Press

5 July 2018

BlackRock doubles Asia Pacific ETF assets to US$100 billion since 2015

Published by Asia Asset Management – 5th Jul 2018

BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest money manager, has seen assets of its Asia Pacific exchange-traded funds (ETFs) soar to US$100 billion over the past three years driven by greater allocations from big investors, according to a senior company official.

5 July 2018

Aviva Investors appoints Asia head of institutional sales

Published by Asia Asset Management – 5th Jul 2018

Aviva Investors, the global asset management arm of London-based Aviva plc, has hired Tom Clapham for the newly-created position of head of institutional sales for Asia.

4 July 2018

Value Partners to launch its first private equity fund in China

Published by Asia Asset Management – 4th July 2018

Hong Kong-based Value Partners Group Limited (Value Partners) is launching its first private equity fund in China, with a fundraising target of 5 billion RMB (US$749.8 million).

3 July 2018

SC appoints Robert Leighton as COO for private bank

Published by Hubbis – 3rd Jul 2018

Standard Chartered private bank has named a new chief operating officer, finews.asia can report exclusively. The private banker is one of several alumni of British bank Barclays.

3 July 2018

Nikko expands China equities team

Published by Fund Selector Asia – 3rd Jul 2018

Nikko Asset Management has beefed up its China equities team through new hires based in Hong Kong and Shenzhen.

29 June 2018

SSGA names new head of capital markets for APAC and EMEA

Published by Asia Asset Management – 29th Jun 2018

US-based asset manager State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has appointed Marcus Miholich as managing director and head of capital markets for Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

28 June 2018

WMs prefer active funds for China exposure

Published by Fund Selector Asia – 28th Jun 2018

In China’s inefficient equity market, active management is preferred to passive investing, according to wealth management sources.
“Passive products are more effective in efficient and liquid markets coupled with a well represented index,” Kevin Liem, CIO at CBH Asia, told FSA. “They are good investment vehicles for US large cap stocks representing the S&P 500, for example.”

28 June 2018

Foreign managers seek more China assets

Published by Fund Selector Asia – 28th Jun 2018

US-based firms, including Bridgewater Associates and State Street Global Advisors, have become new licence holders in China’s quota programme that allows them to invest in the country’s onshore markets.

27 June 2018

Frontier Market Mandate for Credit Suisse

Published by Finews Asia – 27th June 2018

With an eye on Vietnam’s burgeoning middle class Vietcombank selected Switzerland’s second largest lender to advise it on capturing further growth opportunities.

26 June 2018

Julius Baer’s U.S. Tax Maneuver

Published by Finews Asia – 26th June 2018

Julius Baer paid dearly to settle a criminal suit with U.S. tax investigators, but the Swiss private bank managed to keep two of its private bankers out of American jail. How?