Friends Provident International (FPI) is seeking a licence to do new business in Japan, three years after a strategic review by the incoming chief executive John Van der Wielen resulted in the company exiting from the market.
Investec Asset Management has been awarded an RQFII licence to invest directly into Chinas mainland markets, and will launch two new funds focusing specifically on the region.
Nikko Asset Management has received the go ahead from the Monetary Authority of Singapore to offer a fund under the ASEAN Collective Investment Scheme.
The ASEAN collective investment scheme framework will take time to gain traction as the real challenge lies in penetrating the local distribution networks, according to research firm Cerulli Associates.
As the industry in Singapore gets to grips with the implications of the Financial Adviser Industry Review [FAIR], our panel discuss the relative merits of the new rulings
Standard Life Investments (SLI) is to close the Ignis China Fund, claiming it is not economically viable to continue the product at its current size.
RHB Bank Singapore is to sell insurance and retirement products from Manulife through its distribution network.
Standard Life has signed an agreement with the Industrial Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) to develop opportunities between both businesses in China, Hong Kong and the UK.
Asia-Pacific is set to become the region with the largest number of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) and highest wealth growth by the end of 2015, after recording world leading growth in 2013.
Recent government policies in Japan and Korea are creating potential dividend yield opportunities, according to Piergaetano Iaccarino, senior vice president, Pioneer Investments.
An agreement has been signed by the Irish Funds Industry Association (IFIA) to encourage closer cooperation with its Chinese counterpart, the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC).
Manulife Asset Management has launched two multi-asset products in Singapore that seek to offer regular income along with capital appreciation.
