Canada-based life insurance company Manulife has launched an e-platform through its Hong Kong division offering advisers a range of financial planning tools as well as the ability to submit online applications for products.
Hong Kongs central business district is now the most expensive in the world for office space, according to a new survey, which also revealed Asia-Pacific as the most expensive region for commercial property.
Offshore specialist law firm Bedell Cristin has opened a new office in Singapore, its first in Asia.
Swiss banking group Julius Baer, which today released record breaking half year results, has entered into a strategic collaboration with Bank of China.
The Singapore Exchange has today introduced higher admission standards for companies wanting to list on the Singapore stock market, as football giant Manchester United steps ups plans to IPO in New York after failing to list in the Asian jurisdiction earlier this year.
Axa has today launched a life insurance joint venture in China following approval from Chinas State council.
Collas Crill’s Guernsey-based trust and fiduciary specialist Marcus Hinkley is moving to Singapore, in September, to lead the firm’s Singapore practice.
Hong Kong suffered a 10% decline in the total AUM of its fund management sector in 2011, an annual survey has revealed, although steps to strengthen its position as an offshore renminbi centre leave the jurisdiction in a good position, says its regulator.
Protesters who have been occupying a plaza beneath HSBCs Hong Kong Central district headquarters have been given two weeks to respond to a lawsuit seeking to be allowed to oust them.
GLG Partners is to build a long-short equity team based in Hong Kong under the management of head of Asia Equity David Mercurio and risk specialist Ben Freischmidt.
The Isle of Man-domiciled Qatar Investment Fund continues to favour Qatar over other countries within the GCC due to its relatively low political risk and high growth prospects in its latest quarterly investment report.
The deVere Group is continuing its push into less-well-known overseas markets, with plans to open an office in the North Malaysian state known as Penang, for which it has obtained a licence from the Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority.
