Man Group plc is strengthening its investment management presence in Asia with the appointment of David Mercurio as Head of Asia Equity and co-Head of Global Equity Strategies reporting to Pierre Lagrange. David, who has 17 years of investment experience, joins from
Global bitcoin-gold platform DigitalTangible has expanded its offerings into Asia with new partner Melotic, allowing customers to trade their bitcoin and gold on the new Chinese crypto-gold trading platform. DigitalTangible offers the fine 1 oz Pamp Suisse physical Gold bars
SS&C Technologies has hired Stewart Bent to manage SS&C GlobeOp’s fund administration business in Asia. Based in Hong Kong, Bent will report to Nandini Sankar, managing director and head of SS&C’s alternatives business for the Asia Pacific region. “We
Investor capital continued to pour into the Asian hedge fund industry in late 2013 and early 2014, with record inflows and performance driving total investor capital to surpass the record level set in 2007, prior to the 2008 Financial Crisis.
China’s burgeoning hedge fund industry has the potential to rival that of the US and become one of the world’s largest, according to the regional head of the CFA Institute. AAM reports that Paul Smith, managing director of CFA Institute’s
F Mark Fucci and Anne-Marie Godfrey are to join law firm Akin Gump’s Hong Kong office. Fucci joins as a partner in the financial restructuring practice, while Godfrey is as a partner in the investment management practice. Both Fucci
As global markets plunged in the first month of the Chinese New Year, the trades that generated the most profit in 2013 came under fresh critique. One of the most noteworthy dips was seen in Japanese markets, where the Nikkei fell
US investors can now trade the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) latest suite of Asian index futures: SGX MSCI Thailand Index Futures, SGX-PSE MSCI Philippines Index Futures and SGX MSCI India Index Futures. SGX’s newest three index futures contracts, which are based
AlphaShares has launched a new China Yuan Bond Index designed to track bonds that are denominated in China’s local currency the renmimbi or RMB. The AlphaShares China Yuan Bond Index measures and monitors the performance of an investable universe
After seeing its Kospi Index hit a high of 2228 on 2 May, South Korea’s stock market has plummeted this month, falling 17 per cent: this equates to a 19 pe
