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September
A Chinese asset manager is planning to launch a registered hedge fund
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Galtere is raising about $1 billion for a private equity fund to invest in production facilities for agricultural commodities
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Société Générale Private Banking has appointed Olivier Gougeon as chief executive for South Asia
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Fidelity International has appointed KP Luk as head of institutional business for Hong Kong
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JP Morgan Asset Management has rolled out a range of retail mutual funds in Singapore
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August
Citigroup has hired a head of electronic markets and platforms for its securities and fund services (SFS) business in Asia Pacific
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Everstone Capital Management is looking to raise $350 million for a new India fund
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Northern Trust has received a branch licence in Beijing from the China Banking Regulatory Commission
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Thomson Reuters has added India as a hosting site for Elektron, its new real-time network and hosting environment
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Citigroup has added to its FX team in Asia
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The managing director for Asian operations at Fortis Prime Fund Solutions has stepped down
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HSBC Global Asset Management has appointed a head of sovereigns and supranationals in Asia-Pacific
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Fidessa group has announced that Tokai Tokyo Securities has selected Fidessa’s Software as a Service (SaaS) trading platform
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Deutsche Bank will launch its internal Hong Kong dark pool on August 23
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Aubrey Capital Management has appointed RBC Dexia Investor Services to offer a complete range of investor services to its Australian domiciled funds
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TPG Capital is planning to raise $736.4 million for a yuan-denominated fund in Shanghai
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UBS has appointed Lutfey Siddiqi to head fixed income, currencies and commodities corporate coverage group in the Asia-Pacific region
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China’s sovereign wealth fund may appoint China Asset Management to manage part of its international investments
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The Indian market regulator has expanded disclosure norms for derivative investments and set exposure limits for mutual funds
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Mapletree Investments is planning to raise about $928 million for a Japan property fund in 2010
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Citigroup will unveil dark pool electronic trading in Singapore in early 2011
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Aberdeen Asset Management’s Asia unit has been granted regulatory approval to invest in Chinese securities
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Credit Suisse is planning to launch a $1 billion fund specializing in emerging market debt
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ING Investment Management has appointed Grant Bailey as its Asia CEO
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Singapore Mercantile Exchange has received approval to operate as an international commodity and currency derivatives exchange
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HSBC has named its new head of emerging markets foreign exchange trading for Asia-Pacific
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Quvat Management is planning to launch its third private equity fund focusing on South-east Asia
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Taiwan’s Labour Pension Fund has awarded $750 million worth of global emerging-market equity mandates
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Morgan Stanley has hired a top UBS executive to run electronic trading in Japan
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Standard Chartered hires Global Head of Fixed Income Research
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The Hong Kong unit of Haitong Securities has received regulatory approval to launch a fixed-income fund in the city
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London-based asset manager ACPI Investments has unveiled an Indian bond fund
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Aviva has filed for asset management licence in China
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Pilgrim Partners Asia has selected LaCrosse Global Fund Services to provide fund administration services
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Tata Capital's Singapore unit has formed a strategic alliance with Mizuho Securities
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China Investment Corporation (CIC) is seeking to acquire stakes in Harvard University’s US-focused real-estate funds for nearly $500 million
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Taiwan is mulling a state investment firm similar to Singapore’s Temasek Holdings to manage the island’s assets
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BMB Islamic has launched the Global Islamic Finance Report 2010, an executive primer on Islamic finance
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Citigroup has hired a head of electronic execution product for Asia-Pacific
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Northern Trust has appointed a North Asian sales director for its corporate and institutional services business unit
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Credit Suisse has appointed Myo Schollum as head of prime services coverage in Japan
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July
Daiwa Capital Markets has appointed Dick Lo as head of stock derivatives trading and Julien Petit-Pasquier as head of index trading
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ESI Super has restructured its $800 million Australian equities portfolio
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Jefferies has appointed a chief executive of Jefferies’ Asia business
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The National Council for Social Security Fund is looking to triple its overseas investments to 20%
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Standard Life Investments (SLI) has teamed up with Chuo Mitsui Asset Trust and Banking to boost its presence in Asia
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Charles River Development has teamed up with BlocSec to enable its clients to anonymously trade large blocks of Asian equities and efficiently support workflows
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UBS Global Asset Management has renewed its contract with National Australia Bank’s asset servicing division
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Nomura Asset Management has selected Investec to manage a new commodities and resources fund
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Japan will extend a ban on naked short selling until October 31, 2010
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Partners Group will assist Korea Investment Corporation in investing in the real estate markets
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Orchid Asia Group Management is targeting to raise $600 million for its fifth fund, Orchid Asia V
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T. Rowe Price is adding equity investment management and research capabilities in its Sydney office to enhance local coverage of Australian equities
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Evolvence Capital has started its third fund focused on India
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Japanese hedge fund firm Finnowave Investments is looking to quadruple its assets to $1.2 billion in about two years
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Amundi Japan and Nomura Holdings are planning to roll out a public mutual fund devoted to the seafood business
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UBS has nominated the founder of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority for election to its board of directors in 2011
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National Australia Bank (NAB) is likely to sell a minority stake in its $600 billion asset custody division to BNY Mellon Asset Servicing
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The Korea Teachers Credit Union has awarded mandates to Fidelity International and Goldman Sachs Asset Management
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Trivest Advisors, formed by a trio of former Chinese traders, has raised $93 million for its first hedge fund
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Aberdeen Property Investors is planning to launch a fund investing in property funds in Asia Pacific
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Boom times may be over for service providers to Australia’s $880m national pensions pool
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Regulators have granted National Australia Bank more time to prepare its bid for AXA’s Asian asset management business
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Taiwan’s Public Service Pension Fund has awarded mandates worth $930 million
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UBS hire boosts its Asian prime broking sales operation
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Deutsche Bank closes Japanese desk responsible for futures trading error
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KKR is looking to raise an $800 million China-focused fund
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Melbourne-based pension scheme Legalsuper is seeking to award a custody mandate
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Société Générale Private Banking has appointed the chief executive of its growing China business
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Leading representatives of the securities finance industry in Australia discuss the status of the market at the Global Investor / isf Roundtable
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BNY Mellon has appointed a regional manager for broker-dealer services in Asia
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HSBC Securities Services has a new head of product management, transfer agency services for the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East
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JP Morgan has a new head of treasury management for the Asia-Pacific region
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Citicorp Securities Indonesia has joined the Indonesia Stock Exchange as an equities broker
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HSBC is looking to develop a prime broking unit in Asia
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LaCrosse Global Fund Services has been selected by Iridium Asset Management to offer fund administration and operational support for its Asia fund
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Northern Trust has appointed a manager to head South-East Asia region operations
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HSBC has appointed Melvyn Ford as a managing director in the financial institutions group in global banking
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China's regulators have granted approval for a joint venture fund management firm set up by BNY Mellon and Western Securities
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Woodsford Capital Management has appointed LaCrosse Global Fund Services
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Standard Chartered Bank has appointed a new global head of cash equities sales
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Barclays hires executives from Goldman and BNP to boost its Asia investment banking business
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Japanese regulator grants Chi-X Japan, the subsidiary of Chi-X Global, a proprietary trading system licence
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Japan’s Mizuho Securities has appointed Alastair Sclater to head its prime brokerage business in Singapore
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Kasikorn Asset Management is fundraising for a mutual fund that will invest in bonds of Indian banks and companies
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Daiwa Capital Markets is acquiring the global convertible bonds and Asian equity derivatives business lines of Belgium’s KBC Group
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UK hedge fund manager RAB Capital has appointed the head of its Hong Kong-based office
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Taiwan has been heralded as a prime example of an emerging market doing all the right things to put itself on the international stage
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CITIC Capital Partners is looking to raise $340 million for its second fund targeting Japan
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June
Reliance Asset Management (Malaysia) is planning to roll out two Shariah-compliant funds
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State Street Global Advisors has been awarded $10 billion of mandates by an Australian pension fund
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Charlemagne Capital, a specialist emerging markets group, has launched the Magna Emerging Markets Dividend Fund.
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Jupiter Asset Management has launched an Institutional Hedged class for clients in the Jupiter Japan Income Fund
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Credit Suisse has added six more people to its global FX sales team in Asia Pacific
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RSR Capital is planning to raise about $500 million for the Caerus Arbitrage Asia Fund
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Head of a Saudi group calls for a real estate exchange to be established in Dubai
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IBK Securities has teamed up with Financial Risk Management to launch a fund of hedge funds in Korea
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LaSalle, a global real estate investment manager, has appointed its chief investment officer for Asia Pacific
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The head of Asia-Pacific at Morgan Stanley Investment Management has left
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BNY Mellon AM Korea has received a Discretionary Investment Management licence in Korea
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RBS has set up a structured equity trading platform in Hong Kong and made some hires to lead the effort
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The Bombay Stock Exchange has launched a separate settlement unit
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South Korea is planning to increase a limit on foreign banks usage of currency derivatives
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UBS has hired Ashley Jarvis as global head of business and capital consultancy in its prime brokerage division
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Asian institutions' appetite for external asset management is growing slowly but new research shows that many institutions across Asia are making a longer-term commitment to managing assets in-house.
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The national pension fund of China is looking to raise overseas investments in stocks and bonds
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Guotai Asset Management has appointed State Street as global custodian and trading service provider for its index fund
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Goldman Sachs Asset Management has formed an asset management services cooperation partnership with Korean securities firm
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Nomura Securities will start exchange-based foreign exchange margin trading this summer to draw more currency investors
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East Capital has completed the acquisition of Asia Growth Investors
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One of JP Morgan custody sales team has quit to join Citigroup’s fund admin service business
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Electronic trading platform Liquidnet will start trading in the New Zealand stock market from June 22
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Baring Asset Management (Barings) has appointed a head of mutual fund sales and client service in Japan
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Janus Capital has appointed a new master agent in Taiwan
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Basis Yield Alpha Fund, an Australian hedge fund, is suing Goldman Sachs for $1bn
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New Zealand Clearing and Depository names chairman and new board member
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The Singapore Exchange has added BNP Paribas Securities Services as a bank clearing member for listed derivatives
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BNP Paribas Securities Services is opening its latest location in Beijing, China.
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First listing for the largest UK-domiciled investment trust launched in last 16 years
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Galaxy Asset Management is rolling out a multi-strategy Ucits-compliant fund on the Merchant Capital platform
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National Asset Servicing, part of National Australia Bank group, is close to selling a 30% stake
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BNP Paribas Securities Services has been granted clearing membership to begin offering clearing services in the listed derivatives products locally
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China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has approved five more securities firms to participate in the pilot programme of margin trading and short selling
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Citigroup’s securities and fund services has named a new managing director, regional client and sales management head for intermediaries and infrastructures, Asia-Pacific
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Saturna Sendirian has received an Islamic fund management licence in Malaysia
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CLSA’s China asset management joint venture is planning to close its $1.5 billion fund
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Japanese investment bank Daiwa Capital Markets has named a managing director and global head of derivatives structuring
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HSBC names a new chief executive officer for its Chinese operations
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UBS has named its head of prime brokerage sales for Singapore
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The Australian Stock Exchange is to cut trading fees, launch a block trading facility and a platform for high-frequency traders
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The case for investing in Asian emerging markets is clear but should investors go directly through a mutual fund or indirectly with an ETF?
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Nasdaq OMX will set up an ultra low latency trading platform on the Singapore Exchange
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Five New Zealand power companies have signed a deal with the Australian Securities Exchange to operate a derivatives market
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Tora, a trading technology vendor, is planning to set up a pan-Asian dark pool
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May
BlackBerry Partners Fund has partnered with China Broadband Capital Partners to raise an affiliate fund
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China International Capital Corporation is looking to launch a $300 million private equity fund
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National Stock Exchange of India is planning to offer short sales
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Legg Mason has rolled out a Ucits III absolute return fund for Singapore investors
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Brown Brothers Harriman is its global head of sales for Infomediary to Hong Kong
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JP Morgan Treasury & Securities Services is setting up a derivatives processing hub in Sydney
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Chi-X Global, a subsidiary of Instinet Incorporated, has announced a new chairman
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Citigroup has launched Citi Match, a dark pool in Japan
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RBC Dexia has been selected by Superfund to provide fund administration, custody and other services
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Kingtone Wirelessinfo Solution Holding has appointed BNY Mellon as its depositary bank
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Credit Suisse has appointed a head of prime consulting Asia Pacific
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Pramerica Asset Managers has received regulatory approval to start mutual fund operations in India
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Societe Generale will transfer its stake in a Chinese mutual fund joint venture to another subsidiary
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BNY Mellon has been appointed to act as the depositary bank for Wintek
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RBC Capital Markets has boosted its global FX team in the Asia-Pacific region
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T&D Asset Management is planning a hedge fund, which will seek to profit from shorting strategies in Japanese stocks
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China’s National Council for Social Security Fund has selected Newton Investment Management to run an active European equity mandate
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Chi-X Australia has made two senior appointments ahead of the launch of its platform later this year
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Barclays Capital has boosted its prime services team in Asia
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Goodman Group and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) are planning a fund focused on development opportunities in Australia
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India is set to become Standard Chartered’s biggest single market.
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QSuper has appointed National Australia Bank to offer master custody and investment reporting services
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Thailand’s Government Pension Fund is looking to raise its alternatives investment limit
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Liquidnet Holding will roll out dark pool trading in New Zealand in June
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South Korea’s financial regulator has, in principle, approved naked short selling of bonds to increase depth and liquidity of the market
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Standard Chartered Bank has appointed Kim Yong Kook and Richard Stone to the cash equities team
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State Street is starting collateral management services in Sydney
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BNY Mellon's Treasury Services arm has appointed a senior relationship manager in India
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ICICI Venture is planning to roll out a $500 million infrastructure fund by July
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BNY Mellon has won the custody mandate for China Construction Bank's upcoming QDII fund
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Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is planning a $5-6 billion infrastructure fund.
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Ping An of China Asset Management launched its first ETF on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
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Axa Investment Managers has restructured its Japan equities team
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Challenger Financial Services has acquired Credit Suisse Investments Australia
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Nomura will launch a dark pool in Hong Kong at the end of May
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RBC Dexia Trust Services Hong Kong Limited today announced it has been awarded a mandate in Hong Kong.
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Christopher Kearns has been appointed as global product manager of at BNY Mellon
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Hermes Fund Managers Australia has appointed Ian Manton-Hall as director
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Asian hedge fund managers have met increasing difficulty in finding capital for their new funds, according to new research
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Fuh Hwa Securities Investment Trust has appointed BNY Mellon as global custodian of one of its funds
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Merrion has recruited a specialist long/short equity team to manage a new Ucits III European absolute return fund
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Temasek Holdings has acquired a 5% stake in India’s National Stock Exchange
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Lyxor Asset Management and Martin Currie have rolled out a non-benchmarked long/short strategy fund.
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April
Deutsche Bank has rolled out an automated straight-through processing fund administration and custody solution in Indonesia
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AIMA Singapore responds to the latest MAS consultation paper on proposed revisions to fund management regulatory regime
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LUCRF Super has hired Arrowstreet Capital, MFS Investment Management and DFA Australia as new international equity managers.
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore has tightened supervision of the fund management industry
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Russia has seen the benefits of building a long-term strategic alliance with its powerful neighbour, China
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Sammy Yip, head of ETFs for Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong, has left State Street Global Advisors to join another firm.
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Tiburon Partners is rolling out a Ucits III long/short fund to invest in the Asian equity market.
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Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company (HKSCC) has admitted over-the-counter (OTC) structured products and equity linked notes (ELN) to its list of eligible securities.
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency will renew tighter rules on short-selling for a fifth time
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Citibank Japan Securities Services has been appointed by Interactive Brokers Securities Japan, to provide Third Party Clearing services in Japan.
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Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund is looking to award more than $2bn million worth of global fixed income mandates
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Moonraker Fund Management believes the commodity story will continue in China as the country now switches its infrastructure development from the major cities of the Eastern seaboard to rural areas.
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RBC Dexia Investor Services said today it has extended its relationship with Aisling Analytics Pte Ltd, a leading hedge fund in Asia.
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The Singapore Exchange Derivatives Clearing is to expand its central clearing operation to include OTC financial derivatives
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore is reviewing the fund management industry, including hedge funds and private equity firms.
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HSBC reshuffled its multi-manager division after seconding a senior executive to a job in Vietnam
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Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (EdR AM) has appointed Manulife Asset Management as its master agent in Taiwan to help distribute funds.
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Citigroup has rolled out a global operating platform especially for hedge funds.
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Putnam Investments has rolled out a global equity fund of funds, which will offer exposure to all sectors in the MSCI World Index.
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The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has cancelled its mandates managed by GMO
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J.P. Morgan Chase’s Vedika Bhandarkar will join Credit Suisse Group as vice-chairman and head of investment banking operations.
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The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) of the Philippines is seeking at least two global investment managers.
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BNY Mellon has appointed Magnus Wilson-Webb and Jim Brooks as business development managers
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Citi has hired ex-Fidelity Asia chief executive Chris Ryan as senior adviser for investor services
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The Australian Securities Lending Association is urging regulators to make exemptions for short-selling rules
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is investing more in higher-risk, higher-return hedge funds and private equity
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Taiwan’s Labour Pension Fund is seeking managers for three emerging market equity mandates
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Carlyle Group has received $2.6 billion in investments for its third Asian buyout fund
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Chi-X Global is planning to enter the Hong Kong and South Korean markets
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East Capital has acquired Asia Growth Investors, a Swedish boutique asset manager focusing on China
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Euroclear has named a new regional head of Asia Pacific, effective June1.
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The Reserve Bank of India has allowed foreign funds to use their government bond holdings as collateral for stock market transactions
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Standard Chartered Private Bank has appointed a new head of investment advisory for North East Asia
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Evergreen Capital, founded by ex-head of real estate at Goldman Sachs, has launched a hedge fund.
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Credit Suisse has appointed Tom Wyse for its transition management capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Brazil’s largest bank, Itau, has opened an asset management firm in Tokyo.
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Citigroup has launched the Citi BRIC Commodities Index, the first index that provides investors access to broad commodity exposure in proportion to the consumption of commodities in the BRIC countries.
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State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has opened an office in Seoul to tap Korea’s mutual funds market.
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Find out who claimed the biggest mandate wins.
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Citigroup has started Citi Algorithmic Trading, a platform for its institutional equity trading clients.
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Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund will not change its asset allocation model, with around two-thirds of its portfolio invested in government bonds.
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Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is planning to raise the amount of money it allocates to alternative investments over the next three years.
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Legalsuper has terminated four managers across various portfolios to rationalise the number of managers the fund has after its recent mergers.
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Mark Payson, Global head of Trading and Asset Liability Management at BBH explains how the firm’s prudent approach during the financial crisis helped it avoid negative headlines and seize on new opportunities.
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Commodities are one of the least understood investment opportunities but are growing in popularity. Global Investor/isf examines the reasons behind the surge in popularity.
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China Investment Corp has had to cut by half the funding it is requesting from the government
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Australia has given in-principle approval to a licence application by Chi-X Global to start operations
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The Shanghai government is planning a pilot scheme to make it easier for foreign investors to access local private equity funds.
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March
BNY Mellon Asset Management has appointed a director of institutional business in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.
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China has unveiled its trial programme for margin trading and short selling
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State Street Global Markets, the investment research and trading arm of State Street Corporation today released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index for March 2010.
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Standard Chartered is offering a range of securities services to institutional investors in Vietnam
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AIG has partly disposed off its asset management business to private-investment firm Pacific Century Group.
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Deutsche Bank's prime broker unit is hiring staff to attract business from hedge-fund start-ups in Asia
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Deutsche Bank today announced its appointment as depositary bank for the American Depositary Receipt programme of Japan Retail Fund Investment Corporation.
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Korea Investment & Securities has chosen GAIN Capital as a primary clearing partner
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The Qantas Superannuation Plan has handed the mandate to JP Morgan
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State Bank of India and Société Générale of France have set up a custodial services joint venture
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Citigroup has named company veteran Pramit Jhaveri as the new head for its India business
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Legg Mason affiliate, Batterymarch Financial Management, believes emerging markets have excellent economic staying power and that valuations show no signs of an emerging markets bubble.
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Australian Indexed Investments (Aii) has appointed RBC Dexia Investor Services.
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Global regulators, working under the guidance of the Bank of International Settlements, have proposed measures for securities financing and derivatives trading.
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Global regulators, working under the guidance of the Bank of International Settlements, have proposed measures for securities financing and derivatives trading.
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Goldman Sachs has applied for a banking licence in India
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J.P. Morgan Asset Management has closed its Asia fund with over $900 million.
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Reserve Bank of India has asked market participants to report repo trades in corporate bonds to clearing corporations for settlement.
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State Street has begun pricing mandates for onshore investment managers in Japan
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Goldman Sachs Futures has been added as a trading and clearing member of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) securities market.
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Aviva Investors is recruiting asset managers in Singapore
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China has granted six brokerages permission to participate in a trial for short selling and margin trading
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Citigroup is building a team that helps pension and government-backed funds manage direct hedge fund investments.
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BNP Paribas Securities Services has transferred a $28 billion global custody asset base onto a single Asia Pacific platform
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The China fund venture of BNP Paribas is planning to unveil the country’s first mutual fund
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Investment Technology Group rolls out trading platform to link up Asia’s dark pools
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CITIC Securities is planning to partly sell its stakes in two subsidiaries
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Kotak Mahindra (UK), a wholly owned subsidiary of India’s Kotak Mahindra Bank, has launched its India Growth Fund
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Religare has hired a team from KBC Japan to set-up a asset management, sales and distribution platform in Japan
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Tasmania's superannuation fund has ended Barclays Global Investors' mandate
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India Infoline has received approval for securities trading and clearing memberships from the Singapore Exchange
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UBS Global Asset Management (Taiwan) will roll out an emerging markets equities fund this year
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Deutsche Trustee Malaysia has unveiled a registrar and transfer agency in Kuala Lumpur
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It is no surprise that the global investment community is keen to tap into the Chinese market, for not only are the prospects for growth looking good but the economy is transforming as it moves up the value chain.
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Atlantic Investment Management has started an Asia-focused hedge fund.
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has postponed the short-selling reporting deadline from April 1 to June 1
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RBC Dexia Investor Services has been selected by Omega Global Investors to provide custody, administration and registry services
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The Australian Securities Lending Association (ASLA) has released a comprehensive newsletter detailing key market events of the past 18 months.
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Asset Super has reappointed National Australia Bank’s asset servicing unit as custodian
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The real estate unit of Franklin Templeton is seeking to raise $300 million for its second Asian real estate fund
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Thailand’s Government Pension Fund is planning to expand its investments into commodities, global private equities and real estate
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BNP Paribas is reviewing options for its mutual fund business in India
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Economic uncertainty and high commodity prices will make the investment environment in China in 2010 more difficult than last year
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Black’s Link Capital will launch an Asia hedge fund to trade securities affected by events, such as mergers
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F&C is combining two of its core capabilities - emerging market equities and sustainable investment – by launching a new strategy that will give investors access to the growth potential of emerging economies.
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Up to seven Chinese brokerages will get licences for margin trading and short selling in China
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The financial regulator of Hong Kong has launched a new short selling disclosure regime
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Global Investor/isf brings you all the top news from the 7th annual PASLA conference in Hong Kong.
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The 7th annual PASLA/RMA conference on Asian securities lending got underway today. Global Investor/isf is there and brings you the best of it.
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Global Investor/isf brings you all the top news from the 7th annual PASLA conference in Hong Kong.
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Global Investor/isf brings you all the top news from the 7th annual PASLA conference in Hong Kong.
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BBH has assigned two key staff to its Hong Kong office.
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Credit Suisse today named a new director and head of Investment Solutions for Southeast Asia and Australasia for its Private Banking division.
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Franklin Templeton Real Estate Advisors has launched the Franklin Templeton Asian Real Estate Fund 2
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Nomura India has made a number of senior appointments
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Citigroup’s private bank and China Resources Group have launched two real estate funds
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RBC Capital Markets has hired Raymond Schumertl, as a director of Global Macro FX Sales
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February
An Och-Ziff Capital Management and Goldman Sachs veteran, Frank Yu, has founded a China-focused private equity firm
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The Malaysian unit of Manulife Asset Management has named Jason Chong chief investment officer
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Carlyle Group is teaming up with Fosun to launch a renminbi fund
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Dominick Falco is one of the founding fathers of the Pan Asia Securities Lending Association. He tells Global Investor/isf about the evolution he has witnessed in both Asia and the association.
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Singapore fund manager Aisling Analytics is to launch a $300 million equity hedge fund
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Australia was one of the last markets to lift the ban on short selling but has gained a reputation as a market that deserves attention
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The introduction of margin lending and stock index futures in China look likely to be launched this year
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Singapore has had to bend to new global best practice and implement rules that go against a policy that has successfully built a hedge fund industry on the island
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Asia hedge funds are back in business only to discover that the barriers to entry are now much higher
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Details of the next PASLA / Risk Management Association Securities Lending conference are now available
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Hedge fund managers are taking action in a bid to reduce their risk exposure, a study of the industry has found.
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MLC, an Australian wealth manager, has ended its contract with two US fund managers, Bridgewater and BlackRock
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The Philippine Stock Exchange has laid out new guidelines for the securities, borrowing and lending programme
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China Investment Corporation to commit $1.5 billion to the private equity secondary market through custom accounts
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Korea Securities Depository has agreed to link with Euroclear’s fund processing platform, FundSettle
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Standard Chartered Private Bank plans to open offices in two new Indian cities this year, and to double the number of its relationship managers in the country
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BNY Mellon has been appointed as fiscal agent for Westpac $1.2 billion of Samurai bonds
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Korea Investment Corporation is to boost its allocations to alternative investments
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China's market has rallied 60% during 2009, but this is not bubble territory
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The Philippine Stock Exchange’s stock lending and borrowing guidelines have been approved by the regulator
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Taiwan’s Public Service Pension Fund has awarded four global equity mandates worth $900 million
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Woori Investment & Securities along with Temasek’s Fullerton Fund Management will roll out a $30 million fund of hedge funds
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Japanese hedge fund advisory firm, J-Flag Investment, is planning to set up a long-short fund
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Penson Financial Services Australia will provide clearing services for equities and exchange traded options for D2MX
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Aussie Super funds are looking to separate custody from securities lending and collateral management.
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Allianz has awarded its insurance custody mandate for Asia to Citigroup
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Apollo Management is setting up an Asia Pacific property fund
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BNY Mellon has obtained Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor scheme to invest in Chinese stocks and bonds
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Citi Global Transaction Services wins custody mandate from JP Morgan
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ING Investment Management has appointed Pranay Gupta as Asia-Pacific CIO
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Lunar Capital holds first close of its Shanghai-based private equity fund
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Merseyside pension fund is looking to award $800 million worth of Far East and emerging market equity mandates
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January
Nikko Asset Management is to launch an open-ended investment trust in partnership with the World Bank
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Ogier is to offer Guernsey and Jersey services in Asia
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Religare Mutual Fund has launched a gold-backed fund in India
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Aberdeen Asset Management has won two institutional mandates
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Citigroup’s Global Transaction Services business has been awarded a new custody mandate in Australia
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Citi has won a Korean custody mandate
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HSBC has named a new head of Global Custody, Asia-Pacific
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BNY Mellon has hired David Brown as vice president of its broker-dealer global sales in Hong Kong
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Deutsche has made a strategic hire in its Asia prime brokerage business.
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LCH.Clearnet is seeking to offer swap clearing to Japanese banks
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Martin Currie is rolling out a UK-domiciled open-ended China fund
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New Horizon Capital is looking to raise $1 billion for a private equity fund
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American Century Investments makes key appointment for its Hong Kong office
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BNP Paribas Investment Partners has agreed to set up an asset management venture with a Taiwanese bank
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Taiwan’s Public Service Pension Fund has short-listed candidates for two global equity mandates
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Brown Brothers Harriman has appointed Andrew Tucker as its first Asia-Pacific head
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Credit Suisse has been hired by Investors Trust Assurance as its global custodian
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Reliance Capital is in talks with Malaysia to manage $2.5 billion of public and government funds
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Alfred Berg has made two key additions to its investment team.
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BNY Mellon strengthens Taiwan operation
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The upcoming Commonwealth Games this year will help put a spotlight on the Indian economic growth, and boost infrastructure investment plans, says Nitin Jain, principal fund manager, Kotak Mahindra (UK).
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Standard Chartered Bank has been approved as a market maker in China’s bond market
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Chinese securities brokerage, Citic Securities, is looking to sell part of one of its businesses.
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Credit Suisse makes another strategic hire in Asia.
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New Delhi-based DLF is restructuring
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Singapore’s 3 Degrees Asset Management has introduced a credit opportunities fund
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India has expelled Société Générale from the Indian equities market
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Ant Capital Partners is looking to raise finances for a Japanese buyout fund in February
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Hedge fund manager, Tiresias Capital, is planning to launch its Asian fund in the first quarter of 2010
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Ex-chief fund manager at Credit Suisse Asset Management, Kunio Tomiyama, is looking to set up a Japan hedge fund by the end of 2010
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China’s Guotai Asset Management is looking to set up an index-tracking overseas fund in March
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MFC Global Investment Management (Asia) has hired a head of Asia-Pacific equities.
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Carlyle Group is planning a renminbi-denominated fund and has partnered with the Beijing municipal government for the same
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Legalsuper has restructured its investment portfolio, terminating 17 fund managers and hiring five.
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Hong Kong-based SAIL Advisors is looking to launch a $200-300 million fund
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Aberdeen Asset Management Asia’s equities chief in Singapore will resign this year.
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Citigroup First Investment Management (CFIM) has floated a new fund targeting greater China equities.
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Newedge, a multi-asset broker and clearer, has appointed Laurent Cunin as head of Asia Pacific region, and Pierre Gay has been named global head of fixed income, currency and commodities
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The Standard Chartered Private Bank has appointed Mark Jackman as Global Head of its Trust and Fiduciary business.
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Atom Capital Management is planning to roll out a new Japan-focused hedge fund in March
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China has received approval from its State Council to float stock index futures and for a trial programme involving short selling and margin trading of stocks
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UBS has hired Reto Marx as managing director and ultra-high-net-worth country team head
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ING Investment Management is planning to roll out two quant funds in India
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Nomura and Ashmore are placing a bid to acquire a stake in China’s SYWG BNP Paribas Asset Management
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India has increased the tenure of contracts for stock lending and borrowing to a maximum period of one year.
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The equity market rally that began in March 2009 will continue in 2010, but the market’s rise will be less steep than last year.
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Chi-East, a joint venture of Chi-X Global and Singapore Exchange, has appointed Ned Phillips as chief executive
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Penjing Asset Management and Asia Alternative Asset Partners have entered a joint venture to raise investment capital for start-up hedge funds
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Taiwan’s Bureau of Labour Insurance has awarded three mandates totalling $600 million
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BNY Mellon has hired Filippo Santilli as its first Asia-Pacific managing director of liquidity services
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India’s Motilal Oswal Financial Services has received regulatory approval to launch its mutual fund business in the country
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China has awarded $1.5 billion of State Administration of Foreign Exchange quotas to two asset managers
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London-based DAR Capital Group will roll out its film funding business in the first half of 2010
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