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Products & Distribution

Fidelity launches emerging Asia fund

Fidelity Investments Management Hong Kong has launched an emerging Asia fund that it boldly calls the only “true” fund of its kind in the market today. The Fidelity Funds Emerging Asia Fund, which has a start date of April 21, includes as its investment universe the emerging markets of China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines as well as the frontier markets of Pakistan, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. True,... Read the whole story

By Rita Raagas De Ramos | 10 Apr 2008

Alternative Investments

Green light for Jadeite

Jadeite Capital, the new Asian long/short fund run by New York-based Greg Jones, receives some seed money. More

By Simon Osborne | 10 Apr 2008

People Moves

Mercer names China head of investment consulting

Chen Bin, most recently a senior consultant at rival firm Hewitt, is charged with expanding Mercer’s government and pension funds business. More

By Liz Mak | 10 Apr 2008

Business Moves

EVI raises funds for regional expansion

Carbon credit advisory firm Emergent Ventures India plans to expand its businesses in South and Southeast Asia and build the company’s engineering, procurement and construction capabilities. More

By Rita Raagas De Ramos | 10 Apr 2008

Alternative Investments

Intel Capital launches $500 million China fund

The launch of the firm’s second technology fund in China – and its largest single-country fund worldwide – coincides with its tenth year of investing in the mainland. More

By Rita Raagas De Ramos | 09 Apr 2008

Aberdeen’s first-mover status in Malaysia pays off

Aberdeen is among the five foreign fund managers that are permitted to operate in Malaysia. The firm is now pursuing an Islamic funds management licence in the country, according to local managing director Gerald Ambrose. More

Viva volatility!

From AsianInvestor magazine: Not everyone is crying into their beer over whipsawing securities markets – some hedge funds are in their element. Can investors still get into the game of trading volatility? More

Markets & Regulation

China allows asset outsourcing for more insurance firms

The approval is expected to free up insurance assets for fund management companies.

Products & Distribution

HSBC unveils emerging markets titans index

Geographically, China has the highest weighting in the index; sector-wise, it's energy.

People Moves

Vanguard names Asia head of investment solutions

Scott Lawrence will work with the company’s nine-person Asia-based sales team from Vanguard's office in Singapore.

Markets & Regulation

Chinese banks to invest in the US under QDII

A memorandum of understanding signed with the Securities & Exchange Commission in the US makes it the fifth market in which Chinese banks can invest.

Business Moves

Morgan Stanley and SEI to give product advice to Yinhua

Beijing-based fund house Yinhua has rolled out the most unusual arrangement in the QDII fund market to date.

Alternative Investments

Regulators riled by banks renting out QFII quotas

Hedge funds are still stuck in the QFII queue in China; although quotas are being raised, their chances of being favoured are slim. Meanwhile, regulators are fuming that banks holding QFII status are profiting from leasing out their quotas.

Alternative Investments

QDII faces up to rites of passage

It's no picnic growing up, and QDII in China is confronting some Darwinian experiences, particularly as it starts to consider the enticing but riskier prospect of hedge fund investment.

Markets & Regulation

Hong Kong and Dubai sign Islamic finance pact

The MOU sets the stage for the cross-border marketing and distribution of Islamic funds.

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