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Business Moves

Axa IM takes 50% stake in Kyobo ITMC

Axa Investment Managers will take a 50% stake in Kyobo Investment Trust Management Company, a subsidiary of Kyobo Life and Korea’s seventh-largest asset manager, with around $15 billion of assets under management. The new company will be called Kyobo Axa Investment Managers and will operate as a joint venture dedicated to asset management in Korea. Details regarding the JV’s key executives have yet to be finalised. A Kyobo Life... Read the whole story

By Jame DiBiasio | 05 Jun 2008

Business Moves

EC Harris prepares for Asian expansion

The consultancy firm appoints a new head for Asia and outlines plans to more than double profits generated from the region. More

By Rita Raagas De Ramos | 05 Jun 2008

Markets & Regulation

Schroders bets on Taiwan’s new government

The fund house has upgraded Taiwan to neutral within an Asian equities portfolio following a change of government under new president Ma Ying-jeou. More

By Rita Raagas De Ramos | 05 Jun 2008

Products & Distribution

The rise of Generation A

As people in Asia and other emerging markets get richer, the strategies being devised to profit from the effects of their wealth are becoming more surgical. More

By Nick Ferguson | 05 Jun 2008

Alternative Investments

China hedge fund beats the pessimists

Hedge fund managers at Triskele are on the prowl to grow assets after positive returns this year, courtesy of active exposure management, have confounded the general China gloom. More

By Simon Osborne | 04 Jun 2008

Robert Miller charts a course for Sail and Squadron

Robert Miller shoots the breeze with AsianInvestor about the course for his alternatives business in Asia and how it is on a dead reckoning for the doubling of assets under management. More

Thailand's fund industry in danger of being left behind

The restoration of parliamentary democracy has cheered the fund management industry, but the new government is under pressure to address the market's structural shortcomings. More

Markets & Regulation

Regulator warns of electronic trading risks

A regulator’s job is to find the right balance between the risks and rewards of electronic trading, says Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission CEO Martin Wheatley.

Markets & Regulation

FSC commissioner hopes to attract hedge funds

An island flooded with liquidity beckons, says Lee Shyan-Yuan, a commissioner at Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission.

Commentary

AMP strategist urges adherence to inflation targets

Adjusting inflation targets to allow for the current surge in food and oil prices would risk entrenching high inflation, says AMP Capital’s Shane Oliver.

Products & Distribution

HSBC launches Hong Kong’s first inflation-linked bond fund

Using inflation as an investment theme plays well on the growing fears of higher consumer prices in emerging markets.

Business Moves

Anpha Capital and Hanoi Fund forge an alliance

Anpha Capital manages around $150 million and plans to launch an infrastructure and a media fund.

Markets & Regulation

Wheatley calls for consistent approach to regulation

As stock and derivatives exchanges consolidate, Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission CEO Martin Wheatley urges regulators to cooperate.

Alternative Investments

Turning water shortage into opportunity

With no alternative to water, its supply is one of the great challenges of the 21st century and therein lies the potential for investors to profit.

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