding deal flow in the Australian investment banking market,

Low-volatility strategies are gaining speed in Asia

One measure of whether those strategies — which aim to match or exceed market-capitalization-weighted index returns with a fraction of the volatility

China, Britain signs agreement on currency swap

Mervyn King, governor of Bank of England (BoE) and Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of People's Bank of China (PBoC), have signed an agreement to establish a reciprocal 3-year sterling/renminbi (RMB, or Chinese yuan) currency swap line

NRB‚ People's Bank of China sign investment deal

The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) and People's Bank of China--the central banks of Nepal and China signed an 'agency' agreement

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