Prudential Asset Management, the Asian arm of UK insurer Prudential Plc, and Bank AlJazira have received regulatory approval to set up a fund management joint venture in Saudi Arabia. The new company, Jedda-based Prudential Jazira Asset Management, has been authorised by Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Authority to manage, advise and undertake custody services in the securities business. A spokesman for Prudential Asset Management could... Read the whole story 
By Rita Raagas De Ramos | 25 Apr 2008
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Following in the footsteps of the National Pension Service, smaller institutional investors in Korea are lining up partners with an eye to training. More
By Jame DiBiasio | 25 Apr 2008
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Mark Bamber becomes co-head of structured products at the alternative funds group in Hong Kong following Stewart Aldcroft’s retirement. More
By Jame DiBiasio | 25 Apr 2008
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ING’s survey of mass affluent investors across 13 markets in Asia shows sentiment is less positive, even if most of them believe the worst may be over in terms of the impact of the global slump on the region’s economies. More
By Rita Raagas De Ramos | 25 Apr 2008
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Today we announce the winners for alternative investments. More
By The Editors | 24 Apr 2008
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Kwek, who manages Fidelity’s $1.1 billion Asean Fund, sees many interesting opportunities in Thailand’s equity markets, but closes her arguments with this caveat: “Barring a fresh coup”. More
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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
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The credit crisis has created new opportunities for hedge-fund-of-funds managers, as the Asian universe diversifies; but will long/short managers in Asia actually short?
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3 Degrees Asset Management hires the former head of HSBC structured credit to focus on distressed debt and special situations.
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Gerald Bichon heads the team as managing director. He and executive director Dimitri Lamarlere join from Credit Suisse.
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The new distribution channel, set to open in June, is expected to double ING Fund’s mutual funds business in Thailand to THB80 billion ($2.52 billion).
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Today we announce the winners for onshore equity funds for specific Asian markets. Tomorrow: Awards for alternative investments.
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Andrew Cormie and Thue Isen join the Singapore team as regional fund managers, just in time for Prudential's planned launch of new products.
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UBS opens a new fund services office in Hong Kong with three staff who will initially target Asia-Pacific hedge fund clients and fund promoters.
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Tony Tan, GIC’s deputy chairman, expects the next few years to be the most challenging for Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund since its creation in 1981.
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