Weekly Asia News (Friday)

Asset managers see smaller Asian economies leading global growth

Tue, 15/02/2011 - 07:00

Asset management, private equity and hedge fund executives expect growth over the next year to come from smaller Asian economies such as Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea, according to a study commissioned by RBC Capital Markets, the corporate and investment banking arm of the Royal Bank of Canada, and conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit. »

Lee Porter, Head of Asia Pacific for Liquidnet

Institutional demand for Asian equities surges on Liquidnet

Thu, 10/02/2011 - 14:00

Liquidnet, the equities institutional marketplace, reported record volumes in the trading of Asian securities in January 2011, reflecting the company’s growing leadership role in serving institutional equity demand in Asia. »

James Fallon. director, financing sales, BAML

Asian mid-size hedgies well placed to attract assets as heavyweights begin to soft close

Thu, 10/02/2011 - 09:53

Asia’s heavyweight hedge funds have begun in earnest to soft close for fear of becoming too cumbersome, thus impacting on performance. »

Asia attracts USD500million in capital for Q4 with hedgies focused on Indian inflation posting highest 2010 gains

Thu, 10/02/2011 - 09:50

Asian hedge funds finished the year strongly, attracting USD500million in new capital for Q4 as global investors looked to strategies for protection against the region’s ever-growing inflatio »

Revere looks east to seed Asian hedgies

Thu, 10/02/2011 - 09:48

New York-based Revere Capital Advisors LLC, a hedge fund seeding firm who last year opened an office in Singapore, is planning to raise assets to start investing in Asian hedgies reported Bl »

Japan hedge funds lead the way for January

Thu, 10/02/2011 - 09:47

Provisional performance figures for January show that Japanese hedgies led the way for the region, gaining 1.31 per cent (at the time of writing) according to Singapore-based industry tracke »

Ex-Amoeba Capital Partners’ Sinha to rejoin Morgan Stanley

Thu, 10/02/2011 - 09:45

After deciding to shutter Singapore-based equity l/s hedge fund, Amoeba Capital Partners last October, ex-Morgan Stanley managing director Ashutosh Sinha »

SPM establishes Singapore's 'Fort Knox'

Tue, 08/02/2011 - 13:00

Swiss Precious Metals, a joint venture between Euroasia Investment SA, managed by Yves Bouvier, and Palaedino Group SA, directed by Leonardo Castellana is launching a new programme for the trade in and storage of precious metals at the new free ports in Singapore (the Singapore FreePort). »

David Murphy, co-head of Deutsche Asia prime finance unit

Deutsche Bank’s prime finance unit doubles Asia market share

Thu, 03/02/2011 - 20:29

Counterparty risk exposure has been something of a boon for Deutsche Bank’s prime finance division in Asia. »

Superfund to increase alliances with Japanese brokerages

Thu, 03/02/2011 - 20:22

Superfund, the Vienna-based managed futures firm established by Christian Baha in 1995, is planning to increase alliances with Japan’s major securities broke »