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PCA AM adopts JASDEC PSMS and Omgeo CTM/OASYS Global

July 03, 2009

Omgeo, the global standard for post-trade efficiency, has announced that the direct connection between the Pre-Settlement Matching System (PSMS) provided by the Japan Securities Depository Centre (JASDEC) and Omgeo Central Trade Manager (Omgeo CTM) and OASYS Global – became available on a full...

Aberdeen completes deal with Credit Suisse

July 02, 2009

Aberdeen Asset Management has completed its second and final closing of its deal with Credit Suisse; that transaction, which was first announced in December last year, sees Aberdeen acquiring certain businesses from Credit Suisse along with assets from the Swiss group as well as gaining access to...

Manulife cuts MPF fees

July 02, 2009

In another sign of how providers are raising the ante in the MPF marketplace, a number of them are continuing to drop their fees. The latest to do so is Manulife, one of the top three MPF providers in Hong Kong.

SunGard launches new Apex solution for securities finance

July 02, 2009

SunGard has added a new offering to its suite of analytics, software and processing solutions for securities finance. SunGard’s Apex is a consolidated front-to-back office solution that supports equity and fixed income securities lending and repo trading. It has been designed to help increase...

Malaysia eases controls for fund managers

June 30, 2009

Malaysia is easing equity ownership of fund management companies. In the latest round of liberalization, Prime Minister Najib Razak has announced new rules to allow full ownership of fund management companies that are involved in the institutional space. In the retail market, the ceiling for...

Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt to combine to form Towers Watson

June 29, 2009

Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby Inc and Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc have announced that their respective boards of directors have unanimously approved a definitive agreement under which Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt will combine in a merger of equals to form a new, publicly listed company called...

CIC weighing up US$500 million hedge funds investment

June 29, 2009

China Investment Corp (CIC), the nation's US$200 billion sovereign wealth fund, may invest as much as US$500 million in hedge funds including those run by Blackstone Group, said two people familiar with the matter in an article ran in Business Times Singapore which had been reported by Bloomberg.

Russell-Jadwa Shariah indexes launched

June 26, 2009

Russell Investments and Jadwa Investment have signed an agreement to launch a new Shariah compliant offering, the Russell-Jadwa Shariah Index family. The signing ceremony (June 24) was attended by HRH Prince Faisal bin Salman, chairman of Jadwa, Andrew Doman, president and CEO of Russell and senior...

HSBC China launches first floating rate renminbi bond in Hong Kong

June 26, 2009

HSBC Bank (China) Company Ltd has launched the first floating rate renminbi bond in the Hong Kong SAR, marking a milestone in the development of debt capital markets in the territory.

Asia to benefit from improved global risk sentiment, says WAM

June 25, 2009

With global liquidity conditions gradually on the upturn, Western Asset Management believes that Asian financial markets should continue to benefit from the situation and investors are likely to increase their investments into the region despite the rapid run-up in prices and persistent concerns...

Russell survey: Managers return to risk

June 25, 2009

The riskiest equity category – emerging markets – and the riskiest fixed income category – high yield bonds – were the asset classes that managers were most bullish about in the latest Investment Manager Outlook (IMO), a quarterly survey of US investment managers conducted by Russell Investments....

AIMA supports US regulatory reform proposals

June 24, 2009

The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) – the global hedge fund industry association – has announced its support for the financial regulatory reform proposals put forward by the US Treasury.

Citi HK subscribes to HKEx Participant Gateway

June 24, 2009

Citi Securities and Fund Services, a division of Global Transaction Services (GTS), has subscribed to Participant Gateway, a message-based platform managed by the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEx). By subscribing to Participant Gateway, Citi will facilitate a direct, real-time electronic...

LIM go live with Capstone

June 23, 2009

LIM Advisors Ltd (LIM), an Asian-based multi-strategy investment group with around US$900 million in assets under management, has successfully gone live with Fidessa LatentZero’s front office suite, Capstone. Capstone is a fully integrated front-office position analysis and trading solution that...

JPMAM launches its second authorised China A-share fund

June 23, 2009

J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has officially launched the JF China New Generation Fund. It is JF’s second open-ended fund investing in China’s A-share markets. Its objective is to provide investors with long-term capital growth by investing primarily in the Mainland’s domestic...

Gulf business confidence picks up in Q2

June 22, 2009

Business people across the GCC are taking a more positive view of the future for the first time since October 2008. On almost all measures, the region’s businesses see better times ahead: on turnover, profit margins, and meeting their targets for the year, there is a marked increase in optimism...

WGC welcomes clarity with regards to IMF gold sales

June 22, 2009

World Gold Council welcomes the news that the US congress has passed the Military Supplemental Bill thereby finalising the process allowing the IMF to sell 403.3 tonnes of gold in a manner that will have no impact on the smooth running of the international gold market.

MTM predicts record number of AMs to be replaced

June 19, 2009

Mellon Transition Management (MTM), the transition management specialist for BNY Mellon Asset Management, is predicting that a record number of financial institutions such as pension funds and endowments will replace their asset managers in the third and fourth quarters of 2009.

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