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Templeton questions MBKÆs offer to buy out minority shareholders in AsiaPharm, while TecityÆs plan to delist Straits Trading gets a fillip as the competing bidder withdraws.

The fund management company focuses on private equity investments in Vietnam, but Templeton hopes to leverage on the partnership with Vietcombank for other areas of asset management.

Tom Duffy passes the baton to Wayne Shum.

Mercer''s Wayne Shum joins the firm in Hong Kong.

The Korean Development Bank has injected W350 billion into a fund it hopes will jumpstart Korea''s high-yield bond market.

National pension scheme outsources funds to a foreign manager for the first time.

Franklin Templeton Investments has appointed Jed Plafker as country head for Hong Kong.

Singapore''s Advani to oversee Hong Kong while regional head Reed moves to Seoul.