Think you know all the right people in Seoul? Perhaps not for much longer: the financial elite is going through massive turnover, in most cases heralded by the arrival of the new president, Lee Myung-bak. His conservative Grand National Party (GNP) was elected to the Blue House in February and won control of the National Assembly in parliamentary elections held on April 8. Rotation among bureaucrats and managers at state-owned pension... Read the whole story 
By Jame DiBiasio | 28 Apr 2008
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The new hedge fund will focus on long/short and deep-value equity strategies in Korea. More
By Simon Osborne | 28 Apr 2008
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Choon is expected to introduce the firm’s strategies to professional investors in Asia, including pension funds, central banks, sovereign wealth funds and financial institutions. More
By Rita Raagas De Ramos | 28 Apr 2008
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The bank's head of securities finance for Asia-Pacific takes on the mantle as chairman of Pasla, an industry body that promotes securities lending activities in the region.
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By Nina Mehra | 28 Apr 2008
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The JV has received regulatory approval. The two parties are also moving forward with a joint venture in Islamic insurance, known as a takaful. More
By Rita Raagas De Ramos | 25 Apr 2008
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CEO Alan Kam says his next move in building the fund house’s range of products is to focus on fixed-income portfolios and Reits. 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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Following in the footsteps of the National Pension Service, smaller institutional investors in Korea are lining up partners with an eye to training.
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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.
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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.
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Today we announce the winners for alternative investments.
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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 Bt80 billion ($2.52 billion).
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