London-based hedge fund manager, Stratton Street Capital LLP, aims to raise assets from Asian investors with its highly flying renminbi bond hedge fund. As reported by Bloomberg, the USD215million Renminbi Bond Fund has returned an impressive 23 per cent this year. »

Bo Kratz has joined Northern Trust as managing director for asset management in the Asia Pacific region. »

A delegation from Guernsey is heading to Mumbai later this week to promote the island’s financial services offering for Indian companies and individuals. »

Assets under management of Asia Pacific exchange-traded products increased by USD3bn last week and ended at USD124.4bn, according to figures released by Deutsche Bank. »

BNY Mellon has appointed Paul Solway as managing director and regional head of equity finance for Asia Pacific. »

Four Singapore Exchange member banks successfully eliminated more than 82 per cent of the SGD interest rate swaps they wanted to terminate in the first SGX triReduce portfolio compression cycle. »

Tervinder Chal has joined Alter Domus as country leader of the firm’s Singapore office. »

Indian financial markets regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has allowed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track indices to trade in the short selling market. »