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May
The pursuit of uncorrelated returns and desire for diversification are encouraging Asian investors to overlook recent weak results from managed futures
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The city state’s proactive approach led to rapid growth in securities lending but the market has stalled over the last couple of years, finds Matt Kovac
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The city’s Marina Bay Financial Centre has seen a recent uptick in interest from Western financial institutions
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Hedge funds and institutional investors are invited to rate their synthetic finance providers
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JPMorgan has appointed a new head of trust, fiduciary and compliance reporting
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The International Organisation of Securities Commissions has elected a chairman of its new board
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SunGard’s new solution helps lenders maximise their Japanese lending opportunities
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The Global Investor/ISF tri-party survey has now closed and the results go live next Wednesday
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Hedge funds focused on emerging Asia had a positive first quarter
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JPMorgan is looking to expand its prime brokerage business into Asia
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BNP Paribas Securities Services announces that Viraj Kulkarni will replace Pierre-Alexandre Thome
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Hong Kong’s stock exchange has increased the eligibility criteria for market capitalisation and turnover velocity
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Euroclear has snapped up industry veteran Saheed Awan to lead its global collateral management business
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HSBC has appointed former Deutsche and Merrill Lynch prime services head
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University of Sydney Business School' s Michael McKenzie said short-sellers do not destabilise markets at the Global Investor/ISF Master Class
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QSuper says "watch this space" on securities lending arrangements
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At the Global Investor/ISF Securities Finance Master Class, BNP Paribas said that Australian securities lending leads in some areas and is behind in others
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Rainmaker warns that Australians are suspicious of hedge funds at Global Investor/ISF Master Class in Sydney
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Schroders has appointed four senior professionals in its emerging market debt relative return team
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At the Global Investor/ISF Master Class, BNP Paribas said that Australian securities lending leads in some areas and is behind in others
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Rainmaker warns that Australians are suspicious of hedge funds
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April
While the take-up of Ucits in Asia has been successful, BNP Paribas Securities Services and Knadel conclude that key challenges remain
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Japan’s Pension Fund Association has chosen RiskMetrics HedgePlatform as their hedge fund transparency provider
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Market infrastructure in Asia is developing quickly to support burgeoning financial markets, but a uniform system across the region is still a long way off, Blake Evans-Pritchard reports
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The growth of Asian hedge funds has not reduced short selling costs, says Data Explorers
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The Global Investor/ISF Master Class, a securities finance event, will be held in Sydney on 3 May. Sign up for one of the remaining places today.
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RBC Dexia split honours with Citi in 2012 with RBC Dexia retaining first place in the overall unweighted table but ceding that position in the overall weighted table to Citi
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The present CEO is moving to a new position within Mitsubishi
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The French elections are causing more worry for investors than Portugal or Italy, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch
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Standard Chartered has made two hires in its equity capital markets team
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CCPs and other clearing and settlement systems face new international principles
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In Asia, lending balance is confined to a limited number of stocks and relatively tight supply means higher fees can be charged by lenders, according to Data Explorers
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Forthcoming iShares ETF to be based on new index
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Slower growth in China means the next phase of its economic development will be the toughest yet, with reform essential to future growth, says Bob Campion
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BNY Mellon has created a new role for strategy and development of its Asian investment management business
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Nomura explains why it has won the Global Investor/ISF transition management survey for the second year running
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The securities lending data provider has been acquired by Markit
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March
BNP Paribas has hired two ex-Nomura prime brokers to continue building out the team
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The agreement is part of Instinet's efforts to connect to all meaningful pools of liquidity in the region
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Paul Hamill, global head of prime services at HSBC, believes his firm's hybrid custody and prime brokerage model has an advantage in the post-Lehman world. Stephanie Baxter asks him about how his business has evolved since its creation in 2009
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The new hire follows the Asian company’s expansion efforts in the US since early 2010
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State Street will replace NAB Asset Servicing as the fund’s custodian
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Renaissance Asset Managers CIO and president Plamen Monovski knows exactly what he is looking for in emerging and frontier investments. Stephanie Baxter caught up with him at celebrations for the firm exceeding $3bn in AuM
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Orient Capital will offer its investor relations services to SGSS’s registry clients
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ETFs are gaining traction with Asian investors, but core holdings will remain in active management for quite some time due to regulation and impressive performance. Paul Golden reports
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Nomura appoints a global head of equity strategy and a global head of quantitative strategy to replace Ian Scott
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Standard Chartered has hired a global head of structured equity in Hong Kong
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Singapore is increasingly popular with financial service providers, while remaining confident about Hong Kong’s stock market, according to Kinetic Partners
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A large Japanese pension fund has selected the MSCI Japan ESG Index
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The new platform will facilitate repo financing transactions between members of Hong Kong’s Central Moneymarkets Unit and international financial institutions
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Annabelle Palmer considers whether the time is right for a wholesale reconsideration of the way risk is evaluated across the globe
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Nomura maintained its top position in Global Investor/ISF’s 2012 transition management survey. Analysis by Luke Clancy and Alastair O’Dell
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The 2012 Global Investor/ISF transition management survey results have been released on our website.
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The fund of hedge funds industry saw growth in assets last year, according to InvestHedge
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The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index has had its strongest start to a year in 12 years
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Nikko Asset Management reveals that its chairman and CEO will be replaced in April
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A new study by Northern Trust shows that institutional investors have access to a wider range of indexing options across the beta spectrum
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JPMorgan’s new paper looks at how structural links can exist between pension investments and their sponsors’ economic exposures
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BMO Capital markets has appointed a new head of global prime finance
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Investment management firms are invited to put themselves forward for the annual awards ceremony in June
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The Chinese regulator has been busy gearing up its pilot
securities lending programme. Beijing-based Fang Qingli, head of prime services, CITICS, speaks to Alastair O’Dell about how arrangements are progressing
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Sinclair Scholfield, head of securities finance for Australia and New Zealand, State Street, says his region’s markets are being held back by widespread misconceptions and archaic lending practices. But, he tells Annabelle Palmer, things are changing
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February
Bloomberg has revealed an enhanced version of its Bloomberg Professional service
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Institutional investors have an increasingly positive attitude towards hedge fund investing, according to Deutsche Bank’s Anita Nemes. Stephanie Baxter reports
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High profile traders continue to strike out on their own with new hedge funds domiciled in the region. Paul Golden reports
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Standard Chartered's global repo head is no longer at the bank
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Australia’s army of Super pension funds are keen to engage in securities lending programmes. But with light demand comes light returns, finds Bob Campion and Annabelle Palmer
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BNP Paribas becomes the first global custodian to support foreign investments in Mongolia through a mandate with China's Harvest Global Investments
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HSBC Securities Services in Singapore has appointed a new head of client services
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The behaviour of hedge funds indicates that they think smartphone profitability is on the decline, according to Data Explorers
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The State Securities Commission has urged the central bank to amend its securities lending policies to ease pressure on the stock market
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Enhanced Investment Products has introduced a series of synthetic ETFs to give investors access to emerging Asian stock exchange indices
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The International Organisation of Securities Commissions has taken on a new secretary general
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Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has made some changes to its proposed rules on short position reporting in response to market feedback
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Credit Suisse’s Kirtes Bharti has left the Pan-Asia Securities Lending Association
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Taiwan, Malaysia and the Philippines will be targets of discussion at the Pasla/RMA 9th annual Pan Asian Securities Lending Association conference
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Short interest in Japan is low, but investors are targeting specific names at a rate well above the average, according to Data Explorers
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Investors are increasingly short selling Hong Kong equities and Chinese stocks listed in Hong Kong
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BNY Mellon reveals a number of appointments within the business as well as the departure of Rob Coxon
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GreySpark Partners has launched operations in Hong Kong due to client demand
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The BRIC markets will have a big impact across the globe over the next decade, according to Legal & General Investment Management's Brian Coulton
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SMBC Nikko Securities has risen its market position in Japanese fixed income trading
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January
The move responds to growing demand for alternative investments from the Asia Pacific region
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Baring Asset Management has maintained its identity by constantly reshaping its business over the past 250 years. Chief investment officer Mario Valensise discusses the latest restructuring of the firm’s portfolio of funds
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New hire replaces Philippe Ballet who has decided to retire
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HSBC Securities Services says Japanese and cross-border broker dealers are looking for greater operational and cost efficiency
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The new hire is part of Pioneer's growth strategy in Asia and the Middle East
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Nikko Asset Management has appointed former Coutts’ wealth manager
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Japan has had a challenging year following the earthquake that hit the country’s eastern coast in March, bringing the entire market into question. Yet the Japanese securities lending industry has kept its cool during the hard times and is now prepared to come back with a bite against its Asia Pacific neighbours. Stephanie Baxter reports
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BNY Mellon has made changes to it asset servicing mangement teams across a number of regions
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US-listed fixed income ETPs had the biggest growth in assets under management, according to BlackRock's latest report
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The Karachi Stock Exchange has made exemptions to its uptick rule
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The proposed Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act, commonly known as the Volcker Rule, has received a fresh wave of criticism for being too complex and having a potentially negative effect on foreign markets. Stephanie Baxter reports
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Part of the worldwide Global Investor/ISF 2012 sub-custody guide and survey
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BNY Mellon Investment Management appoints former Russell Investments managing director
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MSCI has increased its presence in the South Korean market
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China is planning to introduce a new body which will help develop the country’s hedge fund industry
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Opinion may be divided on whether thematic investing is a new concept, but there is little doubt that it will exercise the minds of investors for the foreseeable future. Paul Golden reports
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A report by Financial Risk Management says early indications show hedge funds lost money in the final month of 2011
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Securities Finance Asia Pacific's Synthetic Finance Summit Asia at the end of 2011 discussed the increasing popularity of synthetic products in Asia
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Following the Indian government’s move to allow foreign investors to allocate directly to its equity market, Jupiter India Fund’s Avinash Vazirani says the decision is good news for the country’s markets after a difficult year in 2011
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The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has relaxed rules around cash margin requirements and participation in the margin trading system
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GoldenSource has appointed SmartStream’s David Chew to help develop its presence in Asia Pacific