manulife holdings buys MAAKL Mutual
Manulife Holdings Berhad, the Malaysian arm of Canada's Manulife Financial, has agreed to acquire MAAKL Mutual, a Malaysian unit trust company, from the MAA Group Berhad and other shareholders.
Author: PA Adviser
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Zurich to discontinue using tied agents in Hong Kong
Zurich is to stop selling its range of life insurance products through tied agents in Hong Kong, from the end of this year.
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pwc proposes a revamping
Singapore should consider revamping the way its investment fund laws are structured, to permit different asset management industry sectors to offer more variety and thus cater to a brader range of clients, a new PwC white paper says.
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manulife singapore ceo king
Annette King, currently the president and chief executive officer of Manulife Singapore, has been named to take on a newly-created regional role, which will be based in Manulife's regional offices in Hong Kong, International Adviser has learned.
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standard life investments sets up new office in hk
Standard Life Investments has set up a new office in Hong Kong as part of its on-going Asian expansion plan and in order to make the region its Asia Pacific hub.
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Miton foresees investment themes in Asean market
Managing a special situations fund that essentially follows a multi-asset fund allocation strategy, James Sullivan, fund manager at MitonOptimal is in favor of making allocations to the domestic-driven economies of the Asean region, but at the appropriate time.
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china set forsustainable growth Neptune Turnbull
The world’s second largest economy looks poised for a sustainable period of economic growth and will be able to re-ignite it further, only if the Chinese authorities initiate big reform steps, said Douglus Turnbull, head of Chinese equities at U.K-based Neptune Investment Management.
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schroders reopens asia asset income fund
Schroder Investment Management, the Hong Kong arm of London-based Schroders plc, has reopened its Asia Asset Income Fund, and added a Renminbi-hedged share class.
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mas lays plan to turn singapore global ins hub
By 2020, Asia is likely to account for almost 40% of the global market with annual growth of about 8% a year, according to Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
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sec aop aimc to develop pf committees prog
The Securities and Exchange Commission Thailand, Association of Provident Fund (AOP) and Association of Investment Management Companies (AIMC) have collaborated to develop an Accredited Provident Fund Committee Members Program (APC).
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goldman sachs apac chairman bolitho to retire
Oliver Bolitho, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management in Asia Pacific, has decided to retire from the firm at the end of the year, as per an internal memo obtained by International Adviser.
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asia reinsurance market sentiment positive qfc
Though Asia's reinsurance market is still bustling with confidence, the outlook on pricing and profitability for the next twelve months is slightly waning, revealed the first Asia Reinsurance Barometer, published by the Qatar Financial Centre Authority.