Franklin Templeton Investments, the US-based fund management giant favoured by many investors for its Asia-focused funds range, is looking forward to launching, through a joint venture, some of the first mutual funds ever to be sold in Vietnam.
External perceptions of East Asia as a low-cost financial centre are inaccurate, while a lack of fiduciary and legal talent is restricting industry growth in the region, according to a Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners survey.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has launched a Dim Sum Index in a move that pays homage to the rapid development of the Chinese renminbi-denominated offshore bond market in Hong Kong.
A person who purported to be the founder and chief executive of a licensed corporate advisory company in Hong Kong has been convicted by a local court and fined.
Legal & General plans to begin marketing funds from its UK-based investment business in Asia, L&G chief executive Tim Breedon has revealed, and is considering Hong Kong for its base.
Hong Kongs financial services regulator has borrowed a page from anti-crime organisations like Britains Crimestoppers by starting to post, on its website, the photographs and personal details about individuals it is seeking to interview in connection with possible crimes.
Germany-based absolute return and real asset specialist, Aquila Capital has opened an office in Singapore, its first in Asia.
Brookfield Asset Management and the investment arm of the government of Dubai have combined to launch their first Dubai-dedicated real estate fund.
Assets under management in Asia ex-Japan and Australia are expected to nearly double to $4trn by 2015, underpinned by a number of influencing factors, according to a study published by Cerulli Associates.
The Eastern Magistrates Court in Hong Kong today set a date of 19 March, 2012 for the criminal trial of Chui Wing Nin, a former senior executive of CITIC Pacific.
MitonOptimal has opened a regional headquarters in Singapores central business district.
The Securities and Futures Commission has released an advert warning investors once they agree to an investment via an adviser they are saying they understand the advice given to them.
