The Financial Supervisory Service of South Korea will work to allow onshore hedging strategies by the close of 2009, says Park Won-ho, the outgoing director of asset management supervision. Every other year or so, executives at the FSS rotate. Park will leave his job but was not able to disclose his next position, nor his successor. He believes the FSS has played an active role in helping develop Korea’s mutual-funds industry... Read the whole story 
By Jame DiBiasio | 02 May 2008
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Citi launches an onshore agency and trust franchise for Middle East clients as part of a strategy to take advantage of rising capital flows into the region. More
By Nina Mehra | 02 May 2008
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The French bank's latest structured note gives investors four chances to book a 20% annual return. More
By Nick Ferguson | 02 May 2008
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Citi's head of M&A in India, Devinjit Singh, quits after nearly 20 years with the bank to join Carlyle's buyout practice. More
By Sameera Anand | 02 May 2008
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And announces that Rex Chou, a former senior vice-president of investment consulting at Schroders, has been appointed as CEO of the joint venture. More
By Liz Mak | 30 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: Both global private-equity players and Taiwan’s institutional investors are keen on domestic property allocations, which now compare favourably to real-estate investments in mainland China. More
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The focus of the survey, which will determine the ratings, will be the emerging markets of China, India, South Korea and Brazil.
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Darby hires the former head of banking for ING in the Americas to run its Asia private equity and mezzanine investment business as well as global infrastructure investing.
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Thailand’s Government Pension Fund plans to award the global real estate and global private equity mandates to up to 10 fund managers within the next three months.
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The new equity crossing engine called BlocSec kicks off in Japan and Singapore in May, with Hong Kong, Korea and Australia to follow.
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Deutsche’s property wing will operate in the subcontinent under the banner of RREEF India Advisors Private Limited.
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QDII funds, though also in negative territory, were able to perform better than A-share funds.
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A wave of resignations sweeping through Korea’s leading institutional investors means it’s nearly time to update the Rolodex.
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The new hedge fund will focus on long/short and deep-value equity strategies in Korea.
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