Asian mutual fund assets saw growth of 8.2% in the first nine months of 2018 in spite of significant turbulence ranging from the US-Sino trade war, China’s economic slowdown and interest rate hikes from the US Federal Reserve.
The board of directors at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has given the green light for a $500 million managed credit portfolio.
Singaporean sovereign wealth fund, GIC, and one of Japan’s largest financial services providers, Mizuho Bank, have purchased a 2.55% and 15% stake respectively in Vietnamese lender, Vietcombank.
A number of Chinese lenders are looking to sell as much as $22 billion of hybrid securities by the end of June this year following the green light from the regulator in recent weeks.
State Street Corporation has named Ian Martin as the head of Asia-Pacific alongside his current role as head of global services in the region.
As US-China tensions escalated in 2018, the leaders of the two economies met in Buenos Aires to agree a truce. Aidan Yao, senior emerging Asia economist at Axa Investment Managers, talks to Romil...
Caroline Higgins of Northern Trust tells George Mitton about A-share inclusion, ETF Connect and why Cayman funds predominate in the region.
Changes to regulation, US-Sino trade tensions and further steps by China to open its capital markets were some of the topics discussed by our panel. Chaired by Romil Patel in Hong Kong.
The impact of financial technology, developments in Asian passporting and the promise of new markets in Thailand were among the topics discussed by our panel. Chaired by George Mitton in Singapore.
Dec '18 - Jan '19
ETF Report 2018