Mizuho puts up China fund
China's new leaders will boost growth. Relying on this forecast, Mizuho Asset Management Co. is opening a China fund. The firm is bucking a trend that has seen domestic companies such as United...
View ArticleING sells Thai asset management biz to UOB
For 10 million euro. This is the amount the ING Group will receive in selling its investment management business in Thailand to UOB Asset Management. The transaction, which is subject to regulatory...
View ArticleChina to attract more players in mutual fund operations
China will develop its mutual fund industry, which is struggling to produce returns for investors. It plans to allow eligible securities houses, insurers’ asset management units and private equity...
View ArticleIndia revises code of conduct for mutual fund intermediaries
India has revised its code of conduct guidelines for the fund houses and distributors. The objective is to check the flow of illicit money into mutual funds and safeguard the interest of investors,...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about India's US$1t infrastructure investment...
And why investors must hurry up now.According to a release, Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) today presented a wide range of infrastructure investment...
View ArticleAsian investors tipped to shell out US$150b in global real estate
That's over the next five years. According to the latest research from CBRE, Asian institutional investors could look to invest in excess of US$150 billion in global real estate over the next five...
View ArticleSingapore stocks are the worst performers among developed markets
Index tumbled 7.5% in 10 days.According to a report by Bloomberg, Singapore stocks tumbled by the most among developed markets last month as investors pulled cash from Southeast Asia on concern about...
View ArticleHere's the impact of US monetary tightening on Asian markets
Stocks restoring some lost ground.According to Moody's Analytics, the Federal Reserve’s decision last week to keep up its current pace of asset purchases prompted investors to jump back into Asian...
View ArticleAsia-Pac's targeted M&A volume surged 3% to $348.8b
China led the region's slight growth.According to Dealogic, Asia Pacific (ex Japan) targeted M&A volume was $348.8bn in the first nine months of 2013, up 3% from $337.2bn in the comparable 2012...
View Article7 in 10 Asia-Pac CEOs eye boosting investments in the Asian region
Rising middle-class to boost growth.Forty two percent of chief executive officers (CEOs) in Asia Pacific are 'very confident' of revenue growth over the next 12 months and close to 70% intend to...
View ArticleHere's the main reason behind China's credit profile vulnerability
Debt problem must be tackled 'convincingly'.The key structural vulnerability facing China's credit profile is the unsustainability of the investment-driven growth model. The longer investment and...
View ArticleHere's why investors must brace for the end of 'easy money'
Fears rise over higher interest rates, tail risk. According to Allianz Global Investors, institutional investors across the world are most concerned about tail risk and rising interest rates as they...
View ArticleAsia's structured finance market to be stable in 2014
But some markets will show deterioration.In a release, Moody's Investors Service says that Asia's structured finance market -- which includes Korea's covered bond, RMBS and ABS sectors and Singapore's...
View ArticleNew fund on LSE allows access to Chinese stock market
Invest in the top 50 companies in mainland China. According to a release, a landmark agreement between two UK and Chinese firms means that from today, for the first time, investors will be able to...
View ArticleHere are the top 3 common retirement mistakes by Asian investors
Quit being overly optimistic, says analysts. Fortified by the belief that they will be able to continue working beyond the official retirement age while their expenditure will stay around two-thirds...
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