Following academic criticism that listed infrastructure investments don’t deliver infrastructure-like returns, Deutsche Asset Management’s head of liquid real assets for Asia & Europe has come to the asset class’s defence.
European Wealth has unveiled a new name and investment policy for its global opportunities fund in a push to attract new business in the Far East.
Do active funds on average beat the performance of a relevant index over the very long term? Our sister publication Fund Selector Asia found that one sector stands alone.
The Vietnamese Government is planning to make it easier for international life insurance companies to operate in the local market, deputy prime minister Dinh Hue Vuong has said.
A finance firm set up by Alibaba founder Jack Ma has led the acquisition of Hong Kong-based MassMutual Asia by a group of regionally based investors.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic) has permanently banned a former adviser who was found guilty of 97 counts of fraud and 10 counts of stealing and sentenced to six and a half years’ imprisonment.
Though it might be tempting to view today’s India as yesterday’s China, Rathbones’ head of asset allocation Ed Smith thinks the region’s growth prospects could be even greater based on five key indicators.
China’s growth outlook is expected to improve between 2017 and 2021, but the country’s rising debt level skews the figures and raises strong concerns, according to the International Monetary Fund.
Axa Life Insurance Singapore has been ordered by the country’s High Court to pay compensation to a former employee for providing an unflattering reference to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (Mas) and his prospective employer, Prudential Assurance Company Singapore.
A former UBS director of ultra-high net worth (UHNW) assets is part of a team behind the newly-established DC Wealth Management (HK).
Singapore is the country with the highest proportion of investors seeking the help of financial advisers to manage their assets, according to a survey by global investment firm Legg Mason.
A fintech accelerator programme, Super Charger, has teamed up with Standard Chartered Bank and Allianz to help foster and develop Malaysia’s fintech market.
