Asia
BlackRock study: Asian institutional investors to boost active quant allocations
Asian institutional investors are poised to allocate more money to active quantitative strategies over the next three years, and money managers with local footprints in the region will have a leg up...
May 14, 2013 | 03:19 am
Northern Trust taps its India CEO to run Hong Kong, regional services
Brian Ovaert, a 21-year Northern Trust veteran, was appointed as the firm’s country manager for Hong Kong.
May 07, 2013 | 05:25 am
PIMCO chooses PM in Singapore for Asia credit, emerging markets corporate debt
Ronie Ganguly joined PIMCO in Singapore as a senior vice president and Asia credit/emerging markets corporate portfolio manager.
May 06, 2013 | 09:23 am
Vanguard to launch its first ETF in Asia ex-Australia
Vanguard is poised to list an exchange traded fund in Hong Kong - the company's first ETF in Asia ex-Australia, confirmed Shelly Painter, Vanguard's Hong Kong-based Asia regional managing director.
May 06, 2013 | 05:24 am
Japan, China buck trend of global decline
The downward trend in risk levels around the world continued into the first quarter of 2013, with two notable exceptions: Japan and China, according to the Axioma Insight Quarterly Risk Review.
April 29, 2013
ING seeing endgame in its plan to unload all Asian subsidiaries
ING Group NV's a la carte divestment of its investment management operations in Asia could be entering the final phase of a process marked by the seller's lack of leverage with potential buyers.
April 29, 2013
BlackRock hires first head of global capital markets for Asia-Pacific
Scott Greenberg joined BlackRock in Hong Kong as a managing director and Asia-Pacific head of global capital markets.
April 18, 2013 | 01:00 am
Eastspring Investments announces distribution push in Europe, U.K.
Eastspring Investments, the Asia money management arm of Prudential PLC, established a business in Luxembourg to distribute the firm’s Asia-focused investment strategies to institutional and...
April 17, 2013 | 03:59 am
Malaysian fund moves 11% of assets to external managers
Malaysia's 526.8 billion ringgit ($171.2 billion) Employees Provident Fund, Kuala Lumpur, outsourced 57.67 billion ringgit to external fund managers, or roughly 11% of the mandatory national...
April 15, 2013
Somerset County Council Pension Fund on the hunt for Asia-Pacific ex-Japan equities
Somerset County Council Pension Fund, Taunton, England, issued an RFI for a manager to run a £40 million ($61.6 million) active Asia-Pacific ex-Japan equity strategy.
April 11, 2013 | 01:34 pm
KKR appoints new CEO for Japan business
Hirofumi Hirano will join KKR Japan as managing director and CEO, effective April 15.
April 10, 2013 | 06:17 am
Japanese equity team joins BNY Mellon from ING
A six-person Japanese equities investment team led by Miyuki Kashima will join BNY Mellon Asset Management Japan from ING Mutual Funds Management Co. (Japan).
April 10, 2013 | 05:53 am
NEPC forges Asia-focused research tie-up with Singapore-based GFIA
NEPC has entered into a research agreement with Singapore-based GFIA, aimed at bolstering the U.S. firm's coverage of Asia-based money managers and investment strategies.
April 05, 2013 | 12:33 am
Malaysia’s EPF: External managers oversee 58 billion ringgit of fund assets
Malaysia's 526.8 billion ringgit Employees Provident Fund to date has outsourced 57.67 billion ringgit to external fund managers, or roughly 11% of the mandatory national retirement scheme's...
April 04, 2013 | 04:11 am
China's social security fund ends 2012 up 27.5% at 1.1 trillion yuan
The assets of China's National Council for Social Security Fund ended 2012 at 1.109 trillion yuan (US$178.9 billion), up 27.5% from the year before, according to the fund's website.
