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CIC makes first report on US equity holdings

February 09, 2010

China Investment Corp (CIC), a US$300 billion sovereign wealth fund based in Beijing, filed its first quarterly disclosure on US equity holdings, reporting that it owned stocks valued at US$9.63 billion as at December 31, according to Bloomberg. The fund filed on Friday what's known as a Form 13F,...

Northern Trust to expand asset management in Japan

February 08, 2010

Teresa Parker, the Asia-Pacific chief executive officer of Northern Trust has certainly come a long way in her nearly 28-year career with the Chicago-headquartered bank; with a strong background in operations, she has risen steadily up the corporate ladder, taking her from Chicago to London (where...

UOBAM launches Singapore’s first China A-Shares ETF

February 08, 2010

The United SSE 50 China ETF is the first China A-Shares ETF listed on the Singapore Exchange and in Southeast Asia, offering access to China’s A-Shares equities market, which is currently only accessible to Chinese investors and Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII) approved by China...

China’s NSSF assets climb 38%

February 08, 2010

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF), China’s national pension fund, has recently disclosed that its assets jumped by 38% to 776.5 billion yuan (US$113.7 billion) at year-end 2009. This was mainly driven by its equity investments last year which allowed them to gain 42.7 billion yuan coming on...

Taiwan’s PSPF announces offshore mandates

February 05, 2010

The Public Service Pension Fund (PSPF), the pension fund for Taiwan’s 191,000 current and retired civil servants, has announced the results of its latest outsourcing of global equity mandates. Allianz Global Investors and Schroders Investment Management have been appointed for global equity briefs...

PMA equity funds delivering absolute returns

February 05, 2010

PMA, one of Asia’s largest hedge fund managers, has announced results for January for its equity products – the Pathfinder Fund and the India Fund, which continued to outpace the market. The Pathfinder Fund, PMA’s newest equity offering focusing on liquid positions in Asia Ex-Japan, posted a return...

AGF names director of Business Development

February 04, 2010

AGF Management Limited (AGF) has appointed Thomas Clancy as director, US business development, AGF Investments America Inc, as the firm continues to build its presence in the US institutional field.AGF is a premier investment management firm with approximately US$43.4 billion in total assets under...

BlackRock: More hedge funds looking to create ETFs

February 03, 2010

According to BlackRock’s year-end 2009 ETF landscape industry review, ETF assets will grow by 20-30% in 2010. The report says the ETF landscape will continue to evolve in this year and beyond as more products from traditional active asset managers and alternative asset class exposures become...

Prudential Corporation Asia appoints funds CEO in Korea

February 02, 2010

Prudential Corporation Asia has announced the appointment of Lee Won-Ki as CEO to drive the continued growth of its Korea business, PCA Investment Trust Management (PCA Asset). Mr. Lee brings 25 years’ experience in asset management and broking in Korea and Australia to the role. He will report to...

HK most improved pensions market during past decade

February 02, 2010

Hong Kong has had the largest increase in pension fund assets relative to the size of its economy during the last ten years out of all the thirteen major pension markets (the P13) in the latest Towers Watson’s Global Pension Assets Study. According to the research, total pension assets in Hong Kong...

CSRC awards QFII licence to BNY Mellon Asset Management

February 01, 2010

BNY Mellon Asset Management has announced that the application for a Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) licence by BNY Mellon Asset Management International Limited has been successfully approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). BNY Mellon Asset Management is...

Fidelity suspends two fund managers

January 29, 2010

Fidelity International has suspended two veteran fund managers in Hong Kong over a possible breach of the company’s internal code of ethics, which could affect 14 funds with roughly US$7.4 billion in clients’ money, according to the Financial Times. The company has invoked an internal investigation...

China Securities Index launches CSI Cross-Straits 500 index

January 29, 2010

China Securities Index (CSI), a joint venture between China’s main stock exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen, officially launched the CSI Cross-Straits 500 index on January 18, the first trading day after the memorandums of understanding (MOU) were signed. The 500 stocks on the index included 300...

BEA offloads BEA Canada to ICBC

January 28, 2010

The Bank of East Asia, Limited (BEA) has announced that the agreements, which it reached with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC) on June 4, 2009, regarding the sale and purchase of The Bank of East Asia (Canada) (BEA Canada) and ICEA Finance Holdings Limited (ICEA) have been...

Nissan Motors signs Mercer as global retirement consultant, again

January 27, 2010

Nissan Motors has appointed Mercer as their global retirement consultant for the second year running. Under the relationship, Mercer will advise Nissan on pension governance all over the world. This move will not only strengthen the business relationship between Nissan and Mercer Japan, but will...

UK pension fund strengthens Asian capabilities

January 27, 2010

The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the UK’s second largest private sector pension fund and the principal pension scheme for UK universities, has tapped Carmel Peters, Danila Gallarto and Chris Shale to beef up its global emerging markets equities capabilities. In the recent move, Ms....

Skandia adds Iveagh Wealth Fund to platforms

January 26, 2010

Iveagh Private Investment House, the Guinness family office and asset management firm, has announced that the Iveagh Wealth Fund has been added to the Skandia Investment Solutions platform as well as the Skandia life and pension fund range. Demand from financial advisers for wealth preservation...

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Property managers can learn from Aussie best practices

February 05, 2010

Environmental performance can be substantially improved globallyBy Rhandell RubioThree leading European pension funds – APG Asset Management, PGGM Investments and the Universities Superannuation Scheme – recently commissioned a global environmental real estate survey in response to real estate...

Dubai troubles not representative of the region

February 05, 2010

Wealth effect from stabilised oil prices can put MENA back on trackBy Rhandell RubioJust a couple of years ago Dubai was flaunting its wealth by building the world’s only seven-star hotel, the Burj Al Arab, the man-made Palm Islands which can be seen from space, an indoor ski resort in a country...

Equity, property best bets if inflation strikes

February 05, 2010

Investor sentiment is on the upswing heading into 2010, based on ING’s quarterly Investor Dashboard survey, which shows a significant 101% jump in the Asian region for 2009 and overall confidence recovering to pre-global financial crisis levels.The overall pan-Asia ex-Japan ING Investor Dashboard...

Investors advised to incorporate governance into investment analysis process

February 05, 2010

Greater clarity needed on the roles of senior management in PRCCorporate governance has made great strides right across the region in the years following the Asian financial crisis of 1997; typically, new securities laws have been enacted with stronger protection for minority shareholders while...

President Obama sets alarm bells ringing following banking proposals

February 05, 2010

Actions speak louder than wordsBy V. G. KulkarniThere is something called G20. No, I am not referring to the Hong Kong retail chain for men’s clothes, despite the close resemblance to that brand. It is a newly crafted body of global heads of governments that doesn’t count for much. G8 or G7 – who...

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