Weekly Asia News (Friday)

Hans Markvoort, head of private equity investment solutions, LGT Capital Partners and lead manager of Castle Private Equity (Castle PE), highlights the growing range »

Tokyo-based Finnowave Investments is gearing up to win new mandates from local pensions following the award of a discreti »

Geneva-based private bank, Syz & Co, is embarking on a major growth initiative across Asia, with Daniel Ghirardi »

A new fixed income long/short fund has been launched by globally acclaimed economist, Dr. »

Since forming in June ’08, the JV between Hong Kong-based research house, GaveKal Asia, and London heavyweight, »

Superfund is focussing its investment lens on Japan’s retail investors, with the launch of Superfund Blue Japan. »

Fidessa group, a provider of trading, connectivity and market data solutions for the buy-side and sell-side, has added SBI Japannext Securities, a Japanese proprietary trading system, to its global FIX network. »

Trading value in China's interbank bond market reached USD7.2trn in 2009, a 19.7 per cent increase from 2008, according to a report by Celent. »

The Swiss banking group Syz is continuing its expansion in Asia by extending the operations of its Hong Kong office. »

Singapore Exchange and Eurex are partnering to launch the SGX Euro Stoxx 50 Index futures and options on futures for the first time in Asia. »